As a Bostonian born and raised (Dorchester, Mid-Dorchester to be specific), I can agree with most of this list. Beacon Hill and Back Bay especially, it’s very wealthy and physically walking those neighborhoods you will see that. I also went to elementary, middle, and high school in Cohasset, Massachusetts, it’s a VERY RICH community. It’s also not that close to Boston as it’s on the south shore. Great video, I really enjoyed it!
@@janlundberg5924 I was a part of a program called “Metco”. The program’s main objective was to spread awareness and importance of diversity, and give opportunities. The program took kids (usually of color) from the city and made them go to schools far out (like all white suburban communities). The town chosen for me was Cohasset.
I'm a retired bus driver for the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority). I spent many years driving a bus in a lot of these neighborhoods. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
So many gorgeous wealthy towns in MA not mentioned here, thankfully. MA has the top public schools in the country because we pay teachers well and are a wealthy state, as you can see here.
Good video. Born and raised in West Roxbury proud graduate of Brighton High automotive 1976 you fogot Hamilton Whenham Beverly Farms Manchester by the Sea . The natives of those towns could buy and sell the natives of all the towns you mentioned
That's what i mean,,,, i grew up in Boston (JP),,,, It was just triple deckers and simple. tons of kids to play with. your whole family lived between the 3 floors, so we all were paying one mortgage. It was the 60's,,, I eventually worked at MGH and rented with 3 people on Beacon Hill, I think we paid $300. each. The price gouging Really bothers me,, im not living in Mass anymore, but when i go back i realize you have to be REALLY rich to live and do things. too much greedy
Lived on Grove Street in Beacon Hill in the early 2000's. Tiny 2 bedroom apartment was $2300 per month at the time. Seemed like so much back then. It's probably north of 5k per month now. My walk to work with my dog was through the Common and Public Garden and then down Commonwealth Ave to Boylston Street. So glad I got to experience that.
@scottcruikshank8689, Like all other real estate everywhere, the prices are just simply outrageous and no home is worth what they are asking. Rents are just as outrageous!
Interesting that Charlestown made the list. When I lived in Cambridge 30+ years ago, it would not have made the list - either for desirability or wealth (although it has always had great views). Boston area is amazing, and I could have suggested another 10 more, including Weston and Milton. And Lexington and Concord deserve mention as well.
How could you miss Concord Massachusetts or Weston Ma. These are two of the nicest towns and concord is the last stop of the tea I want of course Lexington is a lovely town. We are so fortunate here in the bay state.
Came from Brasil in the early 90's and went to College in Boston. Lived in Brookline for a few years back then, roommates from College. Still love Brookline and go there often.
I used to always drive through Dover, its an interesting place to drive through as its nothing but woods really which is a cool change of pace for the area. All you see are trees and behind them are some crazy homes that you will never see.
Lol, I remember when Charlestown was a inexpensive working class neighborhood. And when the Central Square and Cambridgeport were places to rent a nice but cheap apartment.
Yep, I lived on Norfolk in Cetral Square, 2 beds, inexpensive. But that was when cops and prostitutessat in the 24 hour Dunkin Donuts in Central Square. And when the black and white kids would compete in the square with their bike ballets. And MIT students would do odd things while high on pschedelics. And the post collerge growd hung atr TT T The Bears. I also loived in Canmbridgeport, cheap apartment. But thejn I lived in Manhattan in a cheapapartmemt a few years befiore.
Yeah me too, you either entered Charlestown if you were visiting someone or were ok with looking over your shoulders nonstop. I had several friends from Charlestown and our treks to parties over there were interesting to say the least. Dated a girl from their who called me one night and stated I can longer enter it as her old boyfriend informed her I would be shot if seen. Was in a street hockey tournament there that during the middle watched a Town Car pull up next the fields, get put on blocks and stripped within 30 minutes. Now people are paying top dollar to live there.
@@johnmcgrath6192 that was the 80's. It was SO Sletchy back then,,,,,, It really was dusty, dirty,, and there was HARDLY any Lighting at night!!! RUFF back then,, kinda ghetto
@@msk3905 oh yeah,, truth. that guy Would have shot you dude. and Blacks could NOT go in there,,, same thing. But there were better areas too. That was a certain section as i remember it.. all the townies lived there. sat out on their steps.
