Don't Move To Massachusetts Unless You Can Handle These 10 Negatives 

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If you’re new to Boston,stay away from Salem in October. It’s unbelievable!

This is great, and accurate. I've been called Angeler so many times. I moved to Boston from the Atlanta area close to 10 years ago, biggest culture shock EVER, and I lived in Mississippi for a hot second, even more culture shock. BUT, I couldn't see myself living anywhere else now :)

As a Floridian who was visiting Boston just last week - I have a brand new appreciation for driving in south Florida. I had to drive downtown Boston , never having been there before , to go park at a garage for a 20 min walk to TD Gardens to see Peter Gabriel. That traffic was an absolute horror show! At one point I was in a wrong lane, a left turning lane and needed to be in the right - I bet you I held that traffic up until I could get over to right just as that light was about to turn red. The lady behind me was so mad waving me over while there is on coming traffic. I’m not dying for you lady - you can all wait just like you did. At another point the GPS took us up some alley way to come out and go left - in two way traffic! Cars parked on both sides of the street, no sign of slowing down , again I had to be aggressive and put my hand out to let that driver know stop, I’m coming out - and I came out slow enough the oncoming from right stopped too but my god if I hadn’t made that move, no telling how long we’d have sat there! White knuckles! And I was renting a car so that really had me tripping. Finally finding the entry to the parking deck was literally only for the native Bostonian to recognize . It was so non-distinguished you’d only know if you’re from there. But we made it in - Garage at Post Office Square I believe it was. Such a tiny almost invisible entrance ! I got in, parked and almost had a meltdown. I thought downtown Miami is bad after an event ! Well, it is … but this is just as bad or possibly worse. Leaving after the show wasn’t nearly as bad. Thank Goodness for that. Salem - we visited there too , just as crazy traffic. People driving like they lost their minds - now I know why our traffic gets so crazy during season when all the snow birds come down ! I’m gonna be looking at them tags from Mass a whole lot differently now ! Lol Having said all that -- we really did enjoy Boston and Salem and the people in general (not driving) that we met. Great vibes there. I’ll visit again but next time? No driving!

Don't forget the winter road salt. Turns your $100k diesel truck, or your $25k econobox into a pile of scrap in 12 years flat (or less!). Then insurance costs, annual inspections, and annual excise taxes on that same pile of scrap. If the roads don't do it in, I can promise you, the road salt will!

My biggest annoyance is that everyone assumes Boston is the only thing in MA. It's NOT. There is so much more to the state. Not everything is Boston prices. I've lived in VT, NH, MA, CT, NC, FL, WI, NM, AZ, Vegas and Mexico City. Europe 3x and I have to say the best health care I ever had was when I lived in MA even on the western side of the state. Top notch doctors from the best schools and they keep up their education. I worked in healthcare my whole life and there are doctors who haven't upgraded their mindsets since their med school days. MA doctors pride themselves on keeping up.

As a lifelong resident in New Bedford, I don’t think the winters have been as bad as they used to be. At least in my area. But those pot holes are horrible!

Wow. Thanks for that information. You pretty much talked me out of moving there.

Great video keep it real 😂❤

As a Boston/Massachusetts native it's so annoying when the people here don't use their blinker, like I'm sorry you want to live dangerously but some of us want to live🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️😭😭

Traffic SUCKS!!!!! I traveled to Boston for work in the off hours(3-11Pm) on the Mass Pike and their was always traffic. I recently retried and I don't miss commuting!

I moved to MA from TX a few years ago. I had the same car for many years without issue and drove it to MA. As soon as I got to MA I had to replace most of my front suspension. Parts of Texas had 70+ consecutive days of 100F+ weather this year so I'm happy to experience some cold and snow up here. I work from home so the weather is mostly a non issue for me. I do agree that drivers here are bad - worse than I'm used to in Texas but I'm a careful driver and haven't had any issues yet. I would say my main complaint about Boston is the cost of parking and insane high cost of living which is insane compared to most of the country. The rest are none issues as there is no perfect place. Overall, I'm glad to be here.

Even though I hate MA with a passion, I do miss the driving there. It's reckless if you're not used to it, but I think it's aggressive but extremely courteous on MA roads. Kind of the exact opposite of TX really. People in TX have absolutely zero awareness on the road, that or they have absolutely no courtesy whatsoever.

