WilcoLovesYou

WilcoLovesYou t1_j9fsmri wrote

My wife and I make right around that, a little bit higher, and moved out to the Berkshires. Got a nice house for a great price. We both work remote, so it really doesn't matter where we are. We're very very lucky to have that luxury.

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WilcoLovesYou t1_j7uxk4d wrote

CRUST being on there for Pittsfield is really fucking weird. They're not even the best pizza on that street. I'll take Teddy's over them every day of the week. Papa Joe's is the best pizza that I've had here in Pittsfield.

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WilcoLovesYou t1_istd1tc wrote

I love Pittsfield and I'll vouch for it being significantly safer than its reputation, but I've also heard the school system isn't the best.

Any of south county should be fine (Lenox and south), or if you want to be in central Berkshire county I've heard good things about Waconah regional for a high school. Waconah is the regional high school for the towns of Becket, Cummington, Dalton, Hinsdale, Peru, Washington, and Windsor.

Any of those towns are perfectly safe, and out of them I'd probably recommend Dalton. It's next to Pittsfield, so you have plenty of amenities (supermarkets, big box stores, restaurants, culture, etc...) but it's also a little more suburban/rural. You'd also have the benefit of being right in the center of the county, so you'd be 35 minutes to Great Barrington and 35 minutes to North Adams, and there's plenty to do in both of those directions.

The Berkshires are great, and going from what my friends with kids say (I live here, but my wife and I don't have kids), it's a great place to raise a family.

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