Anybody here from Boston, Mass?
Posted: 05 Feb 2011 08:25
Haven't posted much lately, so sorry if this post seems sorta random and out of the blue... I've been VERY busy with my final year in uni. (Set to graduate in May, woohoo!) As such... I've been starting to think about where I want to go once I do graduate. As this is the only really diverse forum I frequent, I figured this would be a good place to go looking for opinions
I'm a true Vermonter, born and raised... and ready to get out of this state. I live in central VT right now, and since I don't want to go TOO far away from my family, I'm really starting to look at Boston, Mass or that general area. I've browsed the internet, and there are numerous job postings in the Boston area for my field, so it's looking like a leading contender. So I guess my question... if anyone here is from that area, can you give me an idea of what Boston is like? I don't imagine the weather is too much different than what I'm used to in VT, though I've never lived near a coast, so I don't know how much that changes things.
I lived in Burlington, VT (Vermont's version of a "city") for 3 years while in school, and although I grew up on a single-lane dirt road, I've found I prefer living closer to civilization, lol. What are apartments like down there? Big buildings with a lot of apartments in them, or are there townhouses and the like? Reasonably priced or will I run into the same crazy inflation I did in Burlington? And I guess just the general question... what's it like to live there?
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to give me their honest opinion!
I'm a true Vermonter, born and raised... and ready to get out of this state. I live in central VT right now, and since I don't want to go TOO far away from my family, I'm really starting to look at Boston, Mass or that general area. I've browsed the internet, and there are numerous job postings in the Boston area for my field, so it's looking like a leading contender. So I guess my question... if anyone here is from that area, can you give me an idea of what Boston is like? I don't imagine the weather is too much different than what I'm used to in VT, though I've never lived near a coast, so I don't know how much that changes things.
I lived in Burlington, VT (Vermont's version of a "city") for 3 years while in school, and although I grew up on a single-lane dirt road, I've found I prefer living closer to civilization, lol. What are apartments like down there? Big buildings with a lot of apartments in them, or are there townhouses and the like? Reasonably priced or will I run into the same crazy inflation I did in Burlington? And I guess just the general question... what's it like to live there?
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to give me their honest opinion!