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sammydee44 t1_jd7s6rd wrote

Commute to Boston where jobs pay more

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LowkeyPony t1_jd8xjfy wrote

We bought in Fitchburg over 20 years ago because we couldn't afford to live closer to our jobs in Cambridge. Now we'd be strapped trying to afford our home out here in the 'Burg. Hell. apartments here are going for $1600 and up now.

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IOUAndSometimesWhy t1_jdajw9i wrote

My mom's friend and her husband bought a few triple deckers in Fitchburg/Leominster for dirt cheap and fixed them up and rented them out as their retirement hobby. This was about 15 years ago. Became a very lucrative hobby lol

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Kpop2258 t1_jd7yptm wrote

Pretty much me rn. Still refuse to move to Boston though even if the morning traffic drives me insane

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sammydee44 t1_jd81z1j wrote

Yeah, I was in Boston for quite some time but the rents were pretty up there. Still high! Not gonna pay 2500 for a studio

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Kpop2258 t1_jd82s7e wrote

Yep. I would love to live there but that would mean living in squalor while not being able to save a penny.

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