Main Street Buzzards bay. Something walkable to the canal trail.

Yet apartments.com has a bunch.

What temperature do you have your thermostat set? That's probably the biggest thing you can do, lower it. Wear socks, long pants, hoodies inside. Draft stoppers at doors, window wrap kits (surprisingly effective for old windows),

Braintree would fail. Every. Single. Independent coffee shop has failed. Not sure what’s up with any retail location on either side of Washington Street but nothing lasts more than a few years if you’re not a nail salon. There are easily over 10 on one single street. Also traffic is terrible and getting worse.

Same goes for Weymouth, I know it’s completely congested by apartments built and being built, but there are a few coffee places around the landing that aren’t dunks or other horrible coffee. I’d rather cycle through different local shops than ever frequent dunks Starbucks etc. only downside is the parking. BUT…the landing and anything further down Broad is extremely walkable. Also Union Point but good luck getting a loan approved for anything in that disaster of land. No foot traffic, too much retail space going on 10+ years vacant.

Dartmouth, too

Redditor for 4 years with no posts and plenty of karma. Just a troll, move along.

This is absolutely huge. We have an old addition on our house that I still need to replace the windows on. The window wrap and draft tape is key to not mowing through all our oil every month.

Southeastern mass is also dominated by Marylous

TL;DR:
Blizzard of Oz – Boston’s James F. Condon School, 5th grade

Sherlock Snowmes – Somerville’s John F. Kennedy School, 4th grade

Snow Big Deal – Malden’s TEC Connections Academy Online School, 5th grade

Blizzard Wizard – Boylston’s Tahanto Regional Middle School, 8th grade

Luke Snowalker – Westfield’s Munger Hill School, 3rd grade

Plower Ranger – Fitchburg’s Reingold Elementary School, 1st grade

Snowdrop – Stoughton’s Wilkins Elementary School, kindergarten

Arctic Beast – Canton’s JFK Elementary School, 2nd grade

Sled Zeppelin – Shelburne Falls’ Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School, 6th grade

Snow Day No Way – Hadley Elementary School 5th grade

Snow Time to Lose – Attleboro’s Wamsutta Middle School, 7th grade

Flurry Fighter – Pittsfield’s Crosby Elementary School, 4th grade

Nah my mom just went apartment hunting and couldn't find much in her Range until she got a realtor they definitely can help, she had multiple options after that

They're not fully efficient down to -15. They can produce heat all the at that temp, but they're going to use much more power than at 30f for example.

I have the newest bosch heat pumps. With oil at $4 and electrical at north of 45c with delivery fees, a heat pump with a cop of 3 or so is more expensive than oil with sub freezing temps outside.

The most efficient Mitsubishi mini split might extend that down to the 20s, but def not -15.

Your nightlife will be non-existent in either, really, but both are relatively safe. Leominster is much safer than Fitchburg, but Fitchburg’s crime is largely concentrated to a few streets. One of the last affordable places within (roughly) an hour of Boston. Of the two, I’d say Fitchburg “feels” much sadder than Leominster, but probably doesn’t wholly deserve its horrible reputation.

What I’d be more worried about is the culture shock moving from the Midwest. People in central Mass will seem distant, and people in eastern Mass will seem like they’re from another planet.

Tbh if you’re looking for apartments in a multi family home, your best bet 90% of the time is Craigslist

Wow. I had no idea. How bizarre.

But zero apartments listed in Leominster. Not one. At any price.

A commercial realtor might know something about this type of thing. A friend of mine did this, spent a lot of time researching locales that might suit certain needs for prospective clients.

However, this particular point in time (possible recession in the cards) might not be the best time to open up.

You're unlikely to find acceptable housing for $1200 or less. I live in the area and pay $1600 for a 2BR this year, up over a hundred dollars a month from last year.

Someone posted this site recently. www.energyswitchma.gov It gives you a list of providers and their rates based on your zip code.

Doubtful a realtor could help when the lowest online are:

$1,950 in Ringe NH.

$2,000 in Lancaster MA

Not even close to $1,200

OP you got a masters so… you could do this research.

You aren’t locked into national grid, you can shop your electricity around to find a cheaper provider

Totally agree. I was hoping that new bakery would have more of a hang out vibe but it really is just a ‘buy your stuff and go’ place like White’s at the Crossing.

There’s an active business owners group that meets pretty regularly- usually at the Orpheum. I know a few members, good people. You could definitely touch base with those folks. Someone just bought out the old Todman building next to o’reilly so idk what the plans are there.

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I lived in Leominster for nearly 20 years. I have very few complaints. It's a lovely little city.