Moving to the Woburn Area

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Originally Posted by AtkinsonDan

Most of the new construction in Billerica is colonial revival replacements of torn down cottages in the Nuttings Lake and Pinehurst neighborhoods. These are not good neighborhoods, the new housing is from a handful of builders betting on gentrification and trying to make a quick buck. These neighborhoods are still home to many high school or college dropouts and drug users.

Billerica may have more restaurants than Wilmington, but Wilmington is better positioned along I-93 and within a short distance of Rte 128 to provide easy access to much more in other towns than Billerica. Between the two I would pick Wilmington, however there is so much more in the region to choose from.

I shared a real life story about living in the Nuttings Lake area of Billerica in this thread:
My dilemma, but can be fixed with time I feel

Wow you tagged my thread and mentioned Billerica again here.. and yes I drove by those Pinehurst neighborhoods.. they aren't any better than Lowell despite those fixtures. See I think crime could be high in Pinehurst if you give it the opportunity. Its sketchy considering they try to cover up with trees and fixed up houses and last but not least Newtowne Grille.

[charleschap]

You can get McMansion type house in Wakefield in the 600k range. Many were built in 1990s and early 2000s. Not far from Woburn.

[Joe55g]

Thanks. We are focussing on north Reading, Andover, North Andover, Middleton, Wakefield and Lynnfield. Any opinions or thoughts on those towns?