Apprehensive-Hat-494 t1_j116uky wrote on December 20, 2022 at 10:34 PM

Reply to comment by mikejones42069 in Suggestions for how to earn enough money to survive here? by ipsissimus666

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).

AchillesDev t1_j12bjat wrote on December 21, 2022 at 3:40 AM

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.

Victor_Korchnoi t1_j14jicg wrote on December 21, 2022 at 4:50 PM

They’re not all shitty. There’s a large one in Roslindale that is well maintained, has a playground and basketball court and, and is right by Bostons largest park.

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/Departments/Planning-and-Real-Estate-Development/Mixed-Finance-Development/Washington-Beech.aspx

stargrown t1_j13uymy wrote on December 21, 2022 at 2:02 PM

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