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AloneManagement8650 OP t1_j8q54ka wrote

Reply to comment by Unique-Public-8594 in I am looking for 3bd houses in an excellent (8+ rating) school district in Massachusetts, with good community/neighborhood. I work in Cambridge thus wanted to keep commuting distance under 1hr. Can you suggest few good towns and approx. house price. Thanks!!! by AloneManagement8650

My budget is around 650-700K. I will prefer an realtor

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freshpicked12 t1_j8rlhs4 wrote

Good luck with that budget.

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riqk t1_j8udaii wrote

That budget is absolutely fine up to an hour outside of Cambridge, are you kidding? Housing prices are bad, sure, but their radius puts them almost anywhere from Cambridge to New Bedford going south, my guy. Plenty of good places to live with that budget.

Edit- just noticed it said UNDER an hour, so not as big a radius as I thought, but the point still stands

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BeastCoast t1_j8ueb8u wrote

Best school districts sub 1 hour (remember traffic is a thing too) are gonna be starting in the 800s for 3bd that aren’t falling apart. I’m probably even being a little generous on the price.

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freshpicked12 t1_j8umabw wrote

I don’t doubt there are houses within an hour in that price range. But in a top tier school district is going to be tough.

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amymcg t1_j8smki6 wrote

Houses in Fitchburg are selling for that. It’s not a good school system

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Dramatic-Purpose-103 t1_j8u4amt wrote

Your budget is unrealistic unless you want a fixer upper. Don't focus on schools. All schools in MA are good. You need a $800-1.5 million budget.

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lotusblossom60 t1_j8u5l92 wrote

Come out to the Merrimack valley and commute. You can get a three bedroom in Tewksbury for that price. Safe town. Good schools. (I’m a teacher)

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LowkeyPony t1_j8tmtol wrote

Holbrook. South Shore. Quiet town. Commuter rail.

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fuzzypickles34 t1_j8ugi4y wrote

Awful schools.

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LowkeyPony t1_j8x6h3c wrote

Really? I grew up there. Granted my folks fell into the St Josephs or nothing category, but still.

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Mary55330 t1_j900vv2 wrote

Very small district, so it doesn’t offer as much as a larger town.

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LowkeyPony t1_j92dnn9 wrote

LOL. Sorry, but coming now from a small city where everyone outside of the city calls our public school system shit. I find this laughable as hell.

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Mary55330 t1_j92jubb wrote

I didn’t say city- but compared to larger towns it lacks resources.

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