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newbl00d21 OP t1_iuhva7l wrote

Reply to comment by vhalros in Moving to outside of Boston, where should we live? by newbl00d21

We’re not city people per se (I.e. don’t want to spend a lot of time IN the city) and we’re trying for jobs NOT in Boston proper so hopefully no major issues. We don’t mind driving a bit though. We’d probably only go into Boston once a month. It’s more so that in our experience if there isn’t a big city close to where you live the pace of life and people are just not as sharp or quick as we’re used to (we’ve both grown up around NYC, DC, Philly and Providence). Hopefully that makes sense

I spent 10 years on Long Island as well so I don’t mind some traffic but I don’t want that level of traffic every day. But again my hope is that if I’m not driving actually into Boston it won’t be terrible

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RogueInteger t1_iuhzkma wrote

There's lots of metro type of hubs in different places. For example Quincy has tons of bars and restaurants and you could take the red line and be at MGH in 25 minutes on the subway. Same could be said for Watertown and Newburyport.

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vhalros t1_iuhviz8 wrote

Ah; I have misinterpreted your criteria. If you only plan to go once a month, those places are all probably fine. It still matters a lot where you are commuting to though.

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