11 FILTHY RICH Neighborhoods in the BOSTON AREA
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- If you hear of Boston and immediately think of Mark Wahlberg, baked beans, or its sports culture, then sadly you don’t know Boston all that well.
Our topic today is Boston Massachusetts and its neighboring cities, one of the most booming metropolitan areas on the east coast, as well as one of the most affluent.
Otherwise known as Beantown, this charmingly compact city of $650,000 people is a part of a vast metropolis of 8.4 million, making the greater Boston area one of the most populous regions in the United States.
Yes, there’s big money here. And what better way for us to showcase the Boston area’s wealth than by zooming in on some of its big money neighborhoods.
So without further ado, here are the 11 most filthy rich neighborhoods in the Boston area.
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11 FILTHY RICH Neighborhoods in BOSTON AREA
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I'm a retired bus driver for the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority). I spent many years driving a bus in a lot of these neighborhoods. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
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You guys always did a great job and under appreciated. Enjoy retirement sir!
Thank you@@timbell6870
3414 was that your badge number?
My badge number was 2470. I worked out of the Arborway garage at Forest Hills Station@@anl1456
As a Bostonian born and raised (Dorchester, Mid-Dorchester to be specific), I can agree with most of this list. Beacon Hill and Back Bay especially, it’s very wealthy and physically walking those neighborhoods you will see that. I also went to elementary, middle, and high school in Cohasset, Massachusetts, it’s a VERY RICH community. It’s also not that close to Boston as it’s on the south shore. Great video, I really enjoyed it!
Y did u go to school in Cohasset when u were raised in Dorchester?
@@janlundberg5924 I was a part of a program called “Metco”. The program’s main objective was to spread awareness and importance of diversity, and give opportunities. The program took kids (usually of color) from the city and made them go to schools far out (like all white suburban communities). The town chosen for me was Cohasset.
"As a Bostonian...." was unnecessary to qualify your comment.
@@rg1649 I thought it was just fine. :)
Your rent quotes are way off.
Those prices were low in 2000.
My late parents lived in Wellesley. It has everything that you would want: a commuter train into the heart of Boston, very good schools, amazing services for senior citizens including "lifetime learning" where retired professors from Boston's universities teach courses for Wellesley's well-educated citizens, beautifully-maintained public areas, participatory local government, plentiful shopping, and excellent restaurants. Expensive but worth it!
Boston is a spectacular city
Good choices except for one glaring exception. On Wellesley's northern border is Weston, the 2nd richest town in Massachusetts. How did you miss this one?
Good one! Weston could have easily made this list. There were too much to choose from.
@@schmancy2978 Sorry, but in this case it's not "could have" but "should have." It's close to Boston; and like I mentioned, it's the 2nd richest community in the state after Dover.
Totally agree. There are plenty of very wealthy towns north and northwest of the city that were neglected as well - with better schools and just as high property values.
Yes, Weston has the best public school system in MA.
Says who? @@Max-nt7ho
I spent a month in Boston in 1979, staying with a family in Brookline. Since then I wish I could go back and stay forever!
I grew up in Boston, in the 60's and 70's. It was much different then. The home and rental prices are so high now. But it's still so beautiful!
I did too. Family bought there first home in Charlestown for 7K Wow have times changed.
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This is so cute.
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So many gorgeous wealthy towns in MA not mentioned here, thankfully. MA has the top public schools in the country because we pay teachers well and are a wealthy state, as you can see here.
In 1973, we had rent-contolled apt in Harvard Square, with utilites included. When they raised the rent from $200 to $215, we moved out.
I’ve lived in Boston for many years and know the neighborhoods. I think the South End should have been included in your list.
Sure there are some rich people in the South End, but there's also a couple of large public housing projects, Methadone Mile, and the largest homeless shelters in the city. It's very diverse, not your typical wealthy neighborhood.
Cohasset is the best on the list. The center of town is as quaint as it gets. Very old beach town. The Red Lion Inn is there. Super charming little inn from the 1700’s.
