I agree wholeheartedly. Blue Hill drives me insane for that reason. So much wasted real estate.
Practically, that stretch needs to be better connected by public transit. Either that, or it needs to have a serious business district planted in the middle to make it self-sustaining.
I don't find what you're saying offensive. I just find it ill-informed. Give us a specific example or two and we can discuss.
Your first one, Waltham, is pretty clearly middle class. I still can't figure out if you think Waltham is upscale or poor or what. Which is it?
I think you have a misperception of the area, and I don't think the term "middle class" is subjective at all.
How about we go with towns whose median income is somewhere between 80% and 120% of Greater Boston median income. I bet we could find that data pretty easily. I'd do it but I don't...
Revere, Medford, Malden, Everett, Winthrop, Somerville, East Boston, South Boston, Hyde Park, West Roxbury, much of Dorchester, Brighton, Quincy, Hull, Watertown, Waltham, Framingham, Natick etc. etc. etc...