Doesn't speak to how that compares to other states tho...... =/

Still, let me know the name if you can. Please do message me. Thanks. I've been struggling with severe rash for years now.

Do you mean the BWH Dermatology in Chestnut Hill? Who's your doctor there? I go there as well but am not happy with mine lol.

I'm gonna bite and ask who your dermatologist is. I've been looking for a better one. If you can point me to yours, I'd appreciate it.

I also felt much less at home in WA once I moved apartments. The new apartment was "better" but didn't feel like home.

I definitely don't agree about the restaurants being better "out east". That's actually one of the things I miss about WA, all of the food I ate (and I even gained less weight in WA).

Admittedly, in WA I was in Seattle more often than I go to Boston, and I was eating out more in general so discovered more places.

But I just don't know as many delicious places in MA as I did in WA.

If it's not clear from this post, I do still tend to prefer Massachusetts overall tho. It's definitely home.

From reading through this whole thread, I think Milton and Allston were the best suggestions. Milton is suburbs. Allston is city. I also talked about Quincy in my other comment.

I personally don't like Newton, but you also can't objectively go wrong with it. It's a very wealthy area.

If they can get enough space for their family in Allston, I'd also vote for Allston over Newton.

I'd like to second Milton. I'm not sure it's got as much going on or as much of a distinct identity as Newton, but I like Milton a lot more. Btw, Buckminster Fuller grew up in Milton. I'm from Canton myself.

Also, if you're thinking more city, Quincy is worth considering. The schools aren't as good, but it's a city with more of a city vibe along Hancock St (though it's less happening than a small southern city like Savannah GA for example, tho that may be because Savannah is a college town).

Newton schools certainly produce lots of stars and high achievers. I've known a bunch. However, I think Milton is probably similar if not as notorious, and if anything I think it'd be nice to get away from the hypercompetitive vibe of Newton.

Due to my fixation on sidewalks, I drove discussion in this thread away from my main point, which was whether suburbs are in state leadership's view of the future, or only Boston (and maybe Worcester, etc).

However, I just came back from my walk, and I don't see your point. I lived in Mukilteo, WA which has perfect sidewalks everywhere. I prefer it here. However, the only downside is the god-awful sidewalks. However, we know how to make nice sidewalks. Just look at Mukilteo. Even here, suburban strip malls have flawless concrete sidewalks. So it's not impossible in Massachusetts. We just need to do it.

I'd make like a resourceful Ukrainian and learn to re-pave the road myself*, but that's against the law.

*(Ukrainian television put out a video about how Russians, which I am ethnically, just complain about their built environment while Ukrainians go and fix it themselves. I'd love to be like a Ukrainian in that regard if the laws allowed, but at this point in MA I'd just get arrested probably.)

I believe that's due to higher labor wages. Which are probably a good thing. But may also be one of the reasons the roads can't get repaved.

I see the potential aesthetic appeal, but it also means they might have Ticks in the summer.

>People think these streets and sidewalks are normal

That's exactly what I'm seeing in this thread. I mean, it's all relative: Certain third-world countries have even worse roads than Massachusetts, perhaps by far. But most of the US that I've seen has much better roads and sidewalks. As do places as diverse as Japan, Moscow (sorry, showing my Russian troll roots here. I'm reformed, I swear.), etc.

Ironically, I actually like brick sidewalks. I agree tho that they, if in bad condition, can be worse than concrete for people with significant movement impairments, though.

I agree. Education, police, and snow plowing seem well funded, but not anything else.

Idk why people prefer seeing a spotless police cruiser to seeing a perfectly even sidewalk.

It's not like I haven't been to other suburbs on all sides of Boston. I think they're all pretty similar, with only minor quirks/variations.

Where I live, the town has always cleared sidewalks.

Not sure why you got downvoted. I think most of what you said is spot-on.

Good point, but some of us don't like to drive before we go for a walk or run. And I'd much rather look at houses than at woods.

Doxxing myself, but I live in Canton and was primarily thinking of Stoughton and Rt. 138 when I made my post.

I think it's more true in Massachusetts than other states (WA, GA). Great video btw.

I think the suburbs I saw in WA and GA were newer and still in the growth phase described in your video. Massachusetts suburbs are older, with surfaces paved with flimsy asphalt instead of durable concrete for whatever reason, so they're in the decay state where the town can't afford to repair them imho, if the video's thesis is correct.

I used to, before anyone pointed out that it's potentially offensive.