Lol, I remember when Charlestown was a inexpensive working class neighborhood. And when the Central Square and Cambridgeport were places to rent a nice but cheap apartment.
@ 9:55 you have Dover, New Hampshire pictured, intersection of Washington St. & Central Ave
You are right! There are no office buildings in Dover, just the Town Hall along with the fire station, a gas station and a pizzaria. Dover is essentially a suburb of Needham.
No true Bostonian would call it bean town.
Interesting that Charlestown made the list. When I lived in Cambridge 30+ years ago, it would not have made the list - either for desirability or wealth (although it has always had great views). Boston area is amazing, and I could have suggested another 10 more, including Weston and Milton. And Lexington and Concord deserve mention as well.
Charlestown currently has its own Whole Foods and Tatte. It makes the cut! 😁
I think that back in the day Charlestown was an Irish working-class neighborhood. I guess it was gentrified.
How could you miss Concord Massachusetts or Weston Ma. These are two of the nicest towns and concord is the last stop of the tea I want of course Lexington is a lovely town. We are so fortunate here in the bay state.
@@gerberjoanne266I thought South Boston was.
@@career5690 As far as I knew, both were.
Lived on Grove Street in Beacon Hill in the early 2000's. Tiny 2 bedroom apartment was $2300 per month at the time. Seemed like so much back then. It's probably north of 5k per month now. My walk to work with my dog was through the Common and Public Garden and then down Commonwealth Ave to Boylston Street. So glad I got to experience that.
@scottcruikshank8689, Like all other real estate everywhere, the prices are just simply outrageous and no home is worth what they are asking. Rents are just as outrageous!
Grew up Dedham/ west Roxbury neighborhood. I can tell you I’m surprised the two most expensive and richest neighborhoods didn’t make the list. Westwood and Weston. The average house income of these neighborhoods are well above $220k
I grew up in Dorchester, lower mills, St.Gregory' Parish. We always thought of Milton, Ma as a high priced area
Boston Metro area has experienced a change. Many neighborhoods are not dangerous as before 1985. Lots of north shore towns were left out, you have included towns west and south of Boston but north Ipswich/Concord/Harvard "make" the list. Frankly, Massachusetts is very expensive.
Lived in Boston and I loved it
This was very well researched! I'm impressed
Great video!
Came from Brasil in the early 90's and went to College in Boston. Lived in Brookline for a few years back then, roommates from College. Still love Brookline and go there often.
Wellesley College looks really majestic. Like something out of an old fairy tale.
I attended Wellesley. At one point the video showed Tower Court, the palace-like dormitory where I spent my junior year. I could actually make out the window of my room on the third floor.
I believe these towns should be included in your list, especially Lexington (so historical): Lexington, Marblehead & Scituate. I live in MA, but not in these towns.
My bro & parents live in Newton, but complained that most streets r too narrow & have too many potholes! 😄
Only losers live in Lexington.
Marblehead has nothing to do with Boston though. It’s North Shore.
I’m from Cambridge, but I must say there are a lot of Beautiful, wealthy towns North of Boston that got overlooked.
Only people not from Boston called beantown
I'm from the Boston area really nice neighborhoods that you were talking about
Should include Duxburry...probably wealthier then many of the other 11 except Beacon Hill
Deluxbury
Beacon Hill looks so beautiful.
Further North of Boston are the cities of Swampscott, Marblehead and Gloucester.
Felicidades por tan esplendido reportaje. Da una vista y explicaciones muy detalladas de cada uno de esos elegantes y civilizados vecindarios en Boston. Siempre que visito esa ciudad donde tengo una hermana desde 1986 se lo confirmo … Boston es hermosa. Es usted muy amable al compartirlo y tiene muy buena dicción. Sea realmente feliz .
