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Ok-Lengthiness446 t1_ir40oh2 wrote

4th Lexington 6th Melrose 8th Needham 11th Milton 17-19 Arlington, Burlington, Newton

Not a one in my county.

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bemest t1_ir4qbl8 wrote

All inside 128 and unaffordable to a working family.

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czechmixing t1_ir4s262 wrote

That's what makes them great! No poor people!!!

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FirstOrderRouge t1_ir5405b wrote

That’s the actual implication unfortunately.

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BasicDesignAdvice t1_ir5edg0 wrote

Its also how we have structured things. Investment pours into high wealth low crime areas. The areas that really need investment are ignored and just get worse and worse. Repeat constantly all over America.

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flamethrower2 t1_ir5mqau wrote

At least they Robin Hood the school funding somewhat. People complain about it but it's better than states where property value equals school funding. Which is most states.

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bemest t1_ir4t0ev wrote

Thank goodness for Lowell or who would mow their lawns.

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headrush46n2 t1_ir5g5je wrote

they're going to need to start bussing people in from Springfield to serve them their coffee.

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internetTroll151 t1_ir5b0l0 wrote

Segregation still exists, but nobody will want to admit it or talk about it. It's not an easy problem to solve, most of the rest of the country has larger bodies of government (e.g. school districts with 5+ high schools) - so its possible to integrate poorer sections of the community with wealthier. Here there are such distinct boundaries.

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KawaiiCoupon t1_ir6knwz wrote

That’s the minimum standard to make it on the list lmao

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BasicDesignAdvice t1_ir5e0vb wrote

I grew up in Needham and it was a paradise. Tons of families and school age kids. Great schools. Of course as a teenager it was the worst place in the world but looking back its crazy how lucky I was.

There are still a lot of families but every parent you talk to in the playground is a doctor or an engineer or something.

All the five bedrooms being slapped together on my old street are being bought but childless couples, which I am not judging, but its weird going back remembering that street filled with kids. Kids are all spaced out now instead of all living on the block.

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itallendsintears t1_ir4w2q3 wrote

Those towns suck anyways you aren’t missing a thing

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traditionalsmoke01 t1_ir55n7u wrote

Well apparently not

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itallendsintears t1_ir57fop wrote

Lexington and newton are alright but these are boomer enclaves where everyone is in bed by 8pm and the only sound you hear is the gentle hum of the occasional Tesla that drives by

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traditionalsmoke01 t1_ir590xl wrote

Let’s hear your top 5

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ValkyriesOnStation t1_ir59jgp wrote

Boston, Northampton, Amherst, P-Town, and Turners Falls.

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itallendsintears t1_ir5amey wrote

Swap out turners with Holyoke and that list fire. Turners is cool but the people that live there are legit weird and dumb

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traditionalsmoke01 t1_ir5dtb0 wrote

Holyoke is cool if you like heroin

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itallendsintears t1_ir5eypx wrote

Holyoke has a literal mountain, a downtown, a mall, hydroelectric power and a water reservoir that literally runs downhill. It’s future proof.

And it’s fentanyl now and nobody likes that garbage

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traditionalsmoke01 t1_ir5m51n wrote

Yeah I guess people who like to live in nice quiet towns without drugs and broken down mills won’t get the last laugh afterall

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itallendsintears t1_ir5n1iz wrote

Eversource and national grid energy costs are increasing 60% this winter.

It’s just getting started.

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traditionalsmoke01 t1_ir5pk9s wrote

Except in Holyoke? Do you live in Holyoke?

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eaglessoar t1_ir78mnd wrote

Boston, Hamilton, Manchester by da sea, Lenox and siasconset

Maine should be part of Massachusetts again (in exchange for PR statehood) and then we could add Rockland.

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lazydictionary t1_ir5f4b9 wrote

Does activity beyond 8pm make a great place to live?

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itallendsintears t1_ir5fqpm wrote

Yes. And neighborhoods where you aren’t judged by the quality of your landscaper. Those are two good starting points

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