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Why Are More People Moving Out Of Massachusetts Than In?

"It's bittersweet, I would have to say. I love this city," she told WBZ-TV.

(WBZ-TV)

May 25, 2023

BOSTON - From Boston to the Berkshires, Massachusetts is wicked awesome.

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Rebecca Connell thinks so. The married mother of two from Virginia thought she might be a lifer but she and her husband are leaving Boston after living here for 12 years.

"It's bittersweet, I would have to say. I love this city," she told WBZ-TV.

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Her family also loves the outdoors, so they're building a home in Vermont. There's lots of land and a mortgage that's not a lot more than their rent in Roxbury.


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