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First world problems right here. Boston is great but it doesnt excite you anymore. Maybe meet some new people or join a new club/group and diff groups of people will open your eyes to new experiences. Ive only been here 18 yrs tho
I am done with Boston. Problem is that there isn't a clear better option. I have been in Boston for over 20 years and it is too provicial, but where do you go? NYC is noisy, stressful and expensive. Miami is too hot and shallow, California would be the best but too far from family for me, Seatlle? rainy, Chicago is too cold, DC is a maybe, Denver has no ocean... and the rest are 'fly-over' cities/states
I’ve lived in Miami, New York/New Jersey, DC, Dubai, and ended up in Boston. I love that it’s a clean, educated, diverse city. That is surprisingly hard to find (in the US lol)
I love Boston for the beach + mountain proximity, the young vibe, and the largely accessible city without NYC/bay area level traffic. But the HCOL is now a deal breaker for me. It’s not worth the price honestly
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HCOL is a deal breaker… but not compared to NYC/Bay Area.
I wouldn't be so quick to rule out Chicago. Yes, it's cold, but it's cold here too. It's also cheaper, has better transit, better restaurants, makes better use of the waterfront, and is a fantastic travel hub. Lived there for six years and only came back because of family.
Gloucester, Revere, & western MA all have different accents from Boston. It's extremely regional.
I agree. Thinking about moving to NYC (Jersey or an outer borough, Manhattan is too much) or Chicago next. Loved being a student here and still love Boston but it’s been disappointing outside the school bubble and just think I’m getting a terrible deal for my money.
Completely agree. I’m moving to DC in Feb because of this
I love this place, I do, for all of the proximity/navigability reasons that were described above - but the cost and quality of housing is demoralizing.
The homes that sit on the border of frugal and functional are today somewhere in the neighborhood of $500k - but even saving at breakneck pace, it's likely that in the 2-3 years I need to save for a down payment, that home will become $700k
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Love it here. I have plans and hobbies such that I work 50-60hr/week and am still keep busy with personal stuff most nights. Have built a good network of friends that live within walking distance, love my local restaurants and bars, and can’t beat the easy access to beaches and mountains. There’s so much stuff to do in New England.
I was bored with Boston after a year (originally from Chicago), so decided to move outside of the city and think it worked out great. Absolutely love the New England region and find myself constantly taking road trips throughout.
Not counting the airport, I go into the city maybe 2-3 times a year, usually to show visiting friends around. I literally haven't had the urge to go into the city in almost 3 years, it's such a bore.
Boston office, remote. Still about a 30 minute drive to airport if client travel comes up, but I only go into D office for events with really good food.
Honestly what’s really helped me enjoy boston is becoming more of a “New England” fan. Love the proximity to Maine and Vermont, so much to explore and see and do outside of the city but the city provides a great home base.
I haven’t solved for the cold yet but understanding that NO ONE likes it made me feel better those first few years.
We’re doing a family trip down to FL for the holidays but hoping to get some lessons in mid January especially over the long weekend!
The cold is definitely creeping in for me no love Sam Francisco Bay Area!
I don't think it's you getting old. Boston has some amazing pros - anything I could want in a city I live in + it's clean! (Boston>NYC for that having lived both places) but it is small and lime you mentioned, you don't have a car so you're probably exploring within certain city limits in your weekly routine. I've only liver here for 6 months and I know it'll get too small for me to live for more than 3-4 years. I beleive would have extracted most new experiences about Boston within the first 3 years. In comparison nyc feels infinite. You never run out of stumbling on to a new place or experience. And the diversity compared to Boston/New England makes it far superior in terms of freshness.
So Pro, you've done ALL the beaches of Gloucester (each one is totally different), walked all of Dogtown Common & found all the engraved boulders and numbered cellar holes, seen Hammond Castle as a tour, as a halloween house, as a concert hall,, hiked Ravenswood Park, skated on a granite quarry, swum in Fernwood lake, swum in a granite quarry, attended the gorgeous theatre in Rockport (music), been to a play at the North Shore Music Theater (theater in the round), gone to StPeters Fiesta & watched the Greasy Pole & Seine boat races & blessing of the fleet, been to Crane's Beach, Russell's Farm for apple picking, a hay ride ride, to visit the farm animals & choose a pumpkin (120+ acre organic family farm), hiked in to Mount Ann Park (there's no parking, but it's still a park), visited the Lizzy Borden house, visited every museum in Salem, (I can keep going)
I spent my first 47 years on the North Shore of MA & there's dozens of places I still haven't been, even in the town I grew up in--I've been in Maine since '99 & there's *thousands* of places here I still want to go. If you're just bored with your free time you need to "look harder" & do some deep dives into what's out there--not just do tourism light. We still plan to go to at least one or two specific places we've never been to every time we visit "back home", as well as a few favorites.
Boring is practically a feature but that’s why people live in Boston. If you want excitement, head to New York.
What kind of things do you enjoy that Boston doesn’t have?
Same here - lived here for 23 years and I always want to move out of Boston. Only things that keep me here are family and friends. I bought a place here to visit in the future, if I do move to another state or country.
I think posting it on a different bowl, will give you alternate perspectives and better options to consider?
I think you’re expecting too much happiness from your location. Where are you good family and friends?