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the-court-house t1_jdauv1d wrote

Reply to Best Playgrounds by Many-Perception-3945

If you care to travel all the way to Plymouth: Nelson Park in Downtown Plymouth is great. It has an inclusive playground, splash-pad, bathrooms and concessions stand, lots of grass for picnics, boat ramp, beach, as well as access to a two mile long rail trail that's great for walks. It's also close walking distance to everything downtown Plymouth has to offer: food, shopping, museums, etc.

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Separate_Session_452 t1_jdauq63 wrote

Reply to Looking into moving to Mass. Would love to hear about the good, the bad, the ugly of living in your wonderful state! by InspectorFun1699

Central MA does have “affordable” housing $300-500k range. A lot will really depend what you want near you. I live in Pepperell, it really has no restaurants to speak of and we get a lot of snow, but I can hit Boston in an 1.5 hour, however, Lowell, Nashua NH, Fitchburg and Worcester are less than an hour. This opens a-lot of options from outdoor sports and recreation, to, if you are into music, the new Groton Hill Music Center. Not only a fabulous performance center, but a top notch place to take music lessons (kids and adults). I lived in NC about 30 years ago, both on the Outer Banks and Western NC, beautiful state, but in many ways, although MA is developed, there are many areas where the pace is slower. Pepperell boasts not having a single traffic light.
Like many have said, schools are good to great, healthcare is excellent, people do mind their own business, but communities do abound, I think it depends how involved you want to be. All the best in your move.

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mehkindaok t1_jdaszk8 wrote

Reply to Looking into moving to Mass. Would love to hear about the good, the bad, the ugly of living in your wonderful state! by InspectorFun1699

A town in MA where $250K gets you an actual house rather than a burnt-out shed or quite literally a parking spot will make most of NC look like a liberal utopia, just move to RTP area and call it a day. Out here you’d be competing with buyers whose annual household income is greater than your entire house budget.

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