I get all these comments. I live in a school district rated about what Somerville and Everett are rated at and send my kids to the public school. Some people can look beyond ratings on paper, but in my experience, people who can drop 1.5 million on a house do not. This is the mystery I see with Somerville's 1.5+ million houses. The buyers must be optimizing for something very different. I wonder what percentage are overseas buyers who don't actually live in those houses.