You’re hilarious! Thanks for making this video.

Great video and info westfield mass here

I grew up on the north shore.._your section on the “R” was spot on. 😂. You forgot one thing....we cuss a lot.

I just moved to Massachusetts from New York 2 months ago, he’s spot on with everything! 😅

Hubby and I spent 60 years of our lives in Massachusetts, then 18 years ago we moved to Georgia. Natives can't understand us and we can't understand them. One of the first things we were asked was "say pahk the cah". Still miss the Cape. Your video is hilarious!

I've only been to Boston once and i was only there for however long it took to get out of the airport and on the hwy north. Best description of that short stint is "harrowing." I was in disbelief.

As an Orlando, Florida resident,,,, u tu our city is heaven!!! Thank you

I grew up there. I try to describe to people outside of New England what it's like to get up early to shovel the snow before going to work. Then when you get home from a long day to shovel your way back in after a full day of plows doing their job. Also in order to survive on the road you must be aggressive. Rarely will anyone yield. And expect a lot of middle finger gestured at you.

We moved from Arkansas to Massachusetts in 2000. What a culture shock. The cost of everything there was crazy. I'm originally from Western New York too.

Love this guy

When i first moved to Massachusetts I truly could not understand a word of the Boston accent 9:53 I felt so 😞 bad.. I understand it perfectly now and new England in my opinion is the best place to live in the USA hands down. most ppl I met were nice .. straightforward, and were good to me..I absolutely love it there 💓

I’m coming home from Salem Mass. I’d love to live in that area. The only thing I’d have trouble with is the winters. Boston is beautiful too, but when you’re not used to that kind of traffic it’s a bit scary.

Hey! I was just at the Art Bar in Cambridge for the first time! It's in the Hyatt Regency and we sat outside on the river! It was great!

Excellent Video! Bravo! I moved here 28 years ago from Los Angeles because of American History and wonderful SNOW! Only downside is we don’t have as much snow and ice as I would like. So if you are a fan of snow you might want to move a little higher north. As far as mosquitoes go I haven’t seen many... accept when I wore Patchouli oil to the beach on Cape Cod. Then every mosquito, fly, bee, & hornet was after me. I had to run through the sand past Rose Kennedy’s compound. She was living then, she must have gotten a kick out of it. “Don’t wear Patchouli to the beach.”

I lived in Andover from 2007 to 2008 when i was an exchange student from germany. I enjoyed living in Massachusetts, such a beautiful state and wonderful people. But i have to admit that the winter was tough though :D

You alluded to it, but for me another top ranking problem was no where to *legally* park. Everyone likes to drive places, but everywhere you go is stingy on the parking. It’s not only an inconvenience that makes you late for everything, but it’s also part of that cost of living thing. You WILL have a pile of parking tickets. I don’t care how careful and law-abiding you think you are...

Can you please tell me where is better to live? Peabody MA or Naples Florida?

This was very helpful and funny too! Watching it in 1.5x speed was especially entertaining lol 😂

On my first trip to Boston I was trapped on one-way streets with impatient drivers honking. Ended up on Beacon Hill and kept circling until I found a parking space. Charles went the other way back then back to Storrow Drive.

You talked about the beginning of the college years What about Storrow Drive. Trucks versus the low bridges but overall it is a regular day to day occurrence that a truck is on Storrow Drive where they are not supposed to be and tip off the top of the trucks roofs or just get wedged under the bridge causing a traffic jam

It took me a damn year to stop asking for a meatball grinder, or ask if you want to make a packy run. 20 years later I work in IT with a manger from Boston wanting to know how I'm analyzing the dater.

I live in Boston and that's great photo of conn(ah) of Salem and Prince Streets...Bova's was my favorite bakery but but now it's Table. I'm on Commercial Street and love it here. Do leave in late Fall for SW Florida though.

Ik which exact blizzards u was talking about I went out on my porch no shirt on and faced it like a crackhead the snow was up to my waist in da yard

True test of a Boston driver is how they handle the Storrow Drive 500! I may have Mississippi tags, but I learned to drive on the roads inside RT-128!

Ur so right about the potholes & winters,Boston traffic,optional blinkers,ticks(burn em out),the R's,lol.Taxes,high prices. But it's home.🤪🥳🤯🤠🤣

You're moiré-ing! The stripes are making my eyes go funny

I lived about 6 miles outside boston, went to high school in Brookline, drove in Boston all the time. Currently live in Plainville and encounter Rhode Island drivers all the time. HANDS DOWN they are by FAR waaaay worse than boston area drivers.

