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Does Boston Suck?

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The drivers will try to kill you - I mean that - they are not driving horribly because they are bad drivers, they are literally trying to end your existence - I mean it - but other than that, it's a pretty nice city.
 
Originally posted by: Turin39789
I;d be going from 28k yr with great benefits to 55k+ with I would assume good benefits as well. Working for insurance companies has that effect. Problem is I finally landed a job with education benefits, and while I am sure that the new job would have them as well, I've been out of school for 2 years and didnt leave with a great gpa, not sure if it would be as easy to get into college in boston as it is to get into state schools here.
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The cost of living is significantly higher in Boston than down in KY. As far as continuing your education, there are more schools in the Boston/Cambridge area than you can shake a stick at, including many where you need not have a GPA of 3.8 or better: Babson, BC, BU, Brandeis, Cambridge College, Emerson, Lesley, Mass Art, Northeastern, Simmons, Suffolk, Tufts, Wheelock, UMass-Boston, & various state colleges to name a few.

The Harvard Med. School is over the river in the Longwood Medical area. You won't need your car to commute, in fact I'd recommend taking public transportation [the T] in the Longwood area unless your company provides parking. There are many large teaching hospitals & schools crowded into a small area, parking is at a premium. However, you will be near the best healthcare facilities in the world.

Boston also has the wonderful fish/seafood, museums, football, and oh yeah, baseball. 😀
 
Originally posted by: preCRT
Originally posted by: Turin39789
I;d be going from 28k yr with great benefits to 55k+ with I would assume good benefits as well. Working for insurance companies has that effect. Problem is I finally landed a job with education benefits, and while I am sure that the new job would have them as well, I've been out of school for 2 years and didnt leave with a great gpa, not sure if it would be as easy to get into college in boston as it is to get into state schools here.
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The cost of living is significantly higher in Boston than down in KY. As far as continuing your education, there are more schools in the Boston/Cambridge area than you can shake a stick at, including many where you need not have a GPA of 3.8 or better: Babson, BC, BU, Brandeis, Cambridge College, Emerson, Lesley, Mass Art, Northeastern, Simmons, Suffolk, Tufts, Wheelock, UMass-Boston, & various state colleges to name a few.

The Harvard Med. School is over the river in the Longwood Medical area. You won't need your car to commute, in fact I'd recommend taking public transportation [the T] in the Longwood area unless your company provides parking. There are many large teaching hospitals & schools crowded into a small area, parking is at a premium. However, you will be near the best healthcare facilities in the world.

Boston also has the wonderful fish/seafood, museums, football, and oh yeah, baseball. 😀
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QFT^5
 
I'm such a wuss, Im a 23 year old college drop out with a dog and a girlfriend who has never lived outside of Ky. I'm such a puss, I m going to try to man up and think about doing this for real.
 
I moved to boston. its awesome! Course the COL is pretty high, but if you're making enough then I wouldnt worry about it. Housing in insane though, especially in the Cambridge area.
 
Originally posted by: Turin39789
I'm being offered a position with another company that pays twice what I make now. But as much as Im sure Boston rocks, I wasnt planning on moving there anytime soon(currently in Ky). Gonna have to come up with an answer soon, but as much as I;d love the money moving to boston and finding an apartment/house that would work for myself and my dog sounds like such a pita


Tell me what to do
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Have you compared the cost of living between Louisville and Boston?

 
Originally posted by: dartworth
Originally posted by: suse920
Originally posted by: DeviousTrap
As a person living in Boston, I'd say it's a great place. Not sure how the adjustment from KY would be. It's a relatively big city, compared to where you are now, but nothing overwhelming. The weather is good if you can stand some snow in the winter, and there is always something to do here.

Real estate, however, is extremely expensive and the cost of living will be higher compared to where you are now.
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yup even though he is getting twice the pay the huge cost of living we have here now will take up a lot of that.
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but living in a city like boston you can get away with not needing a auto, which saves a lot of $
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i said the same thing living in nyc. once night/weekend comes - all the construction, mass transit detours, the LOOONG waits...it's all BS!

i'm keeping my car - i don't care where i live i'm taking it to my grave! 😀
 
Boston's cool but the weather sucks. From November to the middle of June if you want Sunshine you have to pay for it.
 
I don't really care for cities, but if I had to pick one, Boston would be high on the list. Lots and lots to do.

One caution. Find a place to live before you move. In Boston I would not be suprised to find you paying 1500+ a month for a pit apartment.

You really really need to look at that.
 
I live in Boston proper, and real estate is sky-high here. If you do chose to move, look for housing long before the school year begins; available housing gets scooped up by the college crowd.

There are a lot of colleges and universities in the area and not all have the admission standards of MIT or Harvard. My mother was born in KY (Danville) and lived there as a child. As a young adult, she and my father moved to the Boston suburbs and while neither were native Bostonians by birth nor did they have any relatives in the area, they stayed for the rest of their lives.

Good luck!
 
Originally posted by: Turin39789
I'm such a wuss, Im a 23 year old college drop out with a dog and a girlfriend who has never lived outside of Ky. I'm such a puss, I m going to try to man up and think about doing this for real.
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I'd stay home. If you have no desire to be in Boston, there's no sense in going.
Shop jobs at home and be patient.
Do what you want to do and you'll be happy.


 
I went to school in Boston and really like the city even though I'm from NYC.

The city is kind of dead during the summer though when college lets out.
 
no it does not suck

the weather sometimes sucks, but it has the same weather as the rest of the north east so moveing to NY isnt gonna get you outta that
 
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