One of the most important things to figure out before you buy a home is what your commute time will be. When you see a home you love people forget what it’s like to drive to the places you need to go.

I remember once I bought a home in Marshfield thinking how the commute isn’t so bad to Waltham. By month four I was very depressed and tired. For the next ten years my life seemed like a prison.

If feels like a everyone is moving into the city of Boston. The city is booming and there is an estimated 3,000 new housing units being built in the next five years. In the last 12 months traffic has gotten worse by 3% according to the TomTom traffic index

If traffic increased 3% every year, in 20 years the amount of traffic would be doubled (just like the home prices). Boston cannot add roads and self driving cars are years away.

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In the mornings it can take 43% longer and in the evenings 54% longer. The best day to drive in the morning is Monday and Friday. You want to head out of work early on Thursday. This equates to 29 extra minutes a day or 112 hours per year. Imagine all the fun stuff you can do with 122 hours?

In 2008 the congestion level was 18% and today it is 28%. The car pool lane move like a tortoise.

If I am planning on buying a home I would avoid the city, live in a suburb next to the commuter rail. It’s definitely not worth $1,00,000 to live near Tom Brady in Brookline.

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