Thanks so much for this video!! This was interesting to me as an Indiana native! Haha!

Everyone says tonic for soda and frappe for a real milk shake. If you want just flavored shook up milk then you ask for a milk shake. Lived there 15 years. Just wondered a week ago if roundabouts were still called rotaries. You answered my question.

Love Mass----can't afford it, so I live in NH and visit from time to time and go home to where I can afford

Hahaha I was born in bread and Boston and I got a good laugh out of this. You'll be amazed at how many people would probably take this serious.

Hi Matt…Im hoping luckily most of these wont effect me…but thank you for your information… Im an Aussie from Melbourne…so im used to spiders snakes etc but we dont have lyme carrying ticks so that will be a new one plus the ticks are little so harder to spot I love winter and going to the snow, I’ve never experienced everyday life in winter though so that will be very different…When i was in Austria at minus 10 so 14 Fahrenheit I got headaches as my body just hadn’t experienced that temp before All the accent and season stuff doesnt affect me…used to big cities, uni fluctuations, do you have the height of the bridge on the bridge so you know if you will fit under in the truck? thats what we have in oz makes it easy to know, ill have to keep an eye out in videos for it Im hoping your not to offended at the thought of an aussie calling Massachusetts home 😊

Wow, I related to this video!

Im curious because you made the south comment. Are you from the South originally and moved to Mass? I'm from Atlanta and recently had to move in with family here in Cape Cod, Mass (more towards the west part of the Cape). Everything here is all new to me. Its definitely a big change, especially with the cold, long winters. Don't even get me started on the huge ants who seem to keep getting into our house which isn't dirty. 😩 Well on the bright side we do live 10 minutes down the street from a small beach so that's nice.

Stumbled upon this HIGH LARIOUS video because I'll be visiting (for the first time ever) next month (summah!) from Los Angeles. I am so excited! Also, not sure why, but very much interested in a big life change and considering moving there as well! The only thing(s) I'm getting the heebee jeebies about is the rough winters (again, Cali girl...I love my year round heat), but NOW TICKS?!!! LAWDY! Still, I think I can deal with those buggers than freezing my feathers off. What to do?! UGH!

It sucks. Will celebrate the day I escape. From 40+ year resident.

Boston never heard of it ... I live in the Berkshires

I’ve been looking at MA real estate lately to move to escape all the things you mentioned thinking it was better by you, but apparently it’s all worse.

Finally got my family out ,and Far Away from Plymouth county, -The towns surrounding the Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant have all joined together in passing legislature to Prevent the Transportation of Nuclear Waste through their Cities and Towns from the Power plant in the event of a Radiation leak or accident. - So now the Nuke Waste measured in Metric Tons is being Stock Piled on the Power plant property - If an Accident happens they have 15 Extra minutes to Get out and clog up the highways?? Lol - Smarter if you get out before you Move in.

There's also alot of deer ticks in North Carolina. The roads here suck too. There's literally always road construction.

You do realize that most of the state is west of Boston.

Lived in boston from 1986 to 1996. Right by the Arlington t. Never owned a car. Loved the classes I took. Was in an improv troupe. Work ed hard. But the winters were long and cold. Lots of snow. Also boston is a tad racist. Did not know this until I moved. Lived in California and New York city. My sister lives in Jamaica plain. My friend lives in Brookline. Boston has great architecture. Love the north end comm. Ave. And Newbury st.❤❤❤

MATT, YOU ARE SOOOOOO SPOT ON! BORN IN MASS, LIVED IN MASS. MARBLEHEAD, SOUTH BOSTON, MALDEN, BEFROE THE HIGH CRIME AND DRUGS, WEYMOUTH, AND IT IS ALL GOING TO HELL.

I have pulled 20+ ticks off of my within 5 hours. We just put them in a cup with water and dish soap. I live in central MA.

