I lived in the Boott Mills apartments for about 3 years. It is a nice, quiet part of downtown with the Summer Music Series closely accessible with Boardinghouse Park being on the premises. Super walkable to downtown. Plus, there is the Riverwalk. The Riverwalk is really nice if you have a dog or if you want some greenspace to have a picnic at for a little bit of a backyard-ish space to spread out. It was mostly families and young/older professionals, not many students.