Yep. I hear a lot of people go on about how great our hospitals are. If you're young and healthy you may not care about that. I'm almost 45 and I guess I don't see what's so fabulous about the healthcare in Boston. We have all these great doctors but it takes forever to get an appt for many of them and going to a dr in Boston is never convenient with the traffic. Schools are another thing where people try and justify the price. I get that but many people use private as well so public schools might not be that important. And the towns where the public schools are very good are of course very expensive.

Overall I think MA is probably a great place if you're rich and enjoy some cold weather.