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ntcummings42 t1_ithx7tx wrote

Yes, but you're missing out on so much else. If you want to do literally anything else - grocery shopping, culture, nightlife, restaurants - have fun spending just as much time in the car as you do at the event. Add to that a regular commute for work, from an area that doesn't have sufficient highway access. And don't forget less reliable public services (including snowplows).

There are folks that hate "city life" and love being self-reliant and set apart from the rest of the world. I am not one of those people.

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Notfromcorporate t1_ithzjb8 wrote

A bit dramatic..

It’s a 20ish minute drive to downtown worcester from Rutland and both those areas have fine plow service.

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FirstOrderRouge t1_iti34vf wrote

Paxton is literally immediately outside Worcester, has excellent infrastructure and public services for its size, and access to a premium school district.

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legalpretzel t1_itinigm wrote

Paxton has a fairly high residential property tax rate. They offer a discounted rate to anyone over 65 (and there’s a lot of elderly living in Paxton) and they don’t have much in the way of commercial property to help offset the towns budgetary needs, so buying there is more expensive than the other larger wachusett towns.

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slum_life_frownface t1_itip2he wrote

if you're rich and willing to live in a town full of assholes, you'd be a lot better moving to a real town closer to Boston than wasting your money on a palace in the middle of the woods.

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[deleted] OP t1_ithxu3s wrote

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jp_jellyroll t1_itimo0t wrote

Auburn's schools are directly on par with Holden's. Wachusett Regional is hardly a farm school for the Ivys. There are nice houses & shitty houses in both towns.

You're cherry-picking for Holden because you have some weird boner for Holden despite it being a quiet, boring town. Lol, having a Big Y gets you excited to live in Holden..? Not that Auburn is a wonderland, I'm just saying you're making it sound like "Pawnee vs Eagleton" when really both towns are equally... meh.

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