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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
One of my dearest friends in college was from Bolton, Mass and when he graduated he got a job back "home" and rented the most adorable little carriage house behind a mansion in Wellesley. I went to visit him and fell in love with that area.
PS: Massachusetts people, help me because I'm having a brain jam! When we lived in Portland, ME, we'd occasionally head down to Mass for the weekend and I remember one of the first towns we'd go through once we crossed into Mass from NH had a name that was pronounced completely differently than it was spelled. I can't remember the name, and it's bothering me. Can anyone help me out?
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There's Gloucester, Worcester, Westborough - any of those work?
Wellesley is a great town, if you can afford it; the whole Newton/Wellesley/Weston/Brookline/Chestnut Hill area has gone way up in price, and you (along with your significant other) have to be making pretty good money to afford a home in the area.
As far as CT - aephi alum, you're right, housing prices have shot way up there. My parents were pretty smart (and lucky) with their house. My dad is a contractor, so he was able to build in an area where there wasn't too much development. There were dirt roads when we first got there. Eventually the area sprouted up, a golf course moved in, and the value of their home has gone up by a good amount. It doesn't help when tax season comes along, but when they decide to retire and scale down, it will be a nice turnaround on the sale.