Thank you for this!

Oh wow, thank you!

I've been concerned about safety since I'm moving alone and only know one person in MA, so that's good to know. Thanks!

Speaking of towns, are there any rough areas that I should avoid?

That's good to know, thank you so much!

I was looking in those areas so good to hear I can still meet my budget. Do you like Billerica? Is the traffic from the Boston area to there pretty bad? I’m in Phoenix so I’m used to traffic, just not sure how it would compare to Boston.

Are the rough parts of Lowell scattered or is there a certain area I should avoid?

Haha thank you! I was pronouncing Amherst wrong for the longest time even though it's one of the most phonetic ones.

I learned that yesterday haha

God no, is that the reputation us Arizonans have? 🥲

Ohh good to hear!

I bet! What do you like better about it?

Thanks for suggesting that, I added it to this post.