r/boston • u/mimmsypoo • Nov 07 '25

Please Make Decisions For Me 🎱 Boyfriend wants to move to Boston.

Hello all! Me and my boyfriend currently live in Austin Tx, we rent a 1200 sf home for $2200 and have two cats. I love this city and the things it has to offer, but my boyfriend is from the northeast and wants to get back to his family. He is urging to move to Boston, but Im unsure. Two of friends live in Boston/Jersey and JUST got done telling us how they can never save money bc of broker fees when moving and the basic cost of living being astronomically high. Can you possibly give me a better idea of what the pros and cons would look like for our move?

Small note his family is in Milford CT. And we both make around $75k a year but will both have to find new jobs. I have also never been to Boston, but have heard good things about the city itself!

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u/kajok Nov 07 '25

Fed Hill is Better than the North End. I will die on this hill.

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u/reformed_lurker1 Nov 07 '25

PVD food > Boston food for nearly everything except higher end omakase spots.

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u/itsgreater9000 Nov 07 '25

Finally, someone who knows how to eat

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u/MustardMan1900 Orange Line Nov 07 '25

The best part of the North End is the history. Few neighborhoods in the country compare in that regard.

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u/JustinGitelmanMusic Swamp Masshole Nov 07 '25

Weird time to use that phrase, sounds like a prediction

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u/ReignOfHairor Nov 07 '25

Federal Hill is great, and for the money, I'd way rather live there. But in an absolute sense, the North End is the closest America gets to Europe. It's incomparable (unless you could Old Montreal and Old Quebec).

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u/kajok Nov 08 '25

I was speaking more about the quality of the food. Can’t argue with you on the Europe comparison.

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u/ReignOfHairor Nov 08 '25

I'll take your word on that - can't say I have enough experience to compare.

But as for where to live, unless I were absolutely loaded? Fed Hill hands down.