SnooMaps7887 t1_j8o4c3h wrote on February 15, 2023 at 7:08 PM

Reply to comment by IntelligentCicada363 in Most towns are going along with the state’s new multifamily housing law. Not Middleborough. by TouchDownBurrito

Ok, they still only make up 3% of the city's land mass. Compare to Newton where a Globe article noted that 80% of residential lots (almost 10,000 of them) within a half mile of the MBTA Express Bus service are zoned for single-family use.

Again, I think we agree, I just feel like the biggest impact can come from the communities that have not done their part to date.

SnooMaps7887 t1_j8nn7ly wrote on February 15, 2023 at 5:17 PM

Reply to comment by IntelligentCicada363 in Most towns are going along with the state’s new multifamily housing law. Not Middleborough. by TouchDownBurrito

Sure, I agree in principal and fortunately there has been a lot of talk in the city about upzoning.

I just don't think that many of the cities north of the Charles are "particularly egregious"; to me that title should be pointed toward the cities and neighborhoods to the west and south that have always resisted upzoning.

Also, those 6000 sq. ft minimum lots make up .7% of the Cambridge's dwelling units.

SnooMaps7887 t1_j8njq68 wrote on February 15, 2023 at 4:55 PM

Reply to comment by IntelligentCicada363 in Most towns are going along with the state’s new multifamily housing law. Not Middleborough. by TouchDownBurrito

In fairness to Cambridge, they have the second highest density in the state behind Somerville (and 26th highest in the entire country!). Room for improvement, but I think they are doing their fair share compared to just about every other city.

SnooMaps7887 t1_j6l0rlt wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:54 AM

Reply to comment by OneOnTheLeft in Where should I live to be near Boston and not break the bank? by gold_medal_in_sleep

I said this elsewhere, but if you sell your ESPP right away it is basically a 17% ROI with no risk. Obviously, you pay more tax that way, but it is still easy money and you avoid overleveraging yourself.

SnooMaps7887 t1_j6kw8eb wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:20 AM

Reply to comment by Winnie_07 in Where should I live to be near Boston and not break the bank? by gold_medal_in_sleep

If you sell your ESPP right away it is basically a 17% ROI with no risk. Obviously, you pay more tax that way, but it is still easy money and you avoid overleveraging yourself.

SnooMaps7887 t1_j030a7j wrote on December 13, 2022 at 6:42 PM

Reply to comment by occasional_cynic in How Logan Airport almost destroyed East Boston — and how East Boston is still fighting back by MrLaffertyteeingoff

Why did you put rhetoric in parentheses?

SnooMaps7887 t1_iuic0lw wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:34 PM

Reply to comment by AutoModerator in Help! Where are the beans?! by allbaseball77

Lol, good bot.

SnooMaps7887 t1_iuibt44 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:33 PM

Reply to Help! Where are the beans?! by allbaseball77

Hasn't really been a thing in Boston in a very long time, but the Union Oyster House has a side dish of baked beans. The last place to really serve them was Durgin-Park, but that closed in 2019 after being open for almost 200 years.

Also, be aware that calling Boston "beantown" is becoming a local faux pas. The only acceptable bean reference I can think of is the Beanpot college hockey tournament.

As a sidenote, the link you attached has a bunch of theories that are probably incorrect, given that the Boston National League baseball team was called the Beaneaters as early as 1883.