4 Good reasons to Like NATICK, MA
Live in the Boston Suburbs. It was voted one of the Best Towns in Massachusetts to live. Natick real estate is not as high as some nearby places. Family friendly with good schools and much more than a shopping destination, Natick has plenty of outdoor activities to keep you busy.
The tax rate for Fiscal Year 2020 is $13.61 for each $1000 of value.
1) Housing Costs run the gamut, from affordable (for the area) entry level housing through high-end, and all areas in between, first time home buyers can actually shop.
2) Schools are phenomenal, (words taken by a current resident) and seem to be continuously improving.
3) The Community is very welcoming, with much of it tightly-knit around family life. It’s a good mix of all backgrounds where people don’t judge you based on income/what you ‘do’.
4) Access to Boston, or most other parts of the state, is easy via route 9 and the Mass Pike. The Commuter Rail has key stops at Fenway, Back Bay and South Station, and Logan Express (Framingham) is very convenient for traveling out of town.
Single family homes run from $500-600K for a nice 2 bedroom house upto $2,000,000-3,000,000
“NATICK, MA is the Town at the eighth mile of the Boston Marathon’’
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Shop till you drop. Besides the Natick Mall, there are a number of strip malls and, as noted, the downtown. All the taxes paid by these various businesses and corporations help to keep costs down for residents.
There’s Lake Cochituate, Memorial Beach at Dug Pond, Belkin Family Lookout Farm, Natick Community ¬Organic Farm, Mass Audubon’s Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, the town-owned Sassamon Trace Golf Course, and a skating rink.
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Route 9 traffic at rush hour and weekends.
In the real world, the town is home to a number of businesses, like Cognex Corp. and The MathWorks Inc. In 2012, the town opened a new Natick Community- Senior Center, as well as a $78.5 million high school. The same year, the state designated the downtown as the Natick Center Cultural District. The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN) and the Morse Institute Library are considered the anchors, while the common hosts free concerts and farmers’ markets. The town is also home to the well-regarded Walnut Hill School for the Arts.
The town has two commuter rail stations, plus easy access to the Massachusetts Turnpike, Interstate 495, and routes 128 and 9.