Originally Posted by TheBOSman

Puts you close to Back Bay MBTA station (southwest and west commuter lines and Orange Line) and the Green Line at Arlington and/or Copley.

If you're going with Catholic school as indicated, there's no shortage of quality educational opportunities there. I'd say look at Natick/Framingham area for living so as to go a little lower on housing prices, single train ride to Back Bay and a short walk from there to St. James. Be careful, as many of the highest rated Catholic schools (St. Sebastien's, St. John's Prep, Malden Catholic, Academy of Notre Dame) are all male or all female, so you may have some trouble living close to both if you have son(s) and daughter(s).