Great place to live - 10/2/2008

love it here!

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Too expensive - 8/27/2008

Housing costs are way too high.

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mass - 6/28/2008

It a state for people over 21.

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State Officials - 6/23/2008

Mass is a joke! State Officials have just asked for a $160,000 raise EACH! Some of us don't even make HALF that and can bareley afford to pay the gas to get to work! WHat, $260,000 a year isn't enough?

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Sick of being cold - 6/5/2008

I am sick of being cold most of the year. Watching the summer turn to fall is pretty. The first snow fall is also nice. I have lived here my whole life. I've seen enough. I want to be warm most of the year.

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love the seasons - 5/28/2008

lovethe seasons

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Massachusetts - 5/10/2008

Great for education, really hard to survive here in this economy.

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cost of living - 4/23/2008

What would be the cost on Car Insurance, food, and Real Estate?

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Family town - 3/2/2008

My fiance and I are looking to move to Massachusetts but need to know more about the best places to raise a family there.

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Great - 2/19/2008

Terrific variety for all levels of education.

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Massachusetts climate - 1/17/2008

Typical New England weather patterns(frequently chnaging) with 4 distinct seasons. Winters can be cold with lots of snow in the north and western parts of the state but milder and rainy on the cosat and Cape. Spring is comfortable and can come in early March lasting through mid-June. Summers range from warm and humid to dry and hot with at least a week or two in the upper nineties. But autumn arrives with cooler tempreatures as the leaves change colors and the days shorten. Probably the best season but all too short.

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Boston Native - 12/11/2007

I was born and raised in Massachusetts. I have positives and negatives that I can say about this state. What I will say is that if you don't like the cold then don't move here! It gets cold in the winter. The problem isn't even the low temps it's the wind chill. Since Boston is located right on the coast when that wind starts to blow it will feel about 20 degrees colder than what it really is. In the summer it does get hot and humid! Really humid! So if you are concerned about your hair - it will frizz! As for the people, there is a reason why Boston is known as the rudest city in the country. I have done my share of travelling around the U.S. and I will admit that the people here are pretty rude. Not everyone but a good percentage are. If anything you should worry about the drivers. The drivers here (including myself) are very agressive. You have no other choice to be, people will not think twice about cutting you off on the road. On top of that Boston is also very expensive. The cost of living rises every year so it is very expensive to afford a place on your own. If you are a student or you are looking to work in the healthcare industry then this is the place that you should consider moving too! Hospitals and Universities are everywhere. We are the home of MIT and Harvard as well as hundreds of other colleges. All in all Boston is a nice place to live in if you can afford it.

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Quality of Life - 6/28/2007

Affordable housing with access to recreation.

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what i think is most dominant about this area's we - 4/13/2007

long cold winter. summers short 4-5 months with high humidity.

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Weather. - 4/6/2007

Too much winter, but the summer is exceptional.

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Too expensive - 2/5/2007

time to move to a more affordable location

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Time to move out - 9/24/2006

My wife and I have both lived in Mass. for all our lives (so far) which is almost 50 years. And I haven't a clue why we have not moved out sooner. Actually we owned a business here for 15 years. That and our daughter in college kept us in the area. But since we are free of both we have been searching for a better part of the country to move to. The business climate is difficult for the small business person. Insurance (health, auto, you name it) is out of control. The housing market HAS COLLAPSED here. Our house is for sale and nobody is looking after 2 price declines. Cost of living in general is out of control. Roads are bad, getting worse and traffic is bad and getting worse. The patronage in the state has caused state pensions and road costs to become a serious burden. Taxes are high especially property taxes and the job outlook anywhere outside of Boston is poor to fair. The good news (no I did pay a lot for my car insurance), if you do not mind the snow (I don't but am getting tired of losing 3-4 months out of the year since I don't ski, etc.) the 4 seasons are nice. No floods, quakes, twisters etc. There are a lot of good colleges in Boston and Worcester in particular. Boston has a lot of history along with most of New England. But I know there are better places out there. I have been thinking of N.C., TN., Virginia (not near DC). Anyone reading this that loves where they live drop me a line. Looking for lower cost of living, open spaces for hiking and not too hot. Snow is ok, about 12 inches a year is fine.

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Shrewsbury, MA - 9/10/2006

Crime, taxes, population density, ect. is over all better than average. However, the cost of living is 40-90 percent higer on avgerage which makes it difficult to live on a single person income.

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too cold - 9/4/2006

Winters too long and too cold.

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Mass is the best place to live !!! - 8/30/2006

I have lived in other States, Mass has to be the best State to live.

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