Boston suburb. Barely…outside the 495 belt. Closer to Providence.
The belt used to be the dividing line for commuters and where housing costs started to skyrocket. It slowly moved outside the belt until 2020. So everybody around me is a Boston commuter with Boston wages and costs of living reflect that. Nobody is moving in since everyone is WFH, so our house value stagnated while houses further outside the commuter zone went up.
We actually would love to live somewhere a bit cheaper, but with that shift in the market, and the higher rates (we refi’d near the bottom), it’d be cost prohibitive to say the least.
On the windshield I’m totally okay with this type of vandalism. It cleans up easily with alcohol and everyone will know this guys a douche canoe until he can do it.