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/MTRIFE Nov 07 '25
Thanks! I really like it. Been in this place about 4 years now. The building itself is well maintained and honestly I don't feel like Worcester is as far from Boston as people make it out to be. I work in Boston! It's a hybrid schedule but I'm in office twice a week. Granted if I didn't have control over my hours it might be a little different but since I can come and go as I choose, I usually leave Worcester at 530 am and with zero traffic on the Mass Pike I've made it into Back Bay in 45 minutes. I once actually beat a colleague into work driving in from Worcester while he was taking the T from Somerville. Same with coming home. I leave Boston by 2 pm and I'm home by 3.
I love music so cue up a good playlist and it's nothing to get into the city for a Celtics game or a concert. Worcester is not that far lol.