Lexington is a great place to live. But I'm partial to Marblehead. There's this chocolate shop called stowaway sweets where Jackie Kennedy would supposedly call and have have them send these chocolates called 'melt-aways' to wherever she lived. Those melt-aways are amazing. And the town of marblehead is just charming.

I love the huge mounds of snow in the photos for recent listings in that area. Nothing says "Welcome to your new home" quite like this:
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8-Hutchins-Cir-Lynnfield-MA-01940/56930738_zpid/


Just about any town between 128 and 495 is nice and should have good schools. Inside 128 Winchester and Lexington are good (but expensive) and nearer the water Swampscott and Marblehead are both nice.

Reading- Joshua Eaton elementary is on the west side where the older homes are. Barrows is great school as well.

Reading!!!!

Anonymous wrote:Swampscott to Stoneham is about 40 min. Swampscott is adorable.

Plus one for Swampscott. A friend is selling her house there in the spring (after some of the snow melts) and it is fabulous.

Lexington

I thinks it's actually "nath shah". Lexington is great. I think Peabody is also nice and either newbury or Newburyport--I get mixed up between which is nice and which is a little down in the mouth.
I think lowell might even be coming back, but not particularly close to water.
Revee-ah is close to water, but I think a little down in the mouth.

Lucky you...we'd give anything to go to Boston. Awesome area!

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Anonymous wrote:Pps - practice saying " north shore" without pronouncing the"r"s. Its tough. Sounds like no-ith sho-ya.

not tough fah me!

Whey-a you from? Evah been to Bevily?

Budget may be limiting factor for some of the towns mentioned, maybe do a broader search in your price range to see which town has the kind of housing stock you are interested in.

Anonymous wrote:Pps - practice saying " north shore" without pronouncing the"r"s. Its tough. Sounds like no-ith sho-ya.

not tough fah me!