thoughts on towns and cities (Boston, Lowell: homes, neighborhoods, public schools)

[citylife21]

Hey guys I have a question that you can answer put these towns and cities in order of the best to worst in your opion and briefly why they are in that order natick quincy newton weston brockton randolph lowell lawrence canton stoughton dorchester and everret. thanks

[citylife21]

is anybody going to answer or what?

[AprilCostello]

I can do it, and I will base it mostly on how nice (or not) the neighborhoods look in these towns.

Newton
Weston
Stoughton
Natick
Canton
Randolph
Lowell
Lawrence
Quincy
Brockton
Everett
Dorchester

*Those last 3 were the toughest, they're pretty much a 3-way tie for the worst

[tracyalexa]

From what I recall - going off pure memory here! Lived there 30 yrs, but gone for 5.

Newton
Weston
Stoughton
Natick
Canton
Dorchester
Randolph
Lowell
Quincy
Lawrence
Everett
Brockton
Everett

[citylife21]

thank you guys for answering i mostly agreed with your answers in my pick I think it goes weston, newton, natick, canton, stoughton,quincy,randolph,lowell,everett,lawrence, brockton,dorchester.And were in mass are you guys from?

[CaseyB]

I'll try:

Weston (no bad areas to be found there)
Newton
Natick (South Natick is very nice)
Canton (Some wealthy neighborhoods & school system might actually be better than
Natick)
Stoughton
Quincy
Lowell
Brockton (The West Side has some lovely homes, but the violence in Brockton is unreal) & Randolph are about equal
Everett (I know next to nothing about Everett, just a guess)
Dorchester
Lawrence

[neil0311]

Just keep in mind that the economics and social scenes of these towns can be like night and day. Weston and Brockton... That's like Dom Perignon next to Miller Light.

[findingmesomeday]

Newton and Weston at the top. Good schools, nice communities.

Everything except Brockton and Dorchester in the middle. Brockton has an unbeliveable amount of problems. I'm sure nice pockets in town exist but you're still in Brockton. Dorchester also has some nice pockets but now you have to deal w/ the Boston Public Schools.

Every other town on that list is sort of 'meh' in my opinon.

[citylife21]

Thanks for all the respones. Also why do you think randolph is worst then canton stoughton and quincy because they seem to be simmalier in my oppion? thanks.

[baystater]

Originally Posted by AprilCostello

I can do it, and I will base it mostly on how nice (or not) the neighborhoods look in these towns.

Newton
Weston
Stoughton
Natick
Canton
Randolph
Lowell
Lawrence
Quincy
Brockton
Everett
Dorchester

*Those last 3 were the toughest, they're pretty much a 3-way tie for the worst

I'd switch Brockton and Dorchester. Everything else is pretty much right.