@@JustMe-gs9xi I was talking about the 70s. And the neighborhoods I mentioned were not dirty. I used to admire a complex of buildings in Cambridgeport, assuming I could never afford to live there. Later I was invited to parties there,. You could eat off the hallway floors. It was a public housing project for lsarge fasmilies.. The parties were thrown by black people, I was white. My apartment off Central Square was lovely and cheap. Yes, Central Square waswild, cops sitting in the 24 hour Dunkin Donuts next to prostitutes, black and white kids doing competitive bike ballets.. MT students on psycdelics doing yo-you trickks and explaining the physics. Safeall night. Some of the block were working class shabby but OK. In fact my rich relatrives in the UK and Ireland kept their historic mansionss uin shabby chic shhape because it created a relaxed charm. The YMCA wasa great place for people of ages to play BBall together. Rundown a bit, yes. A great place to spend a few ghours, yes.. And theCharlestown I knew had some elegant fbut affodable streets and somewhat shappy but wekl kept working class houses. The project was a problem but iotherwise a great unpretentious neughhborhood.
I attended Wellesley. At one point the video showed Tower Court, the palace-like dormitory where I spent my junior year. I could actually make out the window of my room on the third floor.
My first big job that I had was working in IT at JH, the old Stuart building. I rented a "room' with shared bath on Comm ave. You don't need a car unless you travel out of state. I used the T to go everywhere. Comm ave is line with big trees and a great place to live. I love to walk so I walked everywhere in Boston. I wasn't too far from the Charles River Esplanade, The Boston Common, downtown Boston , the State House or Fenway area..Lot of places to see and visit by just walking..
I lived in the Back Bay in my 20s, and it was the best of times. My apartment was on Marlborough St, and my office was on Newbury St. My former office is shown at 2:21, (the real estate office with the blue awnings) at 213 Newbury St. From there, I moved to Brookline, once I started popping out babies. I think Newton has the Number 1 school system in the country.
Felicidades por tan esplendido reportaje. Da una vista y explicaciones muy detalladas de cada uno de esos elegantes y civilizados vecindarios en Boston. Siempre que visito esa ciudad donde tengo una hermana desde 1986 se lo confirmo … Boston es hermosa. Es usted muy amable al compartirlo y tiene muy buena dicción. Sea realmente feliz .
Not sure where this guy got his info about Charlestown but he’s way off. Charlestown is not, I repeat, NOT filthy Rich. Charleston used to be one of the most blue-collar Townie towns. My grandfather had a retail store in Charlestown way back when, and he used to get robbed all the time. If it’s changed, then that’s news to me.
I grew up in a modest 2 bedroom apartment in Brookline. If it went on the market today, it would sell for over $1millon. Can’t afford to live there, today.
Never been to New England, but would love to go in the fall. Such history in a small area. To live there, I would take Cohassett, like I have that kind of money.
Yes!! I hope you get to visit New England one day.🫶🏾I went to school in the town of Cohasset and the people there HAVE SO MUCH MONEY haha. From personal experience, I have my own issues with this town but if you do ever end up visiting, check out the beaches they’re very nice.
That's where my aunt lived after we left JP. It was nice there but Dorchester had a bad rap no matter where you lived back then. We moved from JP to Quincy,,, lol. and we always thought of Milton as those Rich people.
WHAT??????? The 'Outside World',,,, you realize you just put yourself in a sheltered bubble 'i can afford to live here and f' the other's. It's the other way around, YOU are misinformed. You have No Idea this country is in trouble????? And there are poor and hungry and regular people struggle to keep warm and eat.. Geeez.
I grew up in Melrose known for its large colorful Victorian houses (north of Boston) and now live in Reading (also north of Boston). I would have included Weston, Lincoln and Carlisle as the richest towns in proximity to Boston. Also Lynnfield and Andover which boarder Reading have many mansions and have had been home to many celebrity athletes. I would have left off Charlestown and Cohasset from the list.
I agree about cohasset as well. It's just too far away. I mean you might as well include Hyannisport or something. How about Martha's vineyard? I lived in Lynn for a year but not a good part, and then I moved to Salem - a pretty decent part - and my landlady had been there for so long that our rent was very low and heat was included. I lived there for 13 years. It wasn't a castle - Hey wait a minute! What about Marblehead? I would say that's a pretty upscale place. Although most of the times I had ever been there I was lost.
Have to go 8 miles north of Boston is Melrose. It is a beautiful, city where many have moved out from Cambridge and Brookline to live in the suburbs of Melrose. Houses are expensive and well kept.
Roxbury is very expensive and has MILLION Dollar houses now! So is Melville Ave area in Dorchester. Also Jamaica Plain. Those 3 neighborhoods should be on the list too. Also Milton too!
I grew up in JP. My parents had a three family. We rented the first floor for $65. The mortgage was $45. Now I live right in between all these expensive towns. Bought 25 years ago, would not be able to today!
