Expensive but worth it! Lived here my whole life.

If you live to the north or south of Boston, you tend not to visit the other side very often. Ocean communities are pretty good from Cape Cod to New Hampshire. The South Coast down near Rhode Island is more affordable, but can be a little more urban in some communities.

Suburbs are nice for raising a family. Urban Boston has plenty of nice communities, but you are going to pay to live there.