The outside world thinks all of America's cities or America in general is in disarray. They are so misinformed
My first big job that I had was working in IT at JH, the old Stuart building. I rented a "room' with shared bath on Comm ave. You don't need a car unless you travel out of state. I used the T to go everywhere. Comm ave is line with big trees and a great place to live. I love to walk so I walked everywhere in Boston. I wasn't too far from the Charles River Esplanade, The Boston Common, downtown Boston , the State House or Fenway area..Lot of places to see and visit by just walking..
I lived in the Back Bay in my 20s, and it was the best of times. My apartment was on Marlborough St, and my office was on Newbury St. My former office is shown at 2:21, (the real estate office with the blue awnings) at 213 Newbury St. From there, I moved to Brookline, once I started popping out babies. I think Newton has the Number 1 school system in the country.
Good for you, weirdo.
That's entirely possible. My mother's entire family is from Newton but that was back in the old days. When you could afford to live there.
What do you all do for a living to afford this!? Incredible.
We used to visit family in Newton and we called it Snooton because we thought everyone was so snooty. Actually, I met a lot of really nice people there... just a different class than I was used to. My grandmothers house had 30 rooms, 10 fireplaces and 7 bathrooms. The corner of Centre St and Bellevue. She was a grand white bride Greek Revival with large pillars. Sadly after Gram passed and the house was sold there was a fire. It was as if a family member had died. It's been renovated and sure looks different now the Lady wears a yellow gown.
Thanks for sharing!
I'm from Newton and I know of about 10 families who left & live here on the Cape, near me. I've been on the Cape since I was 5.
My grandmother lived on Washington Street near Cabot's. She had a large number of children - I've heard 16 I've heard 13 I only have names for 10 of them. They were quite Irish. 100% and it was the '30s and '40s. My mother was the second oldest And she was the oldest girl so guess who got to take care of all those kids!
I believe when the house was sold it was turned into doctor's offices. My aunt lived in a big old house in Newton corner. Really old. The fixtures in the hallway in the upstairs were for gas lamps. But obviously they had electricity. There were rumors The underground railroad ran through their basement. Not quite sure how. And all of them are dead now. This past year the only remaining people of that generation were spouses of my aunts and uncles and both of them died this year, within weeks of each other. We weren't extremely close. My closest aunt died in 2001.
As for being snooty, most of that side of the family was working class. My uncle worked for the city of Newton. One of my uncles worked in a furniture store. One of them was in the army or the Navy. I still meet new cousins on Facebook. Usually when someone dies. It's like oh your uncle is dying but this is his daughter! And she's like 33 years old. A lot younger than most of us.
Oh yes nice street (fire was due to grill) with many large houses.
You should include the towns of Weston and Lincoln.
"So here's to the city of Boston,
The home of the beans and the cod,
Where the Lowell talk only to Cabots,
And the Cabots talk only to God."
Newton is a really lovely place, I have family there. It is very expensive to live in Mass in general.
Totally agree!
I'm from Newton and grew up on the Cape.
Loved growing up in Newton, MA.
I live in Charlestown in the Navy Yard in a luxury condo and love it, especially the waterfront view of Boston Harbor. You missed Salem and Marblehead as well as other cities and towns on the North Shore like Concord, Essex, Lincoln, Gloucester, and Rockport.
I used to always drive through Dover, its an interesting place to drive through as its nothing but woods really which is a cool change of pace for the area. All you see are trees and behind them are some crazy homes that you will never see.
The last home pictured in Cohassett last sold for $25 million , (it’s not worth $8 million) .
Never been to New England, but would love to go in the fall. Such history in a small area. To live there, I would take Cohassett, like I have that kind of money.
Yes!! I hope you get to visit New England one day.🫶🏾I went to school in the town of Cohasset and the people there HAVE SO MUCH MONEY haha. From personal experience, I have my own issues with this town but if you do ever end up visiting, check out the beaches they’re very nice.
Belmont or Concord, I think. Nice visuals. thanks.
