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[deleted] t1_jd8dild wrote

Reply to comment by BasicDesignAdvice in Cheap house. Under 300k. You’re not a homeowner because you’re lazy…. by fuertepqek

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BasicDesignAdvice t1_jd8z9pk wrote

I actually don't live in Boston. I live pretty well outside of it but no town near me has sub-500k houses either.

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UltravioletClearance t1_jd9jzs6 wrote

Theres a huge gap between "spreading out a little" and moving 100 miles away into a totally separate metro area. When my parents got priced out of Weymouth they could afford to move to Taunton, about 35 miles south of Boston. At the time (1990) you could get to Boston via Route 24 in under an hour. Now that drive is over two hours one way, not that it even matters because I can't afford Taunton prices even though I make 3x what my parents made at the time adjusted for inflation.

Getting priced out and moving further away from Boston isn't new. The problem is it's been going on for so long there's nowhere left to move to. In 20 years Springfield will be just as expensive as Boston and we will be telling our kids to quit complaining, move to Albany, and enjoy that 4 hour one-way commute.

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LiaFromBoston t1_jd9cgys wrote

I mean what do you want people to do, spend 6 hours a day stuck in traffic commuting from Manchester or Deerfield? If we at least had good regional rail here then it might be doable but we can't have nice things in Mass.

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