So my girlfriend lives right by here but somehow I had never been until just recently, and hoo boy is this an incredibly cute (and exclusive) town with a great street grid, old homes dripping with character, and more history than you can shake a stick at.
This is, after all, where the "shot heard 'round the world" happened with the Minute Men put up the first fight against the Brits, and of course much great writing came from here by way of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, etc etc. I'm not going to bore you with all of it, but suffice to say that a lot's happened here and if you need a crash course then
here's the wiki
Back in the present day, the things that have struck me most about it are how it has a decent-sized rectilinear street grid (most towns/suburbs around here never evolved this way) and how well laid out everything is for walking around and actually residing there. I love my 5+ years I've lived in NYC, but I could see how walking around here wouldn't get boring after two weeks, and that's something I can't say about a lot of places.
It doesn't look like a big street grid, but it's complete enough that in person it feels more expansive than it should.
Otherwise, there's great tree coverage and the houses nearly without exception are great pieces of architecture. Yeah there's the outer area with 1950s ranches and 1990s McMansions but we're not gonna concern ourselves with that here
I reeeeeaaaally want this house
Battle monument to the Minute Men and the Old North Bridge where the standoff happened
The civic park, Monument Square
2020, you crazy son of a bitch
Now time for some golden hour shots
There's my house again!
The big park
Gotta love these peaceful summer evenings
And the following day, on an unsettled, humid and rainy day
Lots of these signs all over town
And then as I was heading out via Monument Square this had begun
Sign o' the times!