Congrats Sharon, Acton, Westborough (Boston, Worcester: 2015, home, public school)
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Made this year's list of 50 best places to live in USA per Time/Money magazine. This has now become one of many other "best of" lists out there. Getting harder to keep track.
I thought the list by Money Magazine was the original list, so it's not just becoming one of many. It changes every year anyways. Sometimes a town will make the list 2 years in a row, but never 3.
Yup, which means it won't make the top 50 next year because they need to spread it around to keep everyone happy. Pretty much every town that's at least average has made the list once.
Last years list was for places with population 50k to 300k so I think they alternate between size of city/town every year so no way a location can make the list two years in a row due to difference in criteria. Many people dont know this, including the writer of the Globe article online.
Nevertheless, a pat on the back to these three towns.
Last years list was for places with population 50k to 300k so I think they alternate between size of city/town every year so no way a location can make the list two years in a row due to difference in criteria. Many people dont know this, including the writer of the Globe article online.
Nevertheless, a pat on the back to these three towns.
You are right, my memory is failing me. Sharon was #1 in 2013 and #3 in 2015.
There's a lot to a town besides just "the numbers." I can't imagine some guy from a national magazine knows squat about any of the towns he's put on the list.
Go West, young family! With a median single-family home price under $400,000, Westborough offers an outpost of affordability in the greater Boston area. Although it’s 30 miles outside the city, Westborough’s proximity to the Massachusetts Turnpike puts commuters on the path of least resistance into Cambridge and Boston — 45 minutes to an hour or so in heavy traffic. The journey by train takes over an hour.
There are good jobs closer to home too. Large employers in town include BJ’s Wholesale Club, BNY Mellon Wealth Management, and Integrated Genetics — and next-door Worcester has numerous large employers in technology, life sciences, financial services, and health care, including the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Medical Center.
There’s not a ton going on after dark in this sleepy town of about 18,000, but during daylight hours, residents get outside on extensive conservation lands protected by the Westborough Community Land Trust and in the 427-acre Westboro Wildlife Management Area (where hikers and bikers share the land with hunters). The public school ranks high in statewide comparisons, with 20% minority enrollment (majority Asian), and nearly a 99% graduation rate. Parents here are smart, too — 57% of adult residents have a higher-education degree, among the highest rates in a smart state.—Adam Bluestein
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