SperlingViews - Attleboro, Massachusetts

Attleboro, MA is fast becoming one of the best places in Massachusetts to live. Once a thriving jewelry city, over the past 30 years Attleboro experienced a decline in quality of living, schools, recreation and business. However, over the past five years Attleboro has elected a new young mayor with the foresight and ambition to turn his city around into a thriving small hub. Attleboro is very conveniently located between Boston and Providence, RI. It boasts a commuter rail train, a rapidly growing zoo under the leadership of a new director, hospital, Lasallette Shrine, a beautiful big library as well as a host of new projects in the works.[read more...]

One of the cheapest cities in the area. Actually Attleboro is surrounded by mostly "town" sized communities. Living in Attleboro has no real downsides of being in a "city" (pop only 44,000) but allows you to buy more home for the money and also allows you greater access to services.[read more...]

I've lived in Rhode Island and Massachusetts all my life. We have wonderful beaches and state parks, a strong economic base, a complete change of seasons, a strong arts presence, excellent schools and universities, some very rustic inns, museums, restaurants, etc. , and we are the birthplace of the nation. We also have some of the rudest, most narissitic individuals, the worst drivers (RI particularly and the hardest places to drive in (Boston), and a general suspiciousness, cynicism, and xenophobia that you would ever want to encounter. There are some warm folks but all in all people here just don't have the time or inclination to care much about others around them here. I don't know where it comes from but I notice the contrast immediately whenever I travel, except to NYC where it is very similar.[read more...]