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Old 10-14-2008, 10:33 PM
 
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These are some basic, yet very helpful online resources to learn about Greater Boston relocation, the most frequent topic here:

1. Main city data site: Frankly, I think the answers to a lot of the questions asked in the forum can be inferred from what you can read right here:
//www.city-data.com/city/Massachusetts.html

2. Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority - find the paths/stops of the subway (the "T") lines in Boston and adjacent communities, and of the commuter rail lines, which reach out into the suburbs. The commuter rail is awesome, and the subway, is well, a subway
http://www.mbta.com/

3. Boston Globe real estate - can see house and rental ads. As far as the rentals go, many are not listed here, and I think you can do better than these ads on pricing if you're willing to really look, but this will give you *some* idea.
http://www.boston.com/realestate/

4. Google Maps - search by city/state, by zip code, or just pan around, zoom down and flip to satellite photo view to check out the neighborhood.
Google Maps
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Old 10-16-2008, 08:15 AM
 
Location: Memphis tn
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Hey! That's very helpful there does seem to be a lot of folks myself included are moving to mass. It must be a great place to live!
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Old 10-16-2008, 09:59 AM
 
Location: Providence, RI
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Good thread idea!



Also, If I'm moving or visiting somewhere, I always go to an image hosting website (eg. Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing (http://www.flickr.com - broken link) ) and search the town I'm going to. These sites provides personal, non-commercial images that you can't find on a real estate ad.

Local Newspapers help too. Though this particular thread is about Greater Boston, Here's a few from various areas outside the immediate metro area:

Western Mass: http://www.masslive.com/
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/

Worcester: Worcester Telegram & Gazette Online

South Shore: Home - Quincy, MA - The Patriot Ledger

Lowell: Home - Lowell Sun Online

Haverhill: Home - hgazette.com, Haverhill, MA

South Coast: SouthCoastToday.com - Frontpage - Your link to SouthCoast Massachusetts and beyond (New Bedford)
Home - Fall River, MA - The Herald News (Fall River)

Cape Cod: CapeCodOnline.com - Frontpage

Newburyport: www.newburyportnews.com

Gloucester: www.gloucestertimes.com

(feel free to add more)

Last edited by CaseyB; 10-16-2008 at 10:19 AM.. Reason: competitor site
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