@@tomtalley2192 I grew up in JP too,, in a triple-decker. it was all family, my aunt and uncle 1st floor,, My Grandmother 'owned' it she had the middle floor and me, 2 sisters and my parents lived on the 3rd,,, I had the Best childhood there.
Seaport tends to be where the young and wealthy live. All the 20-somethings with high-level law, tech, and consulting jobs, plus some celebrities who want a more urban experience than towns like Wellesley, Dover, and Needham can provide.
@jamesgrant5541 - In 2019, I was there on a consulting contract (in Waltham). I am an engineer in biotech. I didn't experience any racist people. Everyone was very nice. One of my colleagues lived in Beacon Hill. I would hang out there with her on the weekends a few times. I even went to the Museum of African-American History. It is run by descendants of the abolitionists: all white people. The tour is just great. Boston is an amazing city! I definitely plan on visiting again one day.
@@queenofsheba7145 Boston has a bad reputation for being racist and stuck-up. I find the people here are very friendly and helpful. I love living here.
Andover, winchester, sudbury. Lexington, georgetown are all more desireable than newton, cohasset, and dover.... of course youd only know that if youve visited here😂. Pretty good list for tourist or transplant though.
I'm a former Boston Tour Guide, and just wanted to point out a historical error in the information you gave about Boston's historic landmarks. Don't worry, it's a common error. The Bunker Hill monument that you point out does in fact commemorate The Battle of Bunker Hill. However it stands on Breeds Hill which is where the battle was actually fought. Bunker Hill is located about one quarter of a mile behind the monument.
Always loved Milton, a town south of Boston that includes the beautiful Blue Hills and has resisted change for decades. While it suffers a bit from proximity to Boston's lesser neighborhoods, it's still one of my fave towns
Milton is very beautiful. I went to Blue Hills reservation for the first time this year and it’s quite peaceful. I also love to pass near the large houses on the Lower Mills side.
My first thought was Lexington for its history & wealth. Charlestown? I was bused there from Boston for middle school. Back then, it was all working-class (blue-collar).
Born in raised in Boston since 1967 and I've called bean town countless times and have heard countless others do the same???? If the 86 is your DOB then you are just too young.
"Otherwise known as Beantown"...Nobody in Boston, nobody in Mass, nobody in NH, ME or RI...or CT, NY or NJ call Boston "Beantown". Its a very odd thing where the only people who refer to the city as "Beantown" are out of town play by play sports announcers, ESPN talking heads, news reporters and anchors (mostly national or out of state news), and a few other media segments outside of MA. I'm not sure the reason for this but I get the impression that they can think of anything clever or interesting to say so they run with the "Beantown" label because they think it makes them appear knowledgeable about Boston. But from my experience living in Boston (Dorchester, JP, Somerville, Lynn, Salem and Newburyport), southern NH and very briefly in ME....I've never known anyone to use that term. In fact, people are more likely to have a look of disgust or cringe when they hear "beantown" then they are to just ignore it and act like they didn't hear it. Its just a meaningless word used by media personalities and dumb people who just parrot what they hear from these people in media.
You’re really missed some of the richest. You didn’t mention Lincoln Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Beverly Massachusetts Newberry port I could go on but I won’t
Massachusetts native and believer that Manchester by the Sea tops them all.......Do a show on the Northern coast where the real old money lives quietly.......
Nice job! I'm from Newton, and we don't pronounce the T. It's just New--nnn. I found out that families named Newton don't pronounce the T, either. It's named after Sir Isaac Newton and the Fig Newton cookie is named after the city. I left Newton at age 5 and grew up on Cape Cod. I've never heard of Cohasset being compared to The Cape but ok! And I think #12 would have to be Lexington. Just my opinion.
DUDE, all of MA is very F expensive. The average single family house price in a decent area will cost 700K and up, that's an 80 years old house. unbelievable expensive. That's not right, the minimum wage $15 and the 2 beds apartment will cost at least 3000 to rent. That's not fair.
I think that I hate this world. I live in a 1974 single wide that I paid $15,000 for in 2006. I’m never going to have anything nice. Even if I won the the powerball, I would not live next to so many rich people with nothing better to do with their money than blow it on a 200 year old condo.
Well, you missed our town, but that's OK. Were just fine keeping our small town of 6,000 to dates back to the start of the revolution hidden away from the rest of you.
As a native Bostonian, I find the people of Wellesley pompous and arrogant. It’s also too far from the city to be convenient, and Dover isn’t close enough to be considered a suburb of Boston. Cohasset also shouldn’t be on the list.
