Current Events > Should I say in Boston?

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I've lived in Massachusetts my entire life. I've travelled but Boston to me and massachusetts even with it's cost of living and issues still something about the people here keeps me here.

Serious. Give me a reason to live elsewhere or pluses and minuses. It's probably easier to live more comfortably elsewhere but other parts of the country I don't know sometimes.

Nah man. What do you thinks out there? If you control for population density everywhere is pretty much the same. If you don't have any friends or family and can go elsewhere work wise, fuck it. Give it a whirl. Go back if you don't dig it after a couple years.

I'd want to live in Boston.
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kg88222 posted...

Serious. Give me a reason to live elsewhere or pluses and minuses. It's probably easier to live more comfortably elsewhere but other parts of the country I don't know sometimes.

Move up here to New Hampshire.
You don't have to move that far and you can enjoy tax free shopping.
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What do you want to say?
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CarlGrimes posted...

kg88222 posted...

Serious. Give me a reason to live elsewhere or pluses and minuses. It's probably easier to live more comfortably elsewhere but other parts of the country I don't know sometimes.

Move up here to New Hampshire.
You don't have to move that far and you can enjoy tax free shopping.

I was looking at nashua. Seems like a pretty cool place where I'd still be close to massachusetts. Also was up in Burlington Vermont and really liked it and people were friendly but very cold and seems like isolation outside of burlington which I don't want.

I grew up in western mass and really that's where my heart is as far as the people. I just liked the people here. Boston is too expensive. I moved to worcester a while back for work and had a group a friends there but crazy stuff going on and my friend committed suicide and stuff so I've kind of just been figuring out where I want to be. Worcester is ok. It's good for jobs. Why I left western Mass. But it has it's drawbacks. Boston is just too expensive to live here as far as saving money. Worcester was better for that and I feel like i was in the right place there for doing what i was planning to do. But just crazy stuff happened.

kg88222 posted...

I was looking at nashua. Seems like a pretty cool place.

Fucking trashua!

But seriously nashua's a good place. Got everything you need without the hustle of the big city. Wish there were better restaurants but there's always Lowell nearby.

Were you only thinking about a short move like that, or something more drastic like halfway across the country?
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Salem MA is pretty nice in most parts and it's close to Boston but way cheaper. My friend has a 4 bedroom apartment there and it's only $1000/month
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Move to Canada or Europe it's better.
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If you like it, stay. I visited Boston over the summer and I didn't like it very much.
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thronedfire2 posted...

Salem MA is pretty nice in most parts and it's close to Boston but way cheaper. My friend has a 4 bedroom apartment there and it's only $1000/month

Lies.
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I need to settle down at some point. I was planning to just do that in central mass but things did not go as planned. Life is screwed up sometimes. I like Boston like I said but it's so expensive. I'm not rich here. Work in IT but don't get paid that much. On my own too because of the stuff that happened too so it's all me paying bills and has been for too long now.

TomNook20 posted...

thronedfire2 posted...

Salem MA is pretty nice in most parts and it's close to Boston but way cheaper. My friend has a 4 bedroom apartment there and it's only $1000/month

Lies.

nope

she was paying 850 before but they raised her rent

she was a waitress while she was in school and she'd make like $200 a night sometimes. 4-500 on holidays. she put herself through school and bought a brand new car when she graduated
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My sister lives in Salem. It's alright. I don't know if I want to live there.

JustMonika posted...

What do you want to say?

"In Boston"

Salem reminds me of Worcester in ways but different. Affordable and has a mix of a lot of things. Nashua same thing. Slightly nicer than Worcester. Worcester is really what it is.

thronedfire2 posted...

nope

she was paying 850 before but they raised her rent

she has an entire apartment to herself, that's somehow 4 bedrooms for 1000 bucks?
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I mean, yeah, Worcester isn't for everyone...or anyone. Although some people say the same about Dorchester and I've lived here all my life. It's all perspective I suppose. What do you like about Boston? I'll likely never move out of Boston and I'm ok with that.
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That's the thing. I like worcester. I like the people in this state that's what I'm saying. People are cool regardless of what you go through. That was my plan to work there and save money because it's not that expensive to live and work. I just ended up in Boston because I got a job here and needed a break. It's not permanent. I have nothing against Worcester. I could always go back but people and my friends kind went through stuff too and it kind of just blew up. It's weird.

I know boston pretty well because I go into Boston anyways and always have because I live in this state.

My friends that i had when I moved to worcester aren't even there any more themselves and were affected by what happened too.

move to Lowell MA. Up-and-coming city, young crowd (college city), closest mall is in NH (no sales tax obviously), commuter rail in Lowell to Boston

bang
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I like topics like this because it shows me some of my CEmen neighbors.

