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Don’t forget about Alaska! Alaskan salmon fishing is highly regulated and some of the highest quality fish in the world

Transit uses the MBTA API to retrieve data about the schedule and about where buses are currently. They provide this guide to determining whether the data you see is based on a schedule or realtime data https://help.transitapp.com/article/445-how-to-track-departures-on-your-transit-line. If the realtime data you see is off/flaky, it’s the MBTAs fault because the data is taken from the MBTA API. If the ghost buses are based on schedule time data and not realtime data, that means the bus is either delayed relative to the schedule or that run was cancelled by the MBTA (and not reported as such on the API). I recommend only looking at realtime data for the buses unless you’re near the beginning and end of the route since realtime data is typically much more accurate (but often realtime data only starts reporting once the bus leaves its origin stop)

Check out this website https://community.whattoexpect.com/forums/boston-parents.html —- it has so many more reviews than Reddit and should be really helpful to you in making your decision. At a glance, MGH, BWH, and Mt Auburn appear to be popular and have good reviews, but you can search for any hospital in the area.

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Boston Creme Pie (they made the OG version — definitely popular with tourists but good overall)

They do and they have an app MBTA See Say to make reporting easier

What about those non-organic, non-pasture-raised eggs below?

> increased density should probably be reserved for certain parts of each neighborhood

Hmmm…you mean like across the street from a subway station next to a school with different/out of place architecture relative to the rest of this neighborhood?

Gee, that sounds a lot like, idk, this project lol

Hmmm…where is the debt from the Big Dig/who is responsible for it?

Oh yeah, the state put that debt on the MBTA and is requiring the MBTA to come up with funds to pay that back

Part of the issues are that the funding and construction resources and accountability here is much higher for cars here whereas it’s for trains there. A second piece is mitigation like managing detours, noise, and utility reroutes as mentioned above. There’s also more uncertainty about what’s under the ground and where it exists, which requires more exploratory digging and planning.

Out of those infra proposals, the blue line to Lynn, Green Line improvements, bus infrastructure, and pedestrian/bike infrastructure are realistic. I’d put my money on the Lynn extension for most benefit for the cost. Others like extending the Blue Line to Watertown or the red line to Lexington are never going to happen. The latter both because NIMBYs but also because of the minutemen trail in the ROW. The former because most of it is duplicated by the green line (except the former A branch being removed)

They probably leave it open whenever the T is running. The blue line is definitely not running at 4 am. Even if the gate was open, would you be able to get into the station to cross the tracks to the buses?

MBTA: Hey South End/Roxbury folks, we’re going to replace your elevated Orange Line with a nice streetcar a la Green Line.

MBTA: Actually, we’re going to give you Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Here’s the full list of reasons why (we promise, it has benefits beyond being cheaper).

MBTA: (Makes a shitty, unreliable bus that gets regularly delayed near Tufts and brands it as BRT when it’s not up to standard) Here you go!

The top ones are Blackbird, Union Square, and Kanes. My personal favorite is Blackbird but lots of people have strong opinions. Also FWIW, you don’t need to say fresh donuts other than Dunkin — Dunkin donuts are NOT fresh but rather mass produced and shipped to the various stores