I am not one of those who can comfortably afford anything in mass. Single dad of 2 (now) adults, no wife and looking for a 1-2 bedroom for $300K. Anything in that price range is pretty much non existent. Renting is nuts and you might as well have a mortgage but either way its incredibly tough to buy anything on your own. Depressing as hell as I need to leave my apartment since my building got bought out and my rent went up $1200. I feel pretty fucked either way.