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newestJourney t1_j62tvtf wrote

There are actually good resources for this.

Here's an interactive map showing income by zip code. Purple is the highest. It is no contest among the areas you listed - MetroWest is by far the most widespread wealth in the state.

https://bestneighborhood.org/household-income-boston-ma/

Here's a ranking showing the best places to live in MA in terms of towns (so, not including cities). Metrowest has a huge cluster of A+ rated towns. https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/search/best-places-to-live/s/massachusetts/?type=town&map=true

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somegridplayer t1_j64igpg wrote

South Coast has some ridiculous examples of 1%'ers abutting the poorest in the state.

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goPACK17 t1_j641j5j wrote

Anecdotally, I would say MetroWest. Just considering towns like Weston and Dover are among the wealthiest in the country. Then you still have Wellesley, Concord, Wayland, Carlisle, Natick, Newton, Sudbury; I could keep going. There are example of extreme wealth in both the south and north shore too (I'd argue north shore is prob #2), but MA as a whole is just one of the wealthiest states in the country.

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G2KY t1_j627irc wrote

MetroWest is the king.

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1000thusername t1_j65eyfj wrote

Judgmental maps doesn’t label the Wellesley-to-Bedford corridor as “leafy, liberal, and loaded” for nothing. Haha

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CLS4L t1_j64rkqz wrote

Northshore gods country

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JohnChimpo7 t1_j65hv04 wrote

MetroWest has the highest “floor” — I.e., even a little ranch house costs a shitload in some of those towns

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Beck316 t1_j66muba wrote

I was blown away by the homes in Manchester by the sea.

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givemeabeerbelly t1_j669qk5 wrote

I think technically metrowest has the higher amount of cities/towns ranked as most expensive but the north shore has huge ticket $$$ houses being oceanfront.

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Feisty-Cloud5880 t1_j63l4qr wrote

I live South shore... CRAZY money. I rent.

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that_one_dude13 t1_j6byxwn wrote

Crazy thing is we're the poorest part of mass,

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sihtydaernacuoytihsy t1_j6p7hrp wrote

Southcoast (New Bedford & Fall River) and Springfield area beg to differ. Check out that map!

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that_one_dude13 t1_j6p7mrb wrote

Fall river new beford are southern mass...

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sihtydaernacuoytihsy t1_j6p8xd9 wrote

South shore: Quincy through Plymouth
South Coast: Fall River through Wareham (or maybe Buzzards Bay)
Southern MA: Unclear

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