Make sure you fully consider the property taxes. They are bonkers in essex county.

Lots of nice towns a little further south with taxes that are less terrible

There is a much better way, let student loans be dischargeable in bankruptcy and have claw backs on the colleges that got them into debt in the first place.

Loan forgiveness w/o structural fixes is a complete waste......and a slap in the face to people who really struggled to pay off their debts. My wife and I paid off over 170k of student loan debt while raising kids and it was horrible. We have a few more payments left, but we are mid-40s parents who are still renting b/c student loans made it nearly impossible to accumulate wealth.

Most of this debt is bad debt and needs to be wiped out, but it should be through bankruptcy and the colleges that saddled people w/ 100k in debt for economically non-viable degrees should have to feel some pain

Best course of action is to stabilize the house so that someone could theorhetically live there or at least qualify for a mortgage and then sell it. With the proceeds, your parents should be able to downsize to a small condo or similar

I wonder why we have a housing crisis in Greater Boston? Hmmmm

We desperately need more housing so this sounds great!

I'm a New England republican type (if such a thing still exists) and I won't give this party a nickel until all of these assholes are gone

Get a trial membership to Planet Fitness. There is one right downtown, near the T

Also, Edward Brooke was elected by MA as the first black Senator elected since Reconstruction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Brooke

He was a Republican BTW - long before the Republican party went crazy . Also, Edward Brooke was the state AG 60 years ago

I'm sure energy costs played a big role in this

Many factories are ugly, but inside are magical places. Raw materials in, finished products go out. Its not for everyone, but manufacturing plants can be truly wonderful. Manufacturing is also one of the few industries that provides upward mobility for people who are willing to learn, but may not have degrees, etc.

Commuter rail. Its totally normal here for functional people to take public transit

Drive to the train station and park

There is a good one in Billerica, Holland Ave

Rich's autoparts in Hudson is okay

There is a pick n pull in Brockton, but sketchy af

There used to be a great one right off 128 in Waltham, but they closed b/c the land was too valuable. There is also a yard over in the Rumny marsh area in Saugus

HarborUsed Autoparts in Lynn might also prove helpful

Cherry blossoms are out on Beacon St in Somerville too.

Not good

Income statement, balance sheet is assets. The Store's P&L and loss ratio due to shoplifting were definitely the key criteria. Proximity to other locations and competitors also matter as do site leases.

Not true, outside of the Gulf coast, pipelines only serve the domestic market

This is just a rouse to get a graduated income tax. That $1M threshold will be lowered to 100k within a few years

Mount Tom