TC, I think you've made up your mind to stay from the sound of it. How long have you been thinking this over?
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For a while. I haven't made up my mind that's the issue. I'm in conflict lol.

kg88222 posted...

For a while. I haven't made up my mind that's the issue. I'm in conflict lol.

What are the places you're considering?
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I looked at Nashua, places like Salem. Maybe somewhere like Shrewsbury or Grafton. Waltham I've looked at in Massachusetts.

Also have looked at other parts of the country but I don't know about the people like I said. I end up on the internet talking to people and some people are just crazy? I shouldn't guage the world by the internet though. I have family all over the world and it's not like that I know and nice people everywhere but there is some whacky stuff out there.

The issue with places like towns is most of these places are for people building a family. I don't have that because of stuff that happened. So I think I'd rather be in or near a city.

I've looked at places like North Carolina, California etc. The midwest etc. I don't know if I'd mesh with those places. Even another country. I don't know. I've travelled but haven't been all over the world. I research places on youtube and different avenues on the internet. And have been in canada and puerto rico down in florida and california. I've been to those places. Been to kansas. I haven't travelled all over. Never really been out of the country. I've looked at other countries too. That might be a bit much though.

When I was a kid I spent a lot of time down in florida. I would not want to live there. Fun to visit.

If i moved to another country it would probably be something good. I only speak English though.

TomNook20 posted...

thronedfire2 posted...

nope

she was paying 850 before but they raised her rent

she has an entire apartment to herself, that's somehow 4 bedrooms for 1000 bucks?

she was a waitress living by herself, how much do you think she could afford for a place?
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My goal was to have a family and kids and have a house and time is running out on that.

How old are you, TC? Ballpark it if you don't want to say. I ask because I went through something like this in my mid 20s. Was looking everywhere to just get away and find the life I wanted, but it was a phase for me and travelling helped me feel like Dorothy. "There's no place like home."

I can't advise others on making big decisions like this, but I will say be sure you save a bunch before moving out of state. For emergency reasons.
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kg88222 posted...

My goal was to have a family and kids and have a house and time is running out on that.

Ah, ok, so I guess you can ignore half of my other post.
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I went through all this crap in my late twenties early thirties and hitting my late 30's now. Still look young so have that going for me but yeah. I have a few years left where I could possibly have a family but I really can't think too much about it. It's too stressful.

I've dated the last few years and most girls think I look like I'm in my early 30's. Most of this stuff hit me hard in my early thirties and mid thirties and went through lots of crap.

Kuja_88 posted...

Move to Canada or Europe it's better.

Lol
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It's messed up. I look back at my life in western mass and that was like a whole other life now. I was in western mass until I was 27 i think. I did so much stuff too and what has it amounted to? It's ridiculous.

It kind of pisses me off in ways because i went through a lull in my mid twenties as well. After college and stuff. Moved out here was ready to take on the world then this stuff happens. I was really just living my life. Had lots of friends and close friends. If it was my fault that's one thing but it wasn't and I care about people and stuff. I just feel like i dont give a crap right now I went through emotional stuff already and cant really explain that in words, had really good friends too, and am just working but can't stress it too much. Because of this stuff i ended up on the internet too dealing with people and that's not always good. Therea re a lot of jerks out there who don't know who they are talking to and can be pretty messed up when you are going through stuff yourself and just looking for advice on things.

The way people rationalize things on the internet can be whacky sometimes why i'm just asking about other parts of the country. People can be crazy regardless when you go through stuff and just are looking for advice or killing time or whatever.

I like massachusetts I just dont want to end up working and having no money to do anything else.

kg88222 posted...

I grew up in western mass

whereabouts? I live in Northampton.
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I am from Southampton

Went to Westfield State for Computer Science. Worked at the holyoke mall growing up amongst other things. I know that whole area like the back of my hand. I know Northampton very well and have friends there. TMNT.

thronedfire2 posted...

she was a waitress living by herself, how much do you think she could afford for a place?

Usually people like that share a small apartment with someone else. If you gotta link to the apartment complex please share, that's a helluva deal for the boston metro area.
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kg88222 posted...

Went to Westfield State for Computer Science. Worked at the holyoke mall growing up amongst other things. I know that whole area like the back of my hand. I know Northampton very well and have friends there. TMNT.

Heh. Awesome :). My cousin/co-worker went to Westfield state also. I grew up in up in Amherst but moved to noho like 4-4 1/2 years ago. I remember the tmnt museum from when I was a kid (or was it a comic museum in general maybe? Not sure. I think they had a batmobile at one point. I was mostly into tmnt so that's what I remember)
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