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Something that would help would be if you can get specific about what you mean by "inexpensive." If people here know the approximate rent or mortgage you want to pay, they'll have a better idea which areas have properties for those prices. Areas that might work would be neighborhoods near the red line in Cambridge and Somerville. Also, the east side of Arlington puts you close to the red line stop at Alewife station. Another reason Arlington might be a good choice is that its housing costs are more moderate than you'll find in many areas, though nothing anywhere close to Boston is likely to be really cheap. From Cambridge, Somerville, or Arlington's east side (the rest of Arlington would be farther from the red line), you can take the red line to South Station and take commuter trains to both towns you're working in.
Other areas to check out might be the South End and the Back Bay right in Boston, and Brookline, especially around the Coolidge Corner and Brookline Village neighborhoods. Back Bay and Brookline are served by the green line, which would get you to Woodland. Your wife would have to transfer to the red line to ride to South Station for the commuter train, but it's a fairly short ride on the green line to reach the transfer to the red line, so this might work timewise even if it would not be the most simple commute. The part of the South End close to Copley Square would give you access to the Worcester commuter rail line at Back Bay Station, and your wife a short ride on the orange line to a transfer to the red line that goes to South Station. Back Bay and the South End are right in the central city, with rowhouses and the like, and no yards. Brookline is densely populated suburban with some areas that have a bit of an urban feel. All these areas are costly, but, depending again on what you mean by "inexpensive," any of them might have the occasional rental property that is not ridiculously expensive. Worth checking into at least, because of the central location. But look especially closely at locations near the red line in Cambridge, Somerville, and east Arlington.
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