Would be better without the annoying music track and AI voice. FYI, it's pronounced co-HASS-et. My grandmother lived on Beacon Hill / Back Bay, so I was fortunate to visit often and be a Bostonian in the 1960s - 1980s. Most of the Brahmin descendants were quite lovely people and very involved in the arts and charities. Personally I worked on Beacon Hill and throughout Boston / Greater Boston in many of these locales. I've lived in both nice areas and more humble areas lol. Costs are outrageous circa 2023 throughout Eastern / Central Massachusetts.
I know where Beacon Hill is. It a nice place, close to common, if I remember correctly. Back Bay get rid of the big bookstore. To me, that a sign of decline. Why you wanna live in either place, though, if it possible find place in North End? North End what I think of, when I think fondly of Boston experience. I think of Brookline and Back Bay, when I think of thing in decline. Course. I remember being at popular cafe on Hanover Street in North End. I order two coffee. They no care about 2nd coffee. They want me OUTTA there. North End and Wahlberg what I think of when I think of Boston.
Cannot believe you missed the wealthiest one of all:: old money, I mean really old money: CONCORD! Concord Academy doesn’t ring a bell? Queen Nor and countless others. CONCORD - the least pretentious of anywhere because they don’t have to be: they are REALLY OLD MONEY!
As a Bostonian born and raised (Dorchester, Mid-Dorchester to be specific), I can agree with most of this list. Beacon Hill and Back Bay especially, it’s very wealthy and physically walking those neighborhoods you will see that. I also went to elementary, middle, and high school in Cohasset, Massachusetts, it’s a VERY RICH community. It’s also not that close to Boston as it’s on the south shore. Great video, I really enjoyed it!
Y did u go to school in Cohasset when u were raised in Dorchester?
@@janlundberg5924 I was a part of a program called “Metco”. The program’s main objective was to spread awareness and importance of diversity, and give opportunities. The program took kids (usually of color) from the city and made them go to schools far out (like all white suburban communities). The town chosen for me was Cohasset.
"As a Bostonian...." was unnecessary to qualify your comment.
@@rg1649 I thought it was just fine. :)
Your rent quotes are way off.
Those prices were low in 2000.
Boston is a spectacular city
I'm a retired bus driver for the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority). I spent many years driving a bus in a lot of these neighborhoods. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
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You guys always did a great job and under appreciated. Enjoy retirement sir!
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3414 was that your badge number?
My badge number was 2470. I worked out of the Arborway garage at Forest Hills Station@@anl1456
I spent a month in Boston in 1979, staying with a family in Brookline. Since then I wish I could go back and stay forever!
still nice,,,,, WAY too expensive for average people now
So many gorgeous wealthy towns in MA not mentioned here, thankfully. MA has the top public schools in the country because we pay teachers well and are a wealthy state, as you can see here.
Good video. Born and raised in West Roxbury proud graduate of Brighton High automotive 1976 you fogot Hamilton Whenham Beverly Farms Manchester by the Sea . The natives of those towns could buy and sell the natives of all the towns you mentioned
In 1973, we had rent-contolled apt in Harvard Square, with utilites included. When they raised the rent from $200 to $215, we moved out.
That's what i mean,,,, i grew up in Boston (JP),,,, It was just triple deckers and simple. tons of kids to play with. your whole family lived between the 3 floors, so we all were paying one mortgage. It was the 60's,,, I eventually worked at MGH and rented with 3 people on Beacon Hill, I think we paid $300. each. The price gouging Really bothers me,, im not living in Mass anymore, but when i go back i realize you have to be REALLY rich to live and do things. too much greedy
Lived on Grove Street in Beacon Hill in the early 2000's. Tiny 2 bedroom apartment was $2300 per month at the time. Seemed like so much back then. It's probably north of 5k per month now. My walk to work with my dog was through the Common and Public Garden and then down Commonwealth Ave to Boylston Street. So glad I got to experience that.
@scottcruikshank8689, Like all other real estate everywhere, the prices are just simply outrageous and no home is worth what they are asking. Rents are just as outrageous!
I’m from Cambridge, but I must say there are a lot of Beautiful, wealthy towns North of Boston that got overlooked.
Interesting that Charlestown made the list. When I lived in Cambridge 30+ years ago, it would not have made the list - either for desirability or wealth (although it has always had great views). Boston area is amazing, and I could have suggested another 10 more, including Weston and Milton. And Lexington and Concord deserve mention as well.
Charlestown currently has its own Whole Foods and Tatte. It makes the cut! 😁
I think that back in the day Charlestown was an Irish working-class neighborhood. I guess it was gentrified.
How could you miss Concord Massachusetts or Weston Ma. These are two of the nicest towns and concord is the last stop of the tea I want of course Lexington is a lovely town. We are so fortunate here in the bay state.
