This is my baseline expectation of service at this point. If you adjust your expectations low enough, you will never be disappointed

You apply once. The tax year after you owner occupied for a full year. Yep, pretty much a free $3k reduction in property tax. A million dollar condo only has about a $5k annual property tax

Cambridge actually spends a lot in services. For example $28k per year spent per student vs $20k per student in lexington. Cambridge has a huge commercial tax base

MA continues to be very desirable. A structural NIMBY attitude driven inability to build substantially more housing. High wealth and high income household outcompetes everyone else on the limited housing

Probably a bad fit. You are choosing a highrise building close to the urban center. Unsurprisingly, the center if big cities are dense and noisy

You do your thing! welcome to politely decline in this hypothetical. Repeated interaction in a common physical and social space is a great way to build social bonds. Friend networks are fantastic, but you have to start somewhere in the absence of that. What are your suggestions?

Something physical, group based, and preferably repeating. Rock climbing, yoga, circuit training, boston sports club (bssc). Extra good if you go with a female friend, though hard i know

Look at Weston and Lincoln, it is no surprise why Boston real estate and rent is so high. This is what happens when you combine a red hot jobs and NIMBY supply restrictions.

Fantastic if true. Looking forward to some serious snow!

WGBH does not strike me as a particularly sophisticated marketing organization. I am no expert in door to door sales, but you could very well be right

They are trying to fund operations. Public radio is far from lucrative, as evidenced by that decade tenured host that left to join the circus. This is one of a long line of marketing efforts. Do you have any constructive ideas how WGBH can better raise money?

Electric heater efficiency is 100% because all of the electricity is converted into heat waste through resistance

Well Eversource profit is at record levels. Must be great to be a monopoly

The economics of solar in MA in general are insanely good. 15-20% annual roi basically risk free. Pays back in 6-8 years. Sounds too good to be true but a combination of expensive electricity rates and huge solar incentives.

Leasing is much more expensive than buying though, so I recommend buying outright if at all possible

Definitely not the poor or black people

Shop around. Different insurers price risk differently. Some insurers screw up and way underprice.

I am extremely low risk. 30s, 250/500 personal injury/uninsured/underinsured, $250k physical property. $240 premium for a 6 month period. I have had other reputable insurers quote $900 for that same coverage

2br 1000 sqft condo. Annual

1200 electric

1200 gas

400 water (often covered in rentals)

500 internet (800 if you dont cancel and sign as a new customer every year)

Cambridge parking enforcement is the best run department in the city of Cambridge. A model for all the others

Treat the tickets as a cost of driving in cambridge. Bikes or escooters are also quite effective

She should consider getting an ebike. Or moving to Indiana

Prices are high near major cities with booming economic activity. Color me shocked

I enjoyed the flyby. Made my day

Yeah, it pisses me off as well.

Buy Boston real estate if you possibly can and enjoy as you get rich. Seems too good to be true, but it really is that simple. You have an horde of NIMBYs who will ensure that meaningful housing supply is strangled

Good, happy to pay them more to attract talent and stave off corruption.

Wtf, took a half dozen random comments before I get to the real answer. Same reason you shouldnt sell alcohol to minors - it is illegal

This is the kind of over-exaggerated alarmism I log onto social media to consume in the morning. The biggest issue I see is that your shoes will get wet running through this