Beacon Hill is like the Brown Stone and Row Houses on the Lower East Side of NYC. Expensive and HOA
I grew up in the Dorchester area of Boston. The house my parents bought in the 1960s went for 18,000. Today it is worth around 800,000. The house next door sold for over 1,000,000 around a year ago. Could never move back to the old neighborhood. Can't afford it.
Well done, but how could you leave P town off the list? (Provincetown). And what about Martha’s Vineyard?
Not close enough to Boston.
I always venture into Beacon Hill, Back Bay, and Seaport and visualize living there ❤
wonderfully done, but would definitely add unique Marblehead and Salem to your list!
Marblehead sure, but Salem is mostly lower middle class.
Please include Hingjam and Duxbury. Thank you.
Expensive places. Mass is also one of the highest tax states in the country.
depends on the town ... in some, the taxes on a mansion are nothing .. the tax rate is so low ..
With the highest quality of life. I'd take it over low-taxed decaying states any day.
great video but scary how no one bats an eye how expensive rent is around here. If you work a regular job good luck finding anywhere to live
Good video, however, you missed Winchester, Lexington, Andover, Nahant, and Marblehead.
I currently live in a studio on beacon hill, it’s a nice area but honestly I should have chosen Southie.
Absolutely. Nothing like the point in Southie, the walks along the water. And the seafood shack if it's still there.
I grew up in Melrose known for its large colorful Victorian houses (north of Boston) and now live in Reading (also north of Boston). I would have included Weston, Lincoln and Carlisle as the richest towns in proximity to Boston. Also Lynnfield and Andover which boarder Reading have many mansions and have had been home to many celebrity athletes. I would have left off Charlestown and Cohasset from the list.
My parents were from Melrose then married and moved to Reading where I grew up 1952 to 1972. It was an idyllic place to grow up.
I agree Cohasset seems so far to be included with the Boston and close to Boston neighborhoods
I agree about cohasset as well. It's just too far away. I mean you might as well include Hyannisport or something. How about Martha's vineyard? I lived in Lynn for a year but not a good part, and then I moved to Salem - a pretty decent part - and my landlady had been there for so long that our rent was very low and heat was included. I lived there for 13 years. It wasn't a castle - Hey wait a minute! What about Marblehead? I would say that's a pretty upscale place. Although most of the times I had ever been there I was lost.
I think you forget the most expensive town of Weston!(just next and west of Wellesley).you will need a lot of money to live there!!
Not sure where this guy got his info about Charlestown but he’s way off. Charlestown is not, I repeat, NOT filthy Rich. Charleston used to be one of the most blue-collar Townie towns. My grandfather had a retail store in Charlestown way back when, and he used to get robbed all the time. If it’s changed, then that’s news to me.
I would say it has a bit but not filthy rich lol
It’s absolutely changed a lot. You wouldn’t recognize it.
Go watch The Town.
You forgot about Weston, MA ... Its actually the richest out of all the ones you stated in the video (maybe not as rich as Dover).
I work for a septic company that serves Dover. Some of those homes are absolutely massive. Entire estates.
I grew up in a modest 2 bedroom apartment in Brookline. If it went on the market today, it would sell for over $1millon.
Can’t afford to live there, today.
As a Bostonian scratching my head upon designations of #4 and #5, they are one and the same and images you used within this clip could be one or or the other. Seaport = Waterfront
not really, the waterfront has been around for quite sometime whereas the seaport is relatively new and still being developed. Although they are similar and very close in proximity, I immediately feel the difference after crossing the moakley bridge where the seaport district begins in my opinion.
"Bite The Bullet" by Dorothy G. Wayman The Bruce Publishing Company Milwaukee has a great Chapter about Boston. You will be amazed at her description of her favorite City. "I love Boston."
You forgot Carlisle and Concord!
I’m surprised Weston MA is not on here
do long island next time. both nassau and suffolk counties, please.
Sure thing. Will add it our list.
Lynnfield and west Peabody ain’t to shabby either.
