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I would only recommend the Eastside of Providence only if you already had a job in downtown Boston (near Backbay or South Stations) or wanted to limit any job possibilities solely to that area. This would mean you would likley be writing off job opportunities in the suburbs outside Boston along routes 95/128 or 495 since the drives there were be further and your northern limit reduced.
The Eastside is very nice. It offers a lot of entertainment and cultural options for your free time on the weekends. If you get a place close enough to downtown, you can walk to the train station. The Eastside is not a great place to live if you were to look at positions in the Westborough/Marlboro area along 495 or Needham/Waltham/Burlington area along 95/128. Those drives for the five days of the work week would not be good. The Eastside works only if you were to work near an MBTA station which would likely limit you to downtown Boston possibilities.
I personally think if you want the best of all worlds and desire a lot of flexibility (jobs/entertainment/etc...), it would be advised to look near the 95/495 junction. Your wife would have an easy drive to Woonsocket and you would have more job opportunities and still have a short drive to Providence (20 minutes) or even Boston for weekend activities.
I would only recommend the Eastside of Providence only if you already had a job in downtown Boston (near Backbay or South Stations) or wanted to limit any job possibilities solely to that area. This would mean you would likley be writing off job opportunities in the suburbs outside Boston along routes 95/128 or 495 since the drives there were be further and your northern limit reduced.
The Eastside is very nice. It offers a lot of entertainment and cultural options for your free time on the weekends. If you get a place close enough to downtown, you can walk to the train station. The Eastside is not a great place to live if you were to look at positions in the Westborough/Marlboro area along 495 or Needham/Waltham/Burlington area along 95/128. Those drives for the five days of the work week would not be good. The Eastside works only if you were to work near an MBTA station which would likely limit you to downtown Boston possibilities.
I personally think if you want the best of all worlds and desire a lot of flexibility (jobs/entertainment/etc...), it would be advised to look near the 95/495 junction. Your wife would have an easy drive to Woonsocket and you would have more job opportunities and still have a short drive to Providence (20 minutes) or even Boston for weekend activities.
There is also the 146 corridor. When I lived in West Warwick, I commuted to Northborough 6 days a week. Not as bad as it sounds, only about an hour and ten minutes. But there were some towns between Worcester and 295 that aren't too bad, although rural.
It isn't even "the 'Neponset' area" - that's in Dorchester!
Yes it is, but there's also the Neponset Valley which is roughly the Norwood/Walpole area. The source of the Neponset River is in Foxborough. That's what I initially thought she was referring to.
Let me be the first to point out what everyone else surely will soon enough: "East Providence" is not the same thing as "the East Side of Providence." The East Side is a neighborhood (or, more accurately, a collection of neighborhoods) in Providence; East Providence is an independent city that borders the East Side. What you likely want is the East Side.
An important distinction - he'll want the East Side.
Yes it is, but there's also the Neponset Valley which is roughly the Norwood/Walpole area. The source of the Neponset River is in Foxborough. That's what I initially thought she was referring to.
There is also a Neponset St. and Neponset Reservoir in Foxborough, in which I thought I've heard the area around there referred to as Neponset.
There is also the 146 corridor. When I lived in West Warwick, I commuted to Northborough 6 days a week. Not as bad as it sounds, only about an hour and ten minutes. But there were some towns between Worcester and 295 that aren't too bad, although rural.
You can catch the Pike in to Boston easily from there. Traffic will be no worse than 95/93 traffic.
But it's a much longer (and more expensive) ride, and you have no train option.
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