PROS and CONS of living in Massachusetts
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Living in MA, what I LOVE and what I HATE! -----Learn what people will not tell you, the bad, the ugly, and the great about living in Massachusetts. The positives are more than the negatives, for sure.
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@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
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@Lionheart054455 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for providing the valuable information 🌹🤗
@caitolent 2 жыл бұрын
I like how one of the pros was that you can leave and go to cooler places that are nearby LOL
@BostonAreaHomes 2 жыл бұрын
Caitolent, we love MA, even though there will always be cooler places
@leahbabroudi 3 жыл бұрын
Loved it! Such great info :)
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
So glad you liked it, Leah!
@stevebuckley1431 3 жыл бұрын
Great video as a native of Boston and the last 60 something years. I would not trade Boston for any other place in the US!
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
I am with you on this
@Isaactorres60 3 жыл бұрын
Boooring
@geoffreypereira8024 3 жыл бұрын
Great video!! Boston was founded in 1630, btw :-) And we get hurricanes and nor’easters!!
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, we do get snow storms, for sure! Hurricanes? Don’t remember a major hurricane in the last 30 years, Geoffrey. Thanks for the comment!
@B-ch6uk 3 жыл бұрын
@@BostonAreaHomes Yup. Last hurricane was Bob in 1991 - 30 years ago. We did get a tornado watch in the Worcester area yesterday.
@caiodiniz6209 3 жыл бұрын
Hey how are you? I loved your KZfaq channel and the tips you give for us Awesome job!!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Caio, appreciate it!
@tverein7118 2 жыл бұрын
I loved the video💞
@BostonAreaHomes 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, Tvere in
@charlesstuart7290 3 жыл бұрын
Native here - we used to get 48 inches of snow in 50's and 60's- now with global warming almost never . except for that freak year a few years ago. Also snow melts fast. I was an avid cross country skier and there is rarely enough snow to do it in the last thirty years - unless you go to north.
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Charles Stuart, for your comment. The weather changes everywhere and I have a feeling people will be moving from the West Coast to East Coast to cooler temperatures as the summers there become unbearable.
@lewis7315 2 жыл бұрын
There were settlements in Boston by the 1630s!!! Its real name is Tax-achusetts... It 's no fault insurance means you pay anyway... I come from Cape Cod btw, which means I'm saner than the Bostonnuts and fruits... Massachusetts gets severe Northeasters, hurricane force winds surf every year...The snow comes down horizontally sometimes... &&&&& occasionally a HERicane will come calling...
@_An_Indian 3 жыл бұрын
Information on greater Boston by and large have been very well explained. But road conditions are not bad as one might get an impression after watching the video.
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment, Pinaki Sur.
@_An_Indian 3 жыл бұрын
@@BostonAreaHomes Thanks Mam
@Isaactorres60 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing, moving from NYC to Boston tomorrow. It feels like a small town in comparison. :(
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
Definitely, Paul. Boston is so much smaller. Which area are you moving to? Suburbs or city of Boston?
@riomorder 2 жыл бұрын
because it is, I moved from NYC to Boston too
@msciottoli 3 жыл бұрын
I've lived in Worcester...and being from Puerto Rico no one knows what road rage and humidity is until you've been to PR...
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
LOL, yes, everything is relative, Gianna!
@evelynzednanreh6415 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info. Me and my husband are a young couple and we'd like to move to Boston 💙🤝 HARVARD|UNAM PR|MX
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
Great, I am glad to hear this video was helpful. Watch my other videos as well, about different towns and Boston Neighborhoods, will be a good prep for you, Evelyn Zednanreh
@teddybeer6206 3 жыл бұрын
I'm from Canada and I go to Boston every year. Boston winters are not cold at all.
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
LOL, thank you for that comment, Teddy! Cold is a relative thing, isn’t it? Of course, it also depends what was the temp when you were visiting. Some winters are very mild, but once in a while we get really cold, bone chilling temperatures.
@teddybeer6206 3 жыл бұрын
@@BostonAreaHomes If you don't mind me asking, kind lady, what are the lowest temperatures your ever experienced in Boston?
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
I think -10-15 degrees F in winter is very common, sometimes going lower to 5 or 0 degrees F. I remember once it hit -5F
@teddybeer6206 3 жыл бұрын
@@BostonAreaHomes I admit it pretty cold, but here, winter temperatures can reach -25 F.
