> If you're a Philly sports fan...

But, if you are a Pirates fan, forget it. Still a lot of heated feelings from the World Series in '03. Fortunately, Boston had Bill Dinneen and Wagner was injured.

Some birds fly gracefully, like ballerinas dancing on the air.

...

Then there are turkeys.

:D

Probably just somebody's signature. It's not usually gonna mean anything except maybe to that person. There's all kinds of tags you'll see over and over again. For a while somebody was throwing up a ditto (the Pokemon) all over the place

Perfect. They were next on my list to call. Hopefully i get lucky!

This was the first thing I did. I’ve been going thru the doctor on there but no luck yet.

Sabatinos was decent enough, but that closed in 2016

These are the people that disprove the Flynn effect.

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Big fan of the harbor while I early see it like this you nailed it

Arlington is a great town, low crime rate, good school system, good food spots. Overall, a great town!

Quicken loans(and many other lenders) say they conducted a study and access to fiber internet can increase your homes value by an average of 3.1%

In todays world many businesses are adding work from home positions. While many high paying positions need access to employees sporadically. It does not come to a surprise that internet access makes a home more valuable as it’s become and “essential” part of life.

It’s very typical for people to believe the only things that add value are updating a bathroom/kitchen but home values go way beyond that.

What background do you have to make this claim?

I've used Michael's Moving a few times. They've always been super helpful and priced fairly.

I used to live in a Philly suburb, too, and have been in MA for a long time now. I used to think about moving back to PA, but I love it here now. I am more of a city person, and live in a city now.

Closest Rita's water ice: Looks like one may have opened in Walpole...they come and go in MA. I usually hit one in Vernon, CT (off 84) on my way back from PA. In a pinch, Richardson's (found in convenience stores, freshly scooped!) is not bad.

The thing I love most about the Boston suburbs is not HAVING to drive. I do drive around town for errands and to go see friends, etc. But for basic necessities, I don't HAVE to. This is great for getting purposeful walks in and being snowed in in the winter. Arlington has some cute squares and some buses to get you to a T stop and is pretty walkable. You'll love it! When I visit rural-ish PA, the driving IS easier with less traffic...but you HAVE to drive to even get milk.

Don't get your hopes up on pizza, but the area has a lot of good food you may not find in PA. This person made a google doc from a thread about restaurants that has good suggestions:

https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/woc0dd/i_made_a_spreadsheet_based_on_ubitpushrs_post/

If you're a Philly sports fans, feel free to disclose it - no rivalries really with them.

As others have said, the great outdoors is not far away. Beach? Mountains? Hiking? Skiing? Biking? Boating? You can do it all with even a day trip. If you like kayaking, there are a few places along the Charles to rent (one in Kendall Sq too!). The annoying thing about MA is beach access, though I don't have too many comparisons. I used to vacation on the Cape just to easily get to a beach. The parking lots often fill up early or have restrictions. Revere Beach isn't too far from Arlington, and I go there a lot. It doesn't have a lot of amenities, but it's easy to park at, has T access