Although I lived my first seven years in the California Bay Area, moving to Massachusetts was horrible! Schools were way harder than California schools! I hated the way people talked because they sounded ignorant. What is with tonic and jimmies anyway? Being 😊seven going on eight, I tried extremely hard to retain my California accent and nevah lowah myself to "talk Massachusetts talk"😊. That went on for the next twenty-three years. That was until I got to move back to California. I had discovered that I actually had the Massachusetts accent! Mainly because I talked so fast and I would leave the last letters out, like shorthand. I learned that I couldn't pronounce the word "forward!" Unknowingly, I was saying "foahwid!" After living back where I was born for about 40 years, but with Covid and layoffs happening, the cost of living has gone through the roof, we decided to move again. We wanted to go "back east" but to Maine. Not practical to travel across country with 11 cats! So we decided to move to Sparks, Nevada (next to Reno). And that's the end of the story. 😊

There are pros and cons to everything and every state! Boston born here, grew up in northeastern NJ which is crowded by beautiful and often times miss it! Lived and worked in Manhattan for a couple of years or so and then moved from central NJ to MA! Don't forget the excise tax everyone has to pay on their cars, another expense! I love it here and there are far worst places one could live in like Alabrama, Mississippi, Florida and Texas with it's horrible heat waves, massive hurricanes and politics! Every winter I thank God I don't live in the midwest or around the Great Lakes or in Buffalo NY with their horrendous winter blizzards! Winters on the Cape are mild in comparison! Thanks for the run downs, reminds me of my late beloved mom who worked in "Beantown" and dropped her "R"s, everything ending in a ended up with an 'er"! lol smdh

I think groceries in Massachusetts are cheaper than elsewhere and there is no sales tax on food. My snowbird neighbors think food prices in Florida are wicked bad.

I live on the north shore in Manchester by the Sea.

Hell tourists don’t use their blinkers in mass either, the amount of tourist dodging I’ve had to do , no one better say anything about our driving! Lol

I'm living now in The Philippines and I'm a filipino and I have the plan to live in Massachusetts to have an easy acces to get in and out from NY to get a job there. It's expensive to live in NY so that is why.

Traffic. Old cities have all the roads leading straight in and out. So they back up and clog. A newer design uses circular main roads with exits on and off. The Big Dig was only a temporary fix. Increasing population and therefore cars, will negate any gains realized from that project.

What if I don't want to live anywhere near Boston?? What about just the middle part ?? Is that the same as Boston???

Using blinkers is a sign of weakness!

A LITTLE EXPENSIVE???? ARE YOU NUTS??? BOSTON UNIVERSITY JUST RAISED ITS TUITION TO OVER $61,000.00 PER YR!

North Central Masshole here, I have a 50 yr love/hate with the state lol

More like 10 reasons to not move to boston. The suburbs of the cities and the small towns around Massachusetts can be really nice. There are so many conservation areas and nature/hiking trails. Camping availability is mixed. I do lots of outdoor activities and gardening, have trails through a private forest i cut in my backyard too. Its also a Massachusetts tradition to have a beautiful yard/lawn. I dont like ticks either but im not a baby about them. You can put on bug spray and avoid tall grassy brush areas and outdoor pets will pick them up too so you need to check up your pet regularly, give them a repellent collar and prevention methods. I ussually pick my ticks off by hand and burn them with a lighter. We even used small container with iso once to drop them in and they die. You can also get chickens and they'll kill ticks massivly. I have been bit 4 times this year but i always treat the bite site with antibiotic regularly, and i get the tick off before it's been 24 hours- that's how you avoid lyme disease. I cut out refined sugars and alcohol in my diet and mosquitos are much less interested in me than when i was younger. Parking is much better outside the city too. I never have a problem driving in the suburbs for errands. I agree drivers can be crazy around here. Most people are competent thou you have to drive defensively to avoid accidents read signs. I have been driving here ten years and seen 4 accidents happen, been in 2. Always check blindspots drive slow when uncertain. Let crazy drivers go ahead of you dont keep them behind you. Ive seen some crazy road rage and been a victim of others but ive been lucky i have kept my cool and laugh off everyone's silly bad driving. I keep my breaks, tires and car maintained so i can stop before hitting people. It's paided off a few times already👍

Hello , from Rancho Mirage California 🇺🇸

I'm from Canada but I have a lot of family from Boston and Salem so I have been thinking of moving to Salem not only because of the history of the place but because of the family connection. overall the places that I have been looking at price wise aren't that bad.

I loved Boston, but I saw a black limo park in the middle of the street in front of a restaurant. The cops drove around them and nobody said anything to anyone. They all looked the other way, so I assume the occupants were "connected."