Weston, MA big $$ It is about 10-12 ish miles west of the city. Basically right past Wellesley. Cambridge is a mixed bag----I always find it very sad that so many are homeless in places like Harvard Square. Outside the gates of one of the most prestigious colleges in the world, people are living on the streets.
I lived in Beacon Hill for many years..and I wasn't rich... it's a fabulous town!!
My first thought was Lexington for its history & wealth. Charlestown? I was bused there from Boston for middle school. Back then, it was all working-class (blue-collar).
Omg I grew up in Charlestown in grade school. Can’t believe those prices
Old prices. Now it is 50% more expensive
Never knew of wealthy areas of towns in Boston, Massachusetts before.
It's the reason this whole area is so racist
@jamesgrant5541 - In 2019, I was there on a consulting contract (in Waltham). I am an engineer in biotech. I didn't experience any racist people. Everyone was very nice. One of my colleagues lived in Beacon Hill. I would hang out there with her on the weekends a few times. I even went to the Museum of African-American History. It is run by descendants of the abolitionists: all white people. The tour is just great. Boston is an amazing city! I definitely plan on visiting again one day.
@@jamesgrant5541nonsense
Lexington-Concord
Weston and Sharon are also wealthy towns in the Boston area
Great video but one thing I tell you no way you can find a 6 hundred thousand dollars house in Cohasset
Growing up in Boston in the 1960s My Parents paid $65.00 a month for a 3 Bedroom apartment.
My parents bought a Tudor mansion on 4 acres in '65 for 60K. I wish it had stayed in the family!
Seaport tends to be where the young and wealthy live. All the 20-somethings with high-level law, tech, and consulting jobs, plus some celebrities who want a more urban experience than towns like Wellesley, Dover, and Needham can provide.
Don’t forget Lincoln, Concord, and Weston
Fun
Yes
Loved it forever
I like Needham 👍
Andover, winchester, sudbury. Lexington, georgetown are all more desireable than newton, cohasset, and dover.... of course youd only know that if youve visited here😂. Pretty good list for tourist or transplant though.
Lexington, Weston, Sherborn...and emphasis on the second syllable in Cohasset
Wayland , Sudbury, Concord and Lexington
Don't forget about Boston Oysters and the Famous Boston Clam Chowder
Newburyport is definitely filthy rich
What about Marblehead and Swampscott?
What about Leonard Bernstein family lived in Brookline???????
He tried to forget that he was born in Lawrence, MA. one of the poorest cities in the state. Typical for someone like him.
Boston it’s crazy
Just a small correction. HMS Victory (Lord Nelson's ship) is 60 years older than the Constitution.
What about Weston MA?
Good one!
Glad bought a house in medford 30yrs ago cant afford my house now
Best decision i made
South End. Within Boston Proper and home to some of the cities best restaurants and nightlife.
Please don't call us beantown. We go by The Hub. As in the hub of the universe.
I never lived in any of these towns but I lived next door to a couple of them. Newton, Dover...
I miss Boston. But there's nowhere there that I can afford to live.
Wait. Auburndale is a part of Newton. I did live there. Before they ripped down our house so they could put in the Mass Pike.
You did perfect only thing you forgot is the town of Weston which rivals Dover as the most expensive town in Massachusetts to live in there is not one piece of real estate in that town under $1 million
Weston, Lincoln, Concord.
You’re really missed some of the richest. You didn’t mention Lincoln Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Beverly Massachusetts Newberry port I could go on but I won’t
Milton for one
Always loved Milton, a town south of Boston that includes the beautiful Blue Hills and has resisted change for decades. While it suffers a bit from proximity to Boston's lesser neighborhoods, it's still one of my fave towns
My sister-in-law grew up there...
Thanks for sharing!
I work in all those areas. Milton should be on the list. They have streets named after money.
Milton is very beautiful. I went to Blue Hills reservation for the first time this year and it’s quite peaceful. I also love to pass near the large houses on the Lower Mills side.
I used to think that Milton was apart of Mattapan.
Surprised south end didn’t feature