Where do you work and how often do you have to be there? Commuter rail will get you to South Station, hopefully the times work for you.

A friend bought in Holbrook during the pre-Obama real estate bubble. Holbrook took longer to recover property values than places closer to Boston. I’d bet the same is true of other places, but something to keep in mind.

Check for rentals in Quincy. You probably can't get into any of the brand new buildings at your price point, but you might find older units available in your range. Quincy is right on the subway and commuter rail lines that take you to the South Station/Financial District area.

Quincy

If you like Greenleaf and don't mind a car ride get a reservation for the Thompson House Eatery in Jackson. It's all farm to table / scratch cooking. Great stuff.

Despite our complaints, there is a mostly working train system. Maybe look for a hotel further out near a subway or commuter rail line?

I would not recommend camping in New England in October unless you’ve got great gear and have experience cold weather camping.

October is when New Englanders struggle to go another night before turning the heat on in the house.

When a state bans books or outlaws professionally regarded manners of healthcare, what do u see? Liberty?

Combine an open & participatory political system with enough hours of the Fox News Cinematic Universe and the Lying Liars who fill its air, and even the New England republicans/libertarians who once defined the state will succumb to rising Christian fascism.

Worth pointing out that is just the average- individual trains may take longer if something else breaks or something happens on the line, so please plan accordingly

The ride from Wollaston to South Station has increased from an average of like 20 minutes to about 31 minutes since 1/1/23 per Transit Matters data:

https://dashboard.transitmatters.org/rapidtransit?config=Red,70100,70080,2023-01-01,2023-03-14

Going to need a lot of milk to get through that much peanut butter. Send in a Hood truck.

Bad news for you - Massachusetts isn’t producing enough plumbers for reasons so it’s only going to get more expensive in the future.

Home Depot quality is not supply house quality

Your realtor is paid to provide advice, not guarantees. Sometimes that advice is “close this deal so I get paid”, only in not so many words.

Take my upvote, fellow old

Obviously you would transfer at blue hill Ave! 😉

My dude, which PR firm do you work for?

Downtown has some good choices if you want to splurge on dinner. If you want something more economical eat in Chinatown.

Park at the Hyatt.

OP - unfortunately you’re going to have to move to the ‘burbs or move to a big city in a state that has not legalized weed. Google can tell you where it is/isn’t legal.

You can have a pretty good life out in the ‘burbs along the subway or commuter rail.

I've lived near the subway but outside Boston city limits all my life, never paid a broker fee

Did we collect too much tax or did we spend too little? Potato - potatoe

The Healey administration is going to be under a lot of pressure to increase spending, something Governor Baker chose not to do

It affects a small number of People but a larger portion of Income earned in the state because even in fair Massachusetts the gap between the rich and the poor is huge and growing.

Define nightlife

Late night drinking/dancing? Concerts/movies/plays? An Applebees open after 9pm?

edit: do you want these amenities year round?

ELI5 the flaw in their methodology

Your 600 word blog by an intern does appear to draw a different conclusion than the research done by policy experts in this field - https://taxfoundation.org/tax-burden-by-state-2022/