People will come out to you, at least for a while, but would there be a chance of you no longer coming in to people? You might think "no, of course not", but once you've settled in for a few years... I know I blow off a lot of stuff that I wouldn't if I weren't out in Waltham, and that's "close" by many people's standards.
Snow. How hard is it going to be in the winter?
Construction. Are you going to be screwed if Major Road going to your area goes down for the summer, or are there alternatives?
People without cars are going to have to go through a lot more maneuvering to get to you. It doesn't look like T passes work on the buses from the train either, which means someone taking the train and the bus both in and out is going to be blowing close to ten bucks on the trip. If it were me, and I were still at Simmons, there would be absolutely no way I'd have done it. Others may feel differently.
All that being said, what you really have to consider is if the house fills your needs. The rest of the tradeoffs are details.
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Date: 2005-09-19 04:36 am (UTC)People will come out to you, at least for a while, but would there be a chance of you no longer coming in to people? You might think "no, of course not", but once you've settled in for a few years... I know I blow off a lot of stuff that I wouldn't if I weren't out in Waltham, and that's "close" by many people's standards.
Snow. How hard is it going to be in the winter?
Construction. Are you going to be screwed if Major Road going to your area goes down for the summer, or are there alternatives?
People without cars are going to have to go through a lot more maneuvering to get to you. It doesn't look like T passes work on the buses from the train either, which means someone taking the train and the bus both in and out is going to be blowing close to ten bucks on the trip. If it were me, and I were still at Simmons, there would be absolutely no way I'd have done it. Others may feel differently.
All that being said, what you really have to consider is if the house fills your needs. The rest of the tradeoffs are details.