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Yep. That's the way I'd put it. BUT if half of the household works for amazon that likes to locate in the middle of big seething cities, and the other half grew up on the edge of a small town in the rural farmland wilderness and would really like to stay there, that's what we wind up with. We can afford it, it's just really not fun affording it. Really, really not fun-not that we're into economic hardship territory yet, thanks to savings and high pay we were hoping to put into a very early "retirement" but will now go into down payment and a good chunk of the actual death loan.

We're just happy it's not Virginia. Looking at those houses was really painful.

For perspective, our current house and acre cost us $34,000. Our next home will cost a lot more than that. This house was kind of for saving up, and now it's worth a little bit more. We know there's going to be a bit of sticker shock going into this next home.
 

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Actually, right on the border as I recall, though it's been a decade or two... Used to be if you were outside 495, you were in the country. You will be close to Worcester (SW) though, which is a pretty big place, and not exactly high society... :duc:hide In addition, you'll be right along the Mass turnpike; I-90 (just south of Marlboro), so you won't want to live in that direction. The traffic will be horrendous,as well as all the other negatives with living like a sardine.

If the hubbster is a caring guy regarding your likes and needs, if you look west/NW of rt I-190 you'll only be ~15 miles as the crow flies from downtown cityville, but will be in legit country. Even if you move almost due north up toward Littleton and then west toward Ayer, Groton, Lunenburg etc. you can have the best of both worlds. Easy commute for him as right near major highways, but still country living for you. Really pretty country up around Ayer.
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My guess is anything in that area of MA is going to cost well north of 10X your current place. Oh, and you want some acreage?
 

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Alright, thanks. I'll look those areas up/keep them in mind as we find places to look at. So far we've gotten as far as Bolton, Stow, Lancaster, and I think Clinton scoping for houses. I really want to actually get out there and see what there is to see. Right now we're going off of maps, population densities, and goat/rooster/zoning laws as well as acreages available within our price range. Lots of Zillow and Google Maps hunting going on right now.
 

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