@darrellenglish2704 3 жыл бұрын
There is a 512 other Township other than Boston in Massachusetts ...
@jessboysen1976 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the review you are a very beautiful and classy lady. Much appreciated. I am considering moving to the Plymouth/Duxbury area in the near future and I am a lifelong west coast guy - kind of scary
@BostonAreaHomes 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, you are very kind, @Jess Boysen. Good luck with your move, Duxbury is great and you will be close to the ocean.
@masonparker302 3 жыл бұрын
An ok video. Should be called pros and cons of Boston vicinity. I lived in Deerfield for 13 years and it’s much warmer there and no road rage at all.
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
You are right, Mason Parker, I got similar comments from others. Since my channel is geared toward people who will be relocating to MA because of jobs, they will mostly be living close to Boston. But I hear you loud and clear. I will make a video in the future, probably, to include the Western Ma, Cape and the islands for a complete overview of MA.
@masonparker302 3 жыл бұрын
@@BostonAreaHomes I look forward to seeing it. According to my good friend Bill who lives in Holyoke and goes to Boston sometimes, the road rage is very real on that stretch of I 90.
@mannywilde 2 жыл бұрын
Thinking of possibly moving from Los Angeles to Boston (or its surrounding areas) in the next two years! Loved this video and your channel overall. Thank you!
@BostonAreaHomes 2 жыл бұрын
Yeay! Thank you, Manny! You made my day! Happy to help, if you will need assistance buying a place here.
@deesee6009 3 жыл бұрын
Spring is non-existent ... Also, we have all 4 seasons!
@Emma-nw2xg 3 жыл бұрын
You still get a taste of spring is what she’s saying. I’ve lived in LA my whole life and we have the same weather all 12 months so I get what she’s trying to say
@BostonAreaHomes 2 жыл бұрын
Dee See, Spring is a mix of rain, sun, gorgeous Spring weather and sometimes snow. That is our Spring. It might have not come out the right way in the video
@saxenas 2 жыл бұрын
spring in New England lasts as long as tulips do- 2 weeks haha
@BostonAreaHomes 2 жыл бұрын
@@saxenas LOL
@MotorCityRealness313 2 жыл бұрын
Im in Michigan we got bad roads
@BostonAreaHomes 2 жыл бұрын
So, we are not alone, great humbled, I guess anywhere there is a lot of snow and plows that's what happens
@vampiro0 3 жыл бұрын
Whats a not so ridiculously expensive are to live if i worked at waltham?
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
you can try Billerica or Wilmington, also Framingham, Woburn and Stoneham
@tovarisch2788 Жыл бұрын
I think realtors should not overestimate the cold and snow. The Midwest is MUCH worse. Also: Massachusetts is NOT just the Boston area.
@BostonAreaHomes Жыл бұрын
Noted, @tovarisch
@Hicham.E 3 жыл бұрын
The pro plenty of jobs, the con very very very expensive housing minimum wages should be at least $25 ,one room in Boston, $1100 wtf.insane.not talking about the cold weather and rude ppl.
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with you that minimum wages should go up to reflect the housing prices.
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@davidwong9365 2 жыл бұрын
I agree with you
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@samengsultan4911 2 жыл бұрын
Not true Mass isn’t just Boston!!!
@BostonAreaHomes 2 жыл бұрын
Noted!
@johnharding7650 3 жыл бұрын
House price is not right....falling apart...still high price. Smart people live in there. They must fix the road.
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, John Harding, for your comment
@Newtruck99 Жыл бұрын
So this is more about Boston not really Massachusetts as a Commonwealth
@BostonAreaHomes Жыл бұрын
Yes, many viewers said the same. I will make one including Western Ma, Cape Cod and all the other parts
@darrellenglish2704 3 жыл бұрын
You say Massachusetts but all I hear is Boston
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, Darrell, my next video about Ma will include everything from west ma to cape cod and beyond. promise!
@harrisond8132 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like Massachuttes ends in Worcester.
@BostonAreaHomes Жыл бұрын
Yes, many people commented about that. 80% of the population of MA lives in the Boston area, but I hear you. Correcting that oversight in my next MA video
@johnsarkissian5519 2 жыл бұрын
No orchestras? 😉😉😉
@BostonAreaHomes 2 жыл бұрын
Hi John, no orchestras, no. Majority of people are not interested in that, unfortunately.
