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newbl00d21 OP t1_iuhw5b4 wrote

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

Yeah right now the outside-Burlington area has looked super promising so we’ll check out this town too. Looks super nice on a cursory glance. Any thoughts on Wilmington versus Lexington? Someone mentioned Lexington below

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free_to_muse t1_iuhza6w wrote

Lexington is an old money town with fantastic schools. (Well are the schools really that good, or is it just that the parents are all highly skilled professionals?) In any case…housing will certainly be more expensive than Wilmington. Neighbors will all be doctors, lawyers, executives. Wilmington more likely to have tech professionals with blue collar types mixed in. If money is no object, these are the towns with the best schools/reputation that are north or northwestish of the city in rough order:

Lincoln Weston Sudbury Newton Concord Andover Carlisle Bedford Acton Boxborough Reading Westford

This ranking is based on no particular evidence, just what I have picked up over 20 yrs living around here.

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newbl00d21 OP t1_iujgg71 wrote

Sweet, thank you. I'm fine with the white collar or blue collar neighborhoods so I'll just check out both cities.

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