Hi Mary,
I thought I'd send you an unsolicited note about our recent relocation to Dover, with which you helped, in the event others might be interested. Please feel free to post this on your web site or share it in any way with others, if you wish. My only request is that you publish it anonymously, so if you decide to use it please just drop my name from the end.
Even though I grew up in this area, before moving to Dover I knew very little about it which is strange in that it borders Needham and Wellesley where I had lived. My reason for writing is to thank you for introducing me to this fabulous community and to offer something that you might wish to share with others considering relocation to Dover.
To begin with, the most amazing thing is that there is one traffic light in the entire town which has the second best public school system in the State. Even with its proximity to other busier towns, Dover has maintained a wonderfully rural atmosphere complete with horse farms and tons of open spaces. The residents who I've met so far couldn't be nicer. Recently I met a neighbor who told me that another of our neighbors who owns a plow had cleared his driveway of snow for the past six years without asking for anything in return. It was simply something one Dover neighbor does for another. That simple act of kindness seems to define in my mind what it's like living here. Rather than cutting one off and beeping one's horn at other drivers, Dover residents are not as self-absorbed behind the wheel frequently even allowing another driver to turn into their lane unchallenged, which defies the stereotypical Boston driver.
Dover is home to the Dover dump, an incredibly inviting stop each Wednesday and Saturday where residents meet and actually speak with one another while recycling and discarding their refuse. Another remarkable aspect of Dover is Channing Pond, a shallow body of water which freezes over each winter. The town illuminates the pond at night and plows the snow off of the ice for public skating. All of this seems quite Currier & Ives-like to me in a community with so much to offer. And while this is completely unscientific on my part, for some reason the roads in Dover are in great shape immediately after all of the snow storms we've recently had. So much so, that I can tell when I'm entering a contiguous community because the roads are not as passable.
Last evening we attended a concert 10 minutes away at The Center of the Arts in Natick (TCAN), an acoustically amazing rehabbed fire station. We would never have found a gem like that in Boston or in the communities we have previously called home. Before moving here I was concerned about the commute into Boston, but the extra few minutes are more than well worth it. Both Route 128 and the Mass Pike are very easy to get to from here.
I'm hopeful that my correspondence doesn't interfere with whatever the Chamber of Commerce is doing (if there even is one here). Similarly I don't want to ruin the secret of how fabulous life is here. I know that you represent real estate buyers and sellers in lots of communities, but for those thinking about relocating to Dover if this helps them in any way I hope their experience with you and the town we call our new home is as wonderful as ours has been. Thank you so much for introducing us to Dover and hopefully we'll see you soon at the dump or skating after work one evening.
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