@@gerberjoanne266I thought South Boston was.
@@career5690 As far as I knew, both were.
Came from Brasil in the early 90's and went to College in Boston. Lived in Brookline for a few years back then, roommates from College. Still love Brookline and go there often.
I used to always drive through Dover, its an interesting place to drive through as its nothing but woods really which is a cool change of pace for the area. All you see are trees and behind them are some crazy homes that you will never see.
Lol, I remember when Charlestown was a inexpensive working class neighborhood. And when the Central Square and Cambridgeport were places to rent a nice but cheap apartment.
Yep, I lived on Norfolk in Cetral Square, 2 beds, inexpensive. But that was when cops and prostitutessat in the 24 hour Dunkin Donuts in Central Square. And when the black and white kids would compete in the square with their bike ballets. And MIT students would do odd things while high on pschedelics. And the post collerge growd hung atr TT T The Bears. I also loived in Canmbridgeport, cheap apartment. But thejn I lived in Manhattan in a cheapapartmemt a few years befiore.
Yeah me too, you either entered Charlestown if you were visiting someone or were ok with looking over your shoulders nonstop. I had several friends from Charlestown and our treks to parties over there were interesting to say the least. Dated a girl from their who called me one night and stated I can longer enter it as her old boyfriend informed her I would be shot if seen. Was in a street hockey tournament there that during the middle watched a Town Car pull up next the fields, get put on blocks and stripped within 30 minutes. Now people are paying top dollar to live there.
@@johnmcgrath6192 that was the 80's. It was SO Sletchy back then,,,,,, It really was dusty, dirty,, and there was HARDLY any Lighting at night!!! RUFF back then,, kinda ghetto
@@msk3905 oh yeah,, truth. that guy Would have shot you dude. and Blacks could NOT go in there,,, same thing. But there were better areas too. That was a certain section as i remember it.. all the townies lived there. sat out on their steps.
@@JustMe-gs9xi I was talking about the 70s. And the neighborhoods I mentioned were not dirty. I used to admire a complex of buildings in Cambridgeport, assuming I could never afford to live there. Later I was invited to parties there,. You could eat off the hallway floors. It was a public housing project for lsarge fasmilies.. The parties were thrown by black people, I was white. My apartment off Central Square was lovely and cheap. Yes, Central Square waswild, cops sitting in the 24 hour Dunkin Donuts next to prostitutes, black and white kids doing competitive bike ballets.. MT students on psycdelics doing yo-you trickks and explaining the physics. Safeall night. Some of the block were working class shabby but OK. In fact my rich relatrives in the UK and Ireland kept their historic mansionss uin shabby chic shhape because it created a relaxed charm. The YMCA wasa great place for people of ages to play BBall together. Rundown a bit, yes. A great place to spend a few ghours, yes.. And theCharlestown I knew had some elegant fbut affodable streets and somewhat shappy but wekl kept working class houses. The project was a problem but iotherwise a great unpretentious neughhborhood.
Wellesley College looks really majestic. Like something out of an old fairy tale.
I attended Wellesley. At one point the video showed Tower Court, the palace-like dormitory where I spent my junior year. I could actually make out the window of my room on the third floor.
Only people not from Boston called beantown
Exactly!
i Never called it beantown,, lol.
Newton is a really lovely place, I have family there. It is very expensive to live in Mass in general.
Totally agree!
I'm from Newton and grew up on the Cape.
My first big job that I had was working in IT at JH, the old Stuart building. I rented a "room' with shared bath on Comm ave. You don't need a car unless you travel out of state. I used the T to go everywhere. Comm ave is line with big trees and a great place to live. I love to walk so I walked everywhere in Boston. I wasn't too far from the Charles River Esplanade, The Boston Common, downtown Boston , the State House or Fenway area..Lot of places to see and visit by just walking..
I think you forget the most expensive town of Weston!(just next and west of Wellesley).you will need a lot of money to live there!!
Loved growing up in Newton, MA.
I lived in the Back Bay in my 20s, and it was the best of times. My apartment was on Marlborough St, and my office was on Newbury St. My former office is shown at 2:21, (the real estate office with the blue awnings) at 213 Newbury St. From there, I moved to Brookline, once I started popping out babies. I think Newton has the Number 1 school system in the country.
Good for you, weirdo.
That's entirely possible. My mother's entire family is from Newton but that was back in the old days. When you could afford to live there.
What do you all do for a living to afford this!? Incredible.
Felicidades por tan esplendido reportaje. Da una vista y explicaciones muy detalladas de cada uno de esos elegantes y civilizados vecindarios en Boston. Siempre que visito esa ciudad donde tengo una hermana desde 1986 se lo confirmo … Boston es hermosa. Es usted muy amable al compartirlo y tiene muy buena dicción. Sea realmente feliz .
