Moving to Boston: where will we fit in?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here-- seems like you get more for your money in Natick than in other surrounding towns. Why is that?

I’m with the pp who suggested Sherborn.you could get a little bit of land. If I’m not mistaken each lot has to be in several acres. You’d still get a community through the excellent public schools. Not sure about now but it used to have a very New England old money vibe.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here-- seems like you get more for your money in Natick than in other surrounding towns. Why is that?

I’m with the pp who suggested Sherborn.you could get a little bit of land. If I’m not mistaken each lot has to be in several acres. You’d still get a community through the excellent public schools. Not sure about now but it used to have a very New England old money vibe.

Sherborn is definitely horsey and old-moneyish yet also somehow ... affordable?

Natick is a weird pocket of quasi-affordability amid very expensive towns. I don't know why. Maybe the school system isn't as prestigious as those in other towns. IDK. Lots of people who can't afford Wellesley and really, who can? move there.

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Anonymous wrote:1.5 million will get you something okay even in the suburbs. I would caution you that without a decent HHi, I would not live in Boston. 250k is mac and cheese zone there, especially with kids. Make sure you are making 300k or more.

You do realize that plenty of people raise their kids in and around BOston on WAY less than 300K. Do you really think people making 1/4 mil per year are eating mac and cheese every day and living in tatters? That's ridiculous.

I can personally confirm Stoughton had good schools, even if it doesn’t look like it on paper. It’s more affordable and diverse. They have excellent resources and many teachers who have been in the classroom for many, many years (some 30+). Special Ed services are great and all ES kids are coming back April 5th. They’ve already had hybrid all year and started concurrent a while ago. It’s not perfect and teachers in MA have not been offered the covid vaccine yet. But a lot of the top districts in MA have million dollar homes so I think on paper they look better because those are families that can obviously afford a lot of outside resources, much like schools in McLean where the kids do most of their learning outside of school from what I observed working there.

SHOCKED that someone came to this thread to promote Stoughton and did not drop a mention for Town Spa Pizza

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here-- seems like you get more for your money in Natick than in other surrounding towns. Why is that?

I’m with the pp who suggested Sherborn.you could get a little bit of land. If I’m not mistaken each lot has to be in several acres. You’d still get a community through the excellent public schools. Not sure about now but it used to have a very New England old money vibe.

Sherborn is definitely horsey and old-moneyish yet also somehow ... affordable?

Natick is a weird pocket of quasi-affordability amid very expensive towns. I don't know why. Maybe the school system isn't as prestigious as those in other towns. IDK. Lots of people who can't afford Wellesley and really, who can? move there.

Natick is a nice town, very good schools. It's more densley populated than neighboring towns, with lots and lots of commercial development (Rte 9, Natick Mall....) and condos, apts, etc. As you go south, toward Sherborn, it gets noticeably more semi-rural and more expensive.

I live in Wayland and would be happy to live in Natick, for a bit more diversity and livelihood. Wayland is pretty sleepy with few amenities within the town.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here-- seems like you get more for your money in Natick than in other surrounding towns. Why is that?

I’m with the pp who suggested Sherborn.you could get a little bit of land. If I’m not mistaken each lot has to be in several acres. You’d still get a community through the excellent public schools. Not sure about now but it used to have a very New England old money vibe.

Sherborn is definitely horsey and old-moneyish yet also somehow ... affordable?

Natick is a weird pocket of quasi-affordability amid very expensive towns. I don't know why. Maybe the school system isn't as prestigious as those in other towns. IDK. Lots of people who can't afford Wellesley and really, who can? move there.

Like in many areas of the country, the wealthy places further out have not appreciated as much, relatively speaking, as the wealthy places closer in. Sherborn is not that far as the crow flies but would be a difficult commute. Most people now want denser places closer in.