{"id":164232,"date":"2025-09-13T11:35:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/ma-town-named-best-place-to-live-in-us-by-us-news-and-world-report-6-ma-towns-made-top-25-wicked-local\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T11:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:35:30","slug":"ma-town-named-best-place-to-live-in-us-by-us-news-and-world-report-6-ma-towns-made-top-25-wicked-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/ma-town-named-best-place-to-live-in-us-by-us-news-and-world-report-6-ma-towns-made-top-25-wicked-local\/","title":{"rendered":"MA town named best place to live in US by US News and World Report. 6 MA towns made top 25 &#8211; Wicked Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Massachusetts town was named as the best place to live in the United States, in terms of quality of life, by <a href=https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/ data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>U.S. News &#038; World Report<\/a>.<br \/><a href=https:\/\/realestate.usnews.com\/places\/massachusetts\/brookline data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Brookline<\/a>, a town just west of Boston, takes the trophy. Its neighborhoods include Coolidge Corner, Brookline Village, and Longwood, many of which are accessible via the MBTA Green Line.<br \/>Overall, six Massachusetts cities and towns \u2013 including the metropolis of Boston \u2013 made the <a href=https:\/\/realestate.usnews.com\/places\/rankings\/best-places-to-live-for-quality-of-life data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>media company&#8217;s top 25 list<\/a> this year.<br \/>U.S. News &#038; World Report analyzed 856 communities nationwide, <a href=https:\/\/realestate.usnews.com\/places\/methodology data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>based on factors<\/a> such as crime, quality and availability of healthcare, quality of education, and average commute time.<br \/>While the media website ranked Massachusetts as the <a href=https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/rankings data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>ninth-best overall state<\/a>, several of its cities and towns are outperforming communities across the nation.<br \/>Here are the six Massachusetts cities and towns U.S. News &#038; World Report named as <a href=https:\/\/realestate.usnews.com\/places\/rankings\/best-places-to-live-for-quality-of-life data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>top places to live for quality of life<\/a> in the nation, as well as some quick facts:<br \/>#<strong>1: Brookline<\/strong><br \/>#<strong>2: Newton<\/strong><br \/><strong>#5: Malden<\/strong><br \/><strong>#7: Cambridge<\/strong><br \/><strong>#21: Somerville<\/strong><br \/><strong>#22: Boston<\/strong><br \/>Here&#8217;s how the six Massachusetts communities stack up against the <a href=https:\/\/realestate.usnews.com\/places\/rankings\/best-places-to-live-for-quality-of-life data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>19 other U.S. cities<\/a> ranked as best places to live for quality of life, according to U.S. News &#038; World Report:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7gFBVV95cUxOM0dCLWFKS21EREh1ZjRsd2NRaTd4M25Tei05NnUzWTRzZ2V2UTFXQTg3c2NPWHBWZFVFbU9lbU42MDhodFdUaTlVZ3FfdTVza3dOWW1nZDBTZlJ3akJWVDhUTU96MDM3LVVzYXowbnZDSGRUMUhmNXZIMENIT0g2b0dxY0M0eUFtRGhuN0d5RldtV3FJd09QS1Rsd3Ruby04akY4eDlCSy1qSVhVUmgtdFI1V1RhNEdxMzlnU1cxZlJ5QTczanhKZFNGRm1nQXNVN243X2VmNmgxVHYzVVNOLUM1eW4zeGRyaFF5RTNB?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Massachusetts town was named as the best place to live in the United States, in terms of quality of life, by U.S. News &#038; World Report.Brookline, a town just west of Boston, takes the trophy. Its neighborhoods include Coolidge Corner, Brookline Village, and Longwood, many of which are accessible via the MBTA Green Line.Overall, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}