Should include Duxburry...probably wealthier then many of the other 11 except Beacon Hill
Deluxbury
@@JamesBond-uz2dm They missed Hingham (Cha-Chingham) but they got Cohasset (Co-haz-that)!
Not sure where this guy got his info about Charlestown but he’s way off. Charlestown is not, I repeat, NOT filthy Rich. Charleston used to be one of the most blue-collar Townie towns. My grandfather had a retail store in Charlestown way back when, and he used to get robbed all the time. If it’s changed, then that’s news to me.
I would say it has a bit but not filthy rich lol
It’s absolutely changed a lot. You wouldn’t recognize it.
Go watch The Town.
Beacon Hill has invaded and made it expensive
I grew up in a modest 2 bedroom apartment in Brookline. If it went on the market today, it would sell for over $1millon.
Can’t afford to live there, today.
Never been to New England, but would love to go in the fall. Such history in a small area. To live there, I would take Cohassett, like I have that kind of money.
Yes!! I hope you get to visit New England one day.🫶🏾I went to school in the town of Cohasset and the people there HAVE SO MUCH MONEY haha. From personal experience, I have my own issues with this town but if you do ever end up visiting, check out the beaches they’re very nice.
I grew up in Dorchester, lower mills, St.Gregory' Parish. We always thought of Milton, Ma as a high priced area
That's where my aunt lived after we left JP. It was nice there but Dorchester had a bad rap no matter where you lived back then. We moved from JP to Quincy,,, lol. and we always thought of Milton as those Rich people.
You forgot about Weston, MA ... Its actually the richest out of all the ones you stated in the video (maybe not as rich as Dover).
I work for a septic company that serves Dover. Some of those homes are absolutely massive. Entire estates.
I'm from the Boston area really nice neighborhoods that you were talking about
The outside world thinks all of America's cities or America in general is in disarray. They are so misinformed
WHAT??????? The 'Outside World',,,, you realize you just put yourself in a sheltered bubble 'i can afford to live here and f' the other's. It's the other way around, YOU are misinformed. You have No Idea this country is in trouble????? And there are poor and hungry and regular people struggle to keep warm and eat.. Geeez.
I'M FROM WELLESLEY! LOVED GROWING UP THERE! Weston also could have made the list, along with Marblehead.
I grew up in Melrose known for its large colorful Victorian houses (north of Boston) and now live in Reading (also north of Boston). I would have included Weston, Lincoln and Carlisle as the richest towns in proximity to Boston. Also Lynnfield and Andover which boarder Reading have many mansions and have had been home to many celebrity athletes. I would have left off Charlestown and Cohasset from the list.
My parents were from Melrose then married and moved to Reading where I grew up 1952 to 1972. It was an idyllic place to grow up.
I agree Cohasset seems so far to be included with the Boston and close to Boston neighborhoods
I agree about cohasset as well. It's just too far away. I mean you might as well include Hyannisport or something. How about Martha's vineyard? I lived in Lynn for a year but not a good part, and then I moved to Salem - a pretty decent part - and my landlady had been there for so long that our rent was very low and heat was included. I lived there for 13 years. It wasn't a castle - Hey wait a minute! What about Marblehead? I would say that's a pretty upscale place. Although most of the times I had ever been there I was lost.
Have to go 8 miles north of Boston is Melrose. It is a beautiful, city where many have moved out from Cambridge and Brookline to live in the suburbs of Melrose. Houses are expensive and well kept.
Beacon Hill looks so beautiful.
very well maintained,,,, Very expensive. it's like being in Boston 100 yrs ago.
This was very well researched! I'm impressed
The last home pictured in Cohassett last sold for $25 million , (it’s not worth $8 million) .
I found all the 'average' prices for homes or condos very low in this video.
Lynnfield and west Peabody ain’t to shabby either.
Roxbury is very expensive and has MILLION Dollar houses now! So is Melville Ave area in Dorchester. Also Jamaica Plain. Those 3 neighborhoods should be on the list too. Also Milton too!
I am 4th generation Boston. I moved to Needham in the 80s for the schools which borders West Roxbury (Boston)
Lexington, Weston, Sherborn...and emphasis on the second syllable in Cohasset
Beacon Hill is like the Brown Stone and Row Houses on the Lower East Side of NYC. Expensive and HOA
I’m surprised Weston MA is not on here
Great video but one thing I tell you no way you can find a 6 hundred thousand dollars house in Cohasset
Well done, but how could you leave P town off the list? (Provincetown). And what about Martha’s Vineyard?
