Nice family towns near Plymouth, MA

[bryan6]

I live in Kingston and love it. It's close to the beaches and the Cape, while still close enough for trips into Boston. Yet, despite being so close to everything you really get that rural feel in some parts which is nice in this busy world we live in. The schools are great, K-12 are all new buildings and they have organized sports from Soccer to lacrosse.

[Amybcb]

Do you have to worry about traffic? Do you want a more rural feel or surburban feel?

For surburban I would say Hingham, Norwell, Hanover... more rural would be Carver, Sandwich, Kingston, Pembroke, Plympton, Cohasset, Scituate, Duxbury and Marshfield.

The more expensive towns from the list above are: Norwell, Hingham, Cohasset, Scituate, Duxbury, Marshfield and Hanover. The towns you'd get a bigger house for your money are Carver, Sandwich, Kingston, Pembroke and Plympton.

I grew up in Plymouth, live in Sandwich now and hubby grew up in Plymouth. I've worked in Hingham, Norwell and now farther north. The traffic can be brutal the farther south you live (from Boston). For instance, for me to get from Sandwich to Canton (up rte 3 to rte 128) it takes a solid 1.5 hours because of traffic on a weekday. Keep in mind that I leave the house at 5:30 so I can make it to work by 7am... luckily I work weekends so I tend to miss traffic.

Sandwich is beautiful, rural, has that wonderful cape cod feel and a great school. I've been here for 5 years now and I like it. I'd prefer to move back to Carver but that is because I grew up there (though they have a good school there too). If you have any specific questions, please feel free to ask. Being a local, I know most of those towns well. Good luck in your search.

[m.1]

North marshfield/marshfield hills - duxbury - scituate - kingston - and norwell . . .
I would look in these very fine towns first, all very safe, with excellent public schools and sports programs. I have been in marshfield for 30 years and i love it.
Oh, and many marshfield teams have been consistent regional winners within many different sports for quite some time now . . .

[kaioak36]

I don't recommend Marshfield. It's not as nice as the other towns mentioned.

[clevedark]

Marshfield is a lovely town.