Man, I wish there was a better way to solve the housing crisis aside from essentially selling all newly zoned residential land to corporate development/management companies.

We're not creating more housing as much as we are selling huge amounts of land to developers who will simply charge above market rate because they have an outsized impact on price setting.

So you're answer is that non drivers should give millions every year to drivers because drivers are too cheap to pay for the roads they use? The more someone drives the more welfare they get. No wonder we have so much traffic and pollution. Our ridiculously low gas tax and free parking encourages people to clog up the roads and pollute the air.

Yes, of course I realize that… Almost all of E Broadway is more than a mile from either stop. If you’re not paying 2k+ a month to live before D St the T is painfully inconvenient in Southie. Not to mention the volatility of the Red Line.

See: every major American city with full progressive/democrat leadership. They NEVER fix the things they claim to care about.

The Foxborough folks would be getting on first and would have seats the whole way in. I think they’ll be alright.

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Maybe I just don't get that part of it. I watch sports because I'm interested in the game itself, not because I have anything riding on the outcome. Even then, why not just bet among your friends to avoid the taxes and casino profit margin, or get an app that lets you place mock bets using fake money? Are you sure it's fun to put $20 on the Superbowl coin flip when the odds are -105 heads, -105 tails?

Some people love to make it seem like mayor of Boston is the most powerful position in the world. Its strange.

The free bus lines mainly serve Roxbury and Mattapan, definitely not affluent places. Hyde Park and Readville are not really affluent places either. For reference, Brookline average household income is >120k.

Gambling is a vice?

Again, she is the mayor of Boston, not the mayor of Lynn or the governor of Massachusetts. She is fighting for her constituents. Whats pretty funny is you not understanding that.

Wrong? Not much. A sports book in general is sort of the opposite of classy though, no?

Sounds like you’re propagating some stereotypes, but I’m not gonna go down that path. Sure the police can see a stolen car easier. But owners usually don’t know their car is stolen until hours after. Plenty of damage can be done before the police know to look twice at a car. So try again.

I don’t know why people expect the mayor of Boston to be responsible for fares in Lynn on a state run transit agency.

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Hi everyone, I’m looking to goto concert at Fenway and looking for floor seats. I was wondering if they have any bathrooms on the floor or do you have to hike it back up to the concourse?

OK, put it this way - just because you're okay with being an asshole, that doesn't mean everyone is. It was probably general irritation on their part.

Class solidarity? You just admitted that you asked to be let on free a couple of times because you were "forgetful" about getting a Charlie card. I consider myself working class, and it's never occurred to me that I can expect other working class people to do me a solid just on that basis.

I have lived in different cities and traveled a bit. What you do when you're "not from there" is you do a little research on where you're going to suss out things like public transit, local etiquette, whether street drinking is allowed, etc. It's about being respectful.

The commuter rail train is very reliable. It is by far the most reliable transit in Boston. The issue is it doesn’t come frequently and it’s prohibitively expensive unless your employer subsidized it.

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Why is this not "classy"?

It makes sense as other users noted.

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Not sure what's wrong with people being excited about sports betting being live.

Which cost isn’t true?

We absolutely need more frequency. But the fare issue is a major issue. From Roslindale (in Boston), you can take a bus to Forest Hills (in a bus lane) that comes 20+ times an hour and transfer to the Orange Line for $2.40. Or you can take the commuter rail for $6.50 one way, plus you might need to pay to transfer.

The vast majority of people opt to save $8.20 on their round trip and just take the bus to the subway. That’s why there are about 20,000 rides on the Washington St buses and only ~1,000 rides on the Needham line.

it should be free, and we should make the car drivers pay for it (unironically, every road should be a toll road with congestion pricing)

Imagine being denied a home due to landscape design.