Thinking about moving to Worcester (Boston, Athol: condos, job, house)

[bizzbot]

I have a friend who used to live there. I see these fixer upper condos for under $40K and get excited. There is nothing in that price range in my home town of Tampa, not even a moldy shack. I am attracted to the fact that I could take the train to Boston. Does anyone think that this city is cool? I mean, why the heck are the prices for some homes so low? How about Athol? I saw a 5 bedroom nice house for 100K there. Forget the train, I want to have a library! What is life like in these towns?

Thanks

[scarletfire]

$40K in Worcester? Wow, I would think that is likely to be a rather dicey area. There are some lovely parts of Worcester and some parts that are quite downtrodden. Where will you be working?

[bizzbot]

The job is not set in stone yet, but it will most likely be boston. I guess it did seem too good to be true as far as the price went. Most of the homes i found at that price were near the T stop.

Thanks