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Apprehensive-Hat-494 t1_j110s8m wrote

Rich parents, rich spouse, biotech, finance, attorney, investments, doctor, high up on state government payroll, the projects.

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AchillesDev t1_j12bvlj wrote

Software is another one, and probably the more attainable of all of these listed (it's how I am able to mostly afford living here supporting my wife and 1 year old, when neither of my parents went to college, I floundered in college because I had no idea what I was doing, and my grandparents were refugees on one side and blue collar workers on the other), especially with the horror stories I've heard waiting for public or even section 8 housing.

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mikejones42069 t1_j112xzl wrote

Can you elaborate more on the 'the projects'?

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Apprehensive-Hat-494 t1_j116uky wrote

Subsidized public housing that is usually poorly maintained, located in an undesirable neighborhood, lacking adequate heating and air conditioning for the climate, etc.

Once the city tears down these housing projects and replaced them with luxury apartments, you can’t live there on a lower salary and need the things I mentioned to live in the city comfortably (as this subreddit defines it).

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AchillesDev t1_j12bjat wrote

There are 369 affordable units in Brookline. Not nearly enough, but I don't think any part of Brookline is "undesirable." One of the major projects is a part of my neighborhood, and I think our neighborhood is very nice and they're a great part of it.

Boston is a different story, but when I moved to Brookline from Boston I was surprised at how well-integrated into the denser neighborhoods the few public housing developments were, because that's not really the case in Boston.

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stargrown t1_j13uymy wrote

Only people who’ve torn down subsidized housing in the passed 5-10 years (I think) and not replaced it w newer facilities is Harvard

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