We must get at least 1-2 spam emails per week from students and (mostly) postdocs who are looking for roommates. Do you know your lab yet? If so, reach out to them so they can start forwarding you those emails.

We just had a new postdoc join our lab who lives in Boston with their spouse. They wanted to rent a local room to avoid city traffic and found one within a week or two.

Yanno, it's definitely busy, but other than super bowl weekend, which is understandable, I've NEVER waited in line. Unlike most other grocery stores in the area, they're fully staffed and have all registers open. It can be a pain in the ass to bump shoulders with people in the aisles, but I can tolerate that if i don't have to wait in a long line just to check out.