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> And the cost of living is simply absurd I'd agree compared to many places, but Boston is hardly cheaper than the Valley! It's cheaper than SF, but more expen
by mjn 14y ago
> And the cost of living is simply absurd
I'd agree compared to many places, but Boston is hardly cheaper than the Valley! It's cheaper than SF, but more expensive than Mountain View, San Jose, Santa Clara, etc. At least as far as apartment rentals go; I haven't looked at how purchasing a house would compare.
There are Boston suburbs which are cheaper, but unlike in the Valley, there is not much going on there. The South Bay has a bunch of tech companies (Apple, nVidia, etc.), community spaces like the Hacker Dojo, coworking spaces like NextSpace, etc. The parts of Boston where you can find an apartment for San-Jose-level rents don't really have anything like that.
- prsutherland 14y agoNo tech companies in the suburbs of boston? There is Autodesk, RedHat, EMC and many others. Edit: For a more complete list, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_128#The_high-tech_region http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_128#The_hig...
- ErikAugust 14y agoYeah - that person doesn't know what they are talking about. Route 128 rivals the Valley in that sense... just about anyone that grew up in that economy knows that.
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- eropple 14y ago> I'd agree compared to many places, but Boston is hardly cheaper than the Valley! It's cheaper than SF, but more expensive than Mountain View, San Jose, Santa Clara, etc. At least as far as apartment rentals go; I haven't looked at how purchasing a house would compare. The costs drop precipitously when you aren't trying to live in Cambridge or in downtown Boston. I live fifteen minutes by train from downtown and 30 by train from Cambridge. I pay $1550 a month for a 1300-sq-ft 2-bedroom--I WFH so I needed an office, otherwise it'd be $1200 for a 1-bedroom. Plus there's Allston/Brighton, which are part of Boston but priced pretty reasonably.