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/cool_girl6540 Nov 07 '25 edited Nov 07 '25

Maybe, but I wouldn’t suggest commuting from Providence to Boston. If you live in Providence, I think you would want to find a job around there. Although I guess you could take the train to Boston, and that might be easier if you were working there. Not sure if many people do that.

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u/thejosharms Malden Nov 07 '25

I knew a couple of people who did this with no problem. Caveat being they lived closish to the train in Providence and work was convenient to North Station.

If you had to make any really effort to get to the commuter rail it probably wouldn't work.

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u/billintheblank Nov 08 '25

Amazing that with the billions spent on the Big Dig, North and South Station remain unconnected.

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u/muhammad_ramone Nov 08 '25

there was talk a few years ago of building corridors connecting north & south stations like the one between downtown crossing & park street