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Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2021
Even amid a pandemic, these 24 communities saw the biggest leaps in house prices north, south, and west of Boston, plus in the city itself.
By Jon Gorey Globe Correspondent,Updated April 21, 2021, 7:15 a.m.
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Despite the physical, emotional, and economic trauma unleashed by COVID-19, Boston-area home sales and prices throttled even higher in 2020 â and have shown no signs of slowing down this spring, as a full year of de facto house arrest has left many people itching for a change of scenery.
But the pandemic appears to have fundamentally changed the way we think about our homes and where we want to live. With everything from offices to bars shuttered, downtown living was stripped of its many perks. And with stifling rush-hour traffic temporarily removed from the equation, buyers ventured farther outside the city in search of more living space, both inside and out.
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