Hi there, I lived in Framingham, MA for 3 years back in 2007. As per your questions, pretty much everything depends on where you're working. As far as I know, public transportation exists but it's very limited (again it depends on where you're working). If I may ask, who's your employer? There are couple of big companies based in Framingham and if you happen to be one of the new employees for any one of those companies then at least you have some access to public transportation.

I don't think there are a whole lot of Nepalis living in Framingham. I've heard there are Nepali students in Framingham State University (FSU) but not sure. The Hindu temple is also near Framingham (in Ashland) so I assume there is a big Indian community close by (so automatically, I would think there is a decently big Nepali community as well). Unless you're planning on waiting quite a while for your ride home -> office and vice versa, I would highly recommend getting a car.

Framingham is a pretty decent location accessible to a LOT of shopping and restaurants. It's not as hip as Boston for obvious reasons but it's not a bad place either. Having said that though, I wouldn't call downtown Framingham a safe place either.

Where are you based now? Once you let me know your employer, I can tell you which apartments you should consider and which ones to avoid. Let me know if you need anything else.


Jai Nepal