@saxenas 2 жыл бұрын
Boston Symphony Orchestra is in Boston and they're one of the best orchestras in the world.
@johnsarkissian5519 2 жыл бұрын
@@saxenas, I am a professional musician, graduated from the New England Conservatory in Boston and lived there for almost a decade. I’m very familiar with Boston’s music scene and I love Boston Symphony. I’m also a good friend of Noune who herself is a highly trained, in fact fantastic, opera singer. My question to her was meant as tongue’n cheek, which I thought I had made obvious with the three winking smilies. Boston’s symphonic orchestras, especially Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops and BMOP are so world renowned and such major attractions for cultural tourists that they would deserve at least a passing mention from a professional musician like Noune.
@saxenas 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnsarkissian5519 oh haha. didn't even see the emojis.
@BostonAreaHomes 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnsarkissian5519 true, I try to include cultural things in my videos, for example, in my Seaport video I mention Boston Lyric opera's production and Institute of Contemporary art. But didn't mention orchestras in this one.
@edgardiner217 2 жыл бұрын
Not many pros, but alot of cons!
@BostonAreaHomes 2 жыл бұрын
Ed Gardiner, I don't feel that way. I love living here
@stina7 2 жыл бұрын
Aww spoken like someone who came in last place, so sad.
@Jjjaaahhnn Жыл бұрын
You forgot traffic as a con. The traffic is terrible in eastern Massachusetts. This state is not worth the price that it is. The beach parking is at least $20. Boston is hard to get into and drive in, the T is old and dangerous to take. This state is overrated 🙄
@BostonAreaHomes Жыл бұрын
@Jedi Lowrie the traffic is bad during rush hour, yes. It is a very old state. The reason MA is hot is because of the job opportunities, the education level, the academic excellence, the location being closer to Europe. That is what is attracting people to move here. I agree it is very expensive but depending on what you are doing, if you are in biotech or medicine or technology, it is a great place to be, especially if you have school age children.
@pauldegregorio6432 3 жыл бұрын
MIT is NOT an Ivy.
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the correction. It is IVY league in my book, Paul DeGregorio
@pauldegregorio6432 3 жыл бұрын
@@BostonAreaHomes Better than most or all of them just not factually correct! I was a “townie” in Boston and surrounding area for my whole childhood. I totally agree with you on the quality of education at MIT.
@jdd8826 3 жыл бұрын
You have to separate Boston from Massachusetts. You spoke about Boston, not the Cape, not Western Massachusetts.
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
You may be right, JD D
@tovarisch2788 3 жыл бұрын
@@BostonAreaHomes I agree with the other writer. Please change the title! Other areas of the state are quite different.
@darrellenglish2704 3 жыл бұрын
It's all about Boston ... So I'm glad they don't mention the Berkshires we can do fine with out them
@kgillen3202 Жыл бұрын
1690?
@jdd8826 3 жыл бұрын
1 in 100 people in Massachusetts is a doctor.
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
Is that true, JD D?
@Allinguts Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, the cons outweigh the pros.
@BostonAreaHomes Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your feedback
@cheezeits7300 Ай бұрын
Your cops
@BostonAreaHomes Ай бұрын
Our cops are great
@RoseBill423 3 жыл бұрын
And probably the most annoying accents besides the southerners lol
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
Very few people talk with a thick Bostonian accent, Babbaloza
@B-ch6uk 3 жыл бұрын
@@BostonAreaHomes I think they all live in my house - haha
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
@@B-ch6uk LOL
@anthonydavid5121 2 жыл бұрын
Most miserable place I ever lived. Nastiest, most stuck-up, two-faced, back stabing not to mention self-loathing people I'd ever met. Eeeecch!
@BostonAreaHomes 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry you had such a bad experience here, @Anthony David
@waynecmontgomery 3 жыл бұрын
Boston was founded in 1630. You have never lived in BOSTON
@BostonAreaHomes 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment, even though unfounded. Living in Boston right now.
@Isaactorres60 3 жыл бұрын
You are so rude!
@halloween7275 2 жыл бұрын
Not much pros in this shvt state
@elenimichailidis2642 2 жыл бұрын
ppl from MA r racists
@edmaguire1012 Жыл бұрын
Been there, done that. The taxes will kill you! I moved to Florida!
@BostonAreaHomes Жыл бұрын
Believe it or not Ma taxes are not the worst in US