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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have family in Wayland, you may want to look West of Boston. This means either Mass Pike or Rt 2.

Mass Pike: Brookline is basically adjacent to Boston. Small, densely populated, urban, expensive. Think the equivalent of NYC's Upper West Side. Newton is similar to Bethesda. Wellesley is lovely and tony; similar to Chevy Chase. Weston is rural and swanky - think McLean or Potomac, but lacks a town center. Wayland is a nice mix of all of those, with no town center to speak of. Brookline, Newton, Wellesley all have great town centers. Further out, Dover and Sherborn are horsey and rural. Natick has a great town center but doesn't have the "cache" of surrounding towns. Ditto Watertown, and their schools aren't great, but real estate is on the upswing there.

Rte 2: Cambridge is, well, Cambridge. Urban and eclectic. Somerville is similar. Arlington is wonderful. Your first suburban stop along Rt 2, with several town centers in the East, Center, and Heights (tho COVID has forced lots of businesses to close, which is sad). Densely populated, older housing stock with some larger McMansions being built up in the Heights. Vibe is progressive, for the most part, tho they have had some vandalism issues of late. Lots of Cambridge ex pats here looking for more space and better schools.

Moving along, Lexington and Concord are tony suburbs with town centers. Good schools. Acton, ditto, amazing schools (tho it lacks a town center). Lincoln is more rural with lots of mid-century homes and gorgeous architecture, but no town center to speak of. Ditto Sudbury.

Hope this helps![/quote]

OP here. Thanks for this, very helpful! I think Lexington and Concord are more in line with what we are looking for. DH doesn't want to live in areas as urban as Brookline and Cambridge, not to mention that the type of house we want is out of our price range in those areas. The last time we were in Massachusetts, we looked around in/around Lexington/Concord and liked the area.[/quote]

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