[throwaway2016a]

Should try New Hampshire... just slightly north of Boston so you get a lot of the benefits of being adjacent to the city but a lot nicer place to settle down in a lot of ways (lower cost of living, newer and more affordable housing, etc). And it still very much has an innovation atmosphere. In fact, there is a talent pool of people who commute down to Boston every day that would love to shorten that commute.

Nashua and Manchester New Hampshire are roughly the same distance from Boston as Providence, Rhode Island (which also has a tech scene) but I'd rather live their than Rhode Island.