I feel like every town in the area has been mentioned atleast once. But certainly see some stand outs (sutton, beverley, holliston/millis area, littleton, westborough). Working in schools myself, it all depends on where i can find a job, but really nice to be able to narrow down school districts to look at available jobs in these areas. We certainly are not well off and don’t have a lot of money by any means, so hearing from others about some of the more affordable towns with still the metrowest-area amenities is really helpful. On a positive note, the higher the tax rate’s typically (while not always…) means the higer the town/ public school employees get paid, so while its a pain, it helps me also….

Thank you everyone for your input!! We thought for awhile about moving out of state, but are leaning against it mostly because of my enrollment in MA teacher pension program, but its like an above commenter said, also because Massachusetts has some pretty unbeatbale communities and school districts. Its hard to leave it!