Not close enough to Boston.
Growing up in Boston in the 1960s My Parents paid $65.00 a month for a 3 Bedroom apartment.
My parents bought a Tudor mansion on 4 acres in '65 for 60K. I wish it had stayed in the family!
I grew up in JP. My parents had a three family. We rented the first floor for $65. The mortgage was $45. Now I live right in between all these expensive towns. Bought 25 years ago, would not be able to today!
@@tomtalley2192 I grew up in JP too,, in a triple-decker. it was all family, my aunt and uncle 1st floor,, My Grandmother 'owned' it she had the middle floor and me, 2 sisters and my parents lived on the 3rd,,, I had the Best childhood there.
Seaport tends to be where the young and wealthy live. All the 20-somethings with high-level law, tech, and consulting jobs, plus some celebrities who want a more urban experience than towns like Wellesley, Dover, and Needham can provide.
Newburyport is definitely filthy rich
old money
Never knew of wealthy areas of towns in Boston, Massachusetts before.
It's the reason this whole area is so racist
@jamesgrant5541 - In 2019, I was there on a consulting contract (in Waltham). I am an engineer in biotech. I didn't experience any racist people. Everyone was very nice. One of my colleagues lived in Beacon Hill. I would hang out there with her on the weekends a few times. I even went to the Museum of African-American History. It is run by descendants of the abolitionists: all white people. The tour is just great. Boston is an amazing city! I definitely plan on visiting again one day.
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@@queenofsheba7145 Boston has a bad reputation for being racist and stuck-up. I find the people here are very friendly and helpful. I love living here.
@B-ch6uk - Glad you're enjoying it. It's a great city.
I always venture into Beacon Hill, Back Bay, and Seaport and visualize living there ❤
Great video!
Andover, winchester, sudbury. Lexington, georgetown are all more desireable than newton, cohasset, and dover.... of course youd only know that if youve visited here😂. Pretty good list for tourist or transplant though.
I'm a former Boston Tour Guide, and just wanted to point out a historical error in the information you gave about Boston's historic landmarks. Don't worry, it's a common error. The Bunker Hill monument that you point out does in fact commemorate The Battle of Bunker Hill. However it stands on Breeds Hill which is where the battle was actually fought. Bunker Hill is located about one quarter of a mile behind the monument.
Always loved Milton, a town south of Boston that includes the beautiful Blue Hills and has resisted change for decades. While it suffers a bit from proximity to Boston's lesser neighborhoods, it's still one of my fave towns
My sister-in-law grew up there...
Thanks for sharing!
I work in all those areas. Milton should be on the list. They have streets named after money.
Milton is very beautiful. I went to Blue Hills reservation for the first time this year and it’s quite peaceful. I also love to pass near the large houses on the Lower Mills side.
I used to think that Milton was apart of Mattapan.
Omg I grew up in Charlestown in grade school. Can’t believe those prices
My first thought was Lexington for its history & wealth. Charlestown? I was bused there from Boston for middle school. Back then, it was all working-class (blue-collar).
No true Bostonian would call it bean town.
Born in raised in Boston since 1967 and I've called bean town countless times and have heard countless others do the same???? If the 86 is your DOB then you are just too young.
Marblehead?? Concord??? Westin???? Winchester???Top 4 and you don’t evenentiin them??? Bizarre
"Otherwise known as Beantown"...Nobody in Boston, nobody in Mass, nobody in NH, ME or RI...or CT, NY or NJ call Boston "Beantown". Its a very odd thing where the only people who refer to the city as "Beantown" are out of town play by play sports announcers, ESPN talking heads, news reporters and anchors (mostly national or out of state news), and a few other media segments outside of MA.
I'm not sure the reason for this but I get the impression that they can think of anything clever or interesting to say so they run with the "Beantown" label because they think it makes them appear knowledgeable about Boston. But from my experience living in Boston (Dorchester, JP, Somerville, Lynn, Salem and Newburyport), southern NH and very briefly in ME....I've never known anyone to use that term. In fact, people are more likely to have a look of disgust or cringe when they hear "beantown" then they are to just ignore it and act like they didn't hear it.
Its just a meaningless word used by media personalities and dumb people who just parrot what they hear from these people in media.
You’re really missed some of the richest. You didn’t mention Lincoln Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Beverly Massachusetts Newberry port I could go on but I won’t
Lexington-Concord
Boston is a helluva city
Belmont or Concord, I think. Nice visuals. thanks.
Massachusetts native and believer that Manchester by the Sea tops them all.......Do a show on the Northern coast where the real old money lives quietly.......