I'm from the uk london and me and my boyfriend were looking at the states that best suit us to move to. And we really love all the new England states. Its similar to home which is awesome but different enough to enjoy a different experience.

I've been to a couple of cities and by far, Massachusetts is exactly what this guy is talking about. The biggest take away is the driving and the roads are TERRIBLE! They're uneven, different types of pavement on same section of roads, like someone dumped a variety of concrete and then half way smoothed it out. Unclear lanes and turning lanes. Pot holes galore everywhere. Very aggressive drivers so trying to make a turn, even with your blinker, you feel like that's your time to get re-ended. I like New Hampshire much, much better.

I just spent the last 2 Christmas breaks up in the Boston area and fell in love with everything about it and was surprised how quickly you can befriend the ppl living there (Obviously the cold isn't gonna bother me xD) I actually annoy my friends in the Midwest when I return home and pick up a slight Boston accent and find it funny 😆 But yeah also now planning to move out that way, obviously cost of living is insane so I'd have to figure that out but soon as I do you can find me there lol

My best advice as someone who never wanted to live here but now has to: it's called New England for a reason. It's so much like England. Taxes, costs, the lack of the food you thought was common in your hometown. Hyper-localized, self obsessed. Backhanded. Unattractive. But generally clean. That's why the English love it.

It's NOT just a Boston Accent--it's the same damn thing down heah on the Cape! ;-)

Accurate video

STORROW DRIVE @ 65 MPH...WHEN????? OH, YEAH @ 2:-3:00 AM, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT!

Lol this should be called why not to move to Boston! Not Massachusetts. Springfield area here .. there is more to the state than Boston .. haha but good video.. lived in Boston for a few year.. job placement .. it’s a great city.. in Boston you put up 40 stories buildings every 5 months.. in Springfield we put one 15 story building every five years lol haha

The state has 6.3 million people and funds the welfare budget with 19.2 billion and is the 3rd highest taxes in the country

We moved due to a work change for my husband in Cambridge. Cost of living is a huge deterrent. Honestly wish we didn’t have to be here but it is nice to visit Ma and boston. Has a lot to offer in general just not a good place to stay lol. You forgot to add how to watch out for those driving their cars through businesses and or homes! Seriously I have never heard so much of this where we lived in Mi but have seen something on the news at least once a week about some idiot driving through a home or business! I get it happens anywhere but seems worse here especially in Ma and recently Rhode Island’s subway sandwich incident. 🤦🏻‍♀️ use your turn signals too. It isn’t that hard and can save a life. I can’t stand selfish driving! I’ll be throwing a party the day we finally get to move out of New England 😂 seriously strongly advice not to do it if your thinking of it, MA especially.

You know the biggest problem in Boston Massachusetts is a legislative problem because the representatives who the people put there are the laziest set they only eating taxpayers money every month and so these realtors are the ones that make the money of Massachusetts that is the main reason Massachusetts is so expensive to live these developers are the one that make the state so expensive

Grew up in the Boston area. Moved to Indianapolis when I was 35. No regrets leaving Assatwoshits.

My sister's name is Selina but people in Worcester call her "Seliner"

Can you give me the most beneficial places to live in Massachusetts for Healthy Whole healed hard working African Americans?

Don’t forget all the bike lanes!

And the parking Boot, traffic on red Sox days...

Lowell, Lynn, Lawrence. DRUGS : (

Worst roads and worst drivers in the country!

Like Haverhill, Leominster , Westminster Worcester people say it not how they are written. My husband has thick Boston accent.

I grew up in Dawchester, then moved to Stuffton😂

I DON'T have thin skin and I am unfortunately a resident of Massachusetts and this state STILL is the WORST

Ok, use a tool from a vet for dogs, it looks like a teaspoon with a v opening. Works great on people too.

? The accent originated with the Puritans who came to the area from East Anglia in the 17th century. People in East Anglia drop the r the end of words. The accent was also influenced by 19th and 20th century immigrants from Ireland.

As a native of 40 years, I wanna let you know the yuppies have ruined this area 😅

So this is a real estate agent IN Massachusetts telling people not to move here. Really?

I don't think I'd ever live there. I'm a professor. It's not a college town. 🤣

I’ve lived in the nice suburbs in Worcester it’s pretty chill and every one nice

Massachusetts natives lack manners and are brash. It’s very off putting.