[Thinking about moving to Boston?]

Any bubble really depends on the interests rates, which won't change for months at a time.

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huh? no, it depends on supply and demand.

[Thinking about moving to Boston?]

two things: he works there and in the surrounding area (between sudbury and boston) every week selling cash registers. 

and does anyone else agree with what cotuit said about there being no ghettos in boston?  i cant see how this is true, if the city im from in maine, which is 7-8 times smaller than boston has ghettos (a handful of them).  even the city i go to school at in vermont has ghettos and it isnt even 40K people...so im wondering if we share similar definitions of "ghetto".  essentially, should i not worry about this neighborhood over that one?  not looking for personal opinions on how improved the place has gotten, just looking for the bottom line, after the smoke clears, so to speak...comments from people currently living in boston will be appreciated.  thank you.

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I agree with Cotuit. This is something that comes up all of the time when talking with family (my family is basically all suburban people). There are no "scary" areas of Boston. There are some that are poorer than others, but they aren't ghettos and they aren't bad at all.

[Thinking about moving to Boston?]

There is an MBTA bus route to Hingham Centre from Quincy Centre (Route 220). Quincy Centre is on the red line, so living anywhere along the red line would be good for getting to this bus.

This is the T's information page on the Greenbush (commuter rail to Hingham) project. According to this page, service is to start in late 2006, I'm not sure how on schedule they really are though. I wouldn't count on service starting then.

As far as where to live, Quincy is actually quite nice, like I said it's on the red line, so it's a quick ride into the city. Living in Quincy will put you closer to work (Hingham is two towns over). Quincy is somewhat suburban, it has an urban downtown, which is undergoing a bit of a transformation, but it also has leafy residential areas. You can live near one of the cities T stations and not need a car, but it's a bit limiting.

Quincy is very nice in most parts, I used to live there, and a number of new condo buildings have been going up right in Quincy Center - one, which is now completed, directly in front of the Red Line station, in what I think was a former T parking lot. Your commute would be a bit more roundabout, but if you want a mix of nature and the city, check out West Quincy, near Almquist Flowerland and the Abigail Adams cairn (on Franklin St). That area is subruban (though not sprawling), and is still just a bus ride away from the Quincy Center Red Line station and downtown Quincy.

[Thinking about moving to Boston?]

The Greenbush commuter rail line will be opening in 2007. It will be going through Hingham.

Hingham is a very suburban area, so if you want city living than you are going to be reverse-commuting. If you don't mind a moderately long walk, you'll be fine with reverse-commuting to the West Hingham Greenbush stop when it opens. I took a look at Talbot's headquarters on Google Maps, found the Greenbush ROW, and mapped the distance between them.

It's a one mile walk to the station from Talbot's.

I'll leave it to someone else to find you the best place to live for that rent