Weirdly enough, MWRA water is literally world class and ranks above most bottled water.

The water here is superior. It is a unique thing to the metro Boston area.

Step outside though... not so good.

Taking the ferry to any of the harbor islands in the summer is so fun! They have a bartender on board so after walking around the island and exploring you can have a refreshing cocktail for your boat ride back

>Can anyone remember the last " boil water" rule in effect here?

2010 when a main burst is the only one I can think of.

If you are heading to Logan, there also a drop box when you land...

In 2021 the people who run municipal water systems across the nation had blind taste tests where Boston came out #1.

We also were tops from them in 2014 and have been the top in a similar panel of New England water in 2017.

My theory is that it's so good because when they created the Quabbin reservoir they kicked all of the population of several towns out to flood the valley, so our water is flavored by the tears of the dispossessed.

Agreed with what everyone else said, plastic window insulation and space heaters are your best friend. Although I will say, make sure you also check that you aren't covering the heating vents in your room, as that can make a big difference. I also had a similar problem to yours, and one day discovered that the windows in my room actually fell open a few inches at the top if I didn't tape them shut. Hopefully not the case for you, but something to check for.

Great call, any idea if there is a UPS or FedEx at Logan for customers?

Blucher

We have some of the best tap water in the country and we don't rely on wooden rooftop water tanks so it's more consistent than in NYC. My buddy's building had to have the water shut off because dead birds ended up in their tank.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum!

If there is a deadline, consider UPS etc. Tracking is king.

Atrius Health has loads of locations and great staff. Note, I am a patient not an employee.

EDIT: Corrected name of company

The Boston reservoir, the Quabbin, means we have the best access to water than anywhere in the US. The folk there have maintained the standards for years and never get recognition. Can anyone remember the last " boil water" rule in effect here?

There’s one still open at Brigham Circle in Mission Hill. That would be an excellent sad/bad place to go for Valentine’s Day.

Walgreens/CVS and Walmart sell them if you can find one open on your way to Logan.

They will definitely help. The plastic shrink wrap + heavy curtains should help add ~6 degrees, and as silly as it sounds, sealing the drafts prevents “wind chill” which also improves how cold you feel.

No joke Somerville has my favorite tasting water of at least a dozen cities I've lived around.

My friends visited back in 2019, before Top closed, and we had such a fun night up there, listening to music and enjoying the views.

Alright, im half way there! Now I just need stamps etc. I presume you can't say for certain if they have that?

The plastic sheets can help a lot if the key culprit is a drafty window.

There's another option, but since you rent it's probably off the table though you could ask the landlord.

We have a bedroom that has two exterior walls and is part of a zone where the thermostat is in another bedroom which only has one exterior wall so the former would get really cold before the thermostat called for heat in the other room. We upgraded to an EcoBee thermostat because they have battery powered remote temperature sensors that connects to it. We put one of those in the cold bedroom and the temperature in that room now drives when the heat cycles on and off so it's fine in both rooms.

The oil filled ones are safer as well.

I mean I imagine the reason that nimbys are so common is it basically people who care more about their own interests than others which is most people

You need to either ignore them and not give them a choice, or you need to change the incentives to somehow make it worth their while, otherwise it shouldn’t be surprising that people will oppose new housing near their house

There was a set in the Blue Hills. After it was decommissioned people used to meet there with CB and Ham radios to swap equipment. That was before the MIT Flea.

Junior, double, triple whopper

Get some bubble wrap, cut it to the size of the windows, spritz the windows with water and smooth the wrap on - bubble side to the window then use a plastic sheet insulating kit. We lived in a 200 year old house with old leaky single pane windows and doing this made a huge difference.