Wayland , Sudbury, Concord and Lexington
My concern with those neighborhoods is that some house they are asking million of dollars for them but they definitely not worth it
Nice job! I'm from Newton, and we don't pronounce the T. It's just New--nnn. I found out that families named Newton don't pronounce the T, either. It's named after Sir Isaac Newton and the Fig Newton cookie is named after the city. I left Newton at age 5 and grew up on Cape Cod. I've never heard of Cohasset being compared to The Cape but ok! And I think #12 would have to be Lexington. Just my opinion.
Thanks for sharing. Good call with Lexington!
Do you know that some Russians are thinking of Nuke 'em instead of New--oon and hitting Boston ?
Newton came from Newtown, which is what it was known as after separating from Cambridge.
There’s Milton Manchester by the sea Andover and more Cambridge and Chatham are also a wealthy.
The other wealthy suburban towns you missed are : Weston, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln & Carlisle west of Boston.
DUDE, all of MA is very F expensive.
The average single family house price in a decent area will cost 700K and up, that's an 80 years old house. unbelievable expensive.
That's not right, the minimum wage $15 and the 2 beds apartment will cost at least 3000 to rent. That's not fair.
Milton for one
Expensive places. Mass is also one of the highest tax states in the country.
depends on the town ... in some, the taxes on a mansion are nothing .. the tax rate is so low ..
With the highest quality of life. I'd take it over low-taxed decaying states any day.
Also the highest rental fees
I think that I hate this world. I live in a 1974 single wide that I paid $15,000 for in 2006. I’m never going to have anything nice. Even if I won the the powerball, I would not live next to so many rich people with nothing better to do with their money than blow it on a 200 year old condo.
Well, you missed our town, but that's OK. Were just fine keeping our small town of 6,000 to dates back to the start of the revolution hidden away from the rest of you.
Where? I won't tell.
It's the next New York , San Francisco , Detroit , Chicago , you get the idea . Move out to the suburbs and take your money with you .
Every college here seems to be “prestigious”
Cambridge, back bay and Charles Town all have projects for low income ...should of mentioned that.
Gotta stick to the suburbs.. Winchester ♥️
As a native Bostonian, I find the people of Wellesley pompous and arrogant. It’s also too far from the city to be convenient, and Dover isn’t close enough to be considered a suburb of Boston. Cohasset also shouldn’t be on the list.
You forgot Lexington 👋🏻
Weston, Lincoln, Concord.
Fun
Yes
Loved it forever
I'm disappointed that you did not include Nahant, MA.
Nice video though...you nailed alot of them
I love Nahant!
Weird place.
Back bay
Someone paid $400,000 for a private parking spot in beacon Hill once close to their office. so they could commute and park there.
Wellesley! 💰😊
Would be better without the annoying music track and AI voice. FYI, it's pronounced co-HASS-et.
My grandmother lived on Beacon Hill / Back Bay, so I was fortunate to visit often and be a Bostonian in the 1960s - 1980s. Most of the Brahmin descendants were quite lovely people and very involved in the arts and charities. Personally I worked on Beacon Hill and throughout Boston / Greater Boston in many of these locales. I've lived in both nice areas and more humble areas lol. Costs are outrageous circa 2023 throughout Eastern / Central Massachusetts.
I know where Beacon Hill is. It a nice place, close to common, if I remember correctly. Back Bay get rid of the big bookstore. To me, that a sign of decline. Why you wanna live in either place, though, if it possible find place in North End? North End what I think of, when I think fondly of Boston experience. I think of Brookline and Back Bay, when I think of thing in decline. Course. I remember being at popular cafe on Hanover Street in North End. I order two coffee. They no care about 2nd coffee. They want me OUTTA there. North End and Wahlberg what I think of when I think of Boston.
What about Salem Massachusetts
Or Marblehead, Wenham, Hamilton, Newburyport, and Manchester-by-the-Sea.
"Witch" part of Salem? 😅
Milton, Natick
Cannot believe you missed the wealthiest one of all:: old money, I mean really old money: CONCORD! Concord Academy doesn’t ring a bell? Queen Nor and countless others. CONCORD - the least pretentious of anywhere because they don’t have to be: they are REALLY OLD MONEY!
Whatever.
Quiet -- Don't tell them. They will want to come here.
Trendy = highly expensive. No poor people allowed.
Where is Weston? Its the daddy of all of these. No idea who makes these videos. They clearly don't live in Boston Area.
You could pay a lot more in those cities as well.
Marblehead on the north shore
Charlestown is now unaffordable
What about Mattapan?
Dude, Winchester?
Waban
I grew up there
Charlestown has plenty of housing projects
03:43 Most trendiest?
No show us how the common class lives.