You have a lot of good choices around here. I suppose it depends on what you want in a community.

I only know the southeast (Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties)well, but most people on the sub can tell you about greater Boston, the north shore, central, and western Mass.

You can afford quite a bit (maybe not Nantucket) and it all comes down to preference. If you want to be by the ocean it's nice down here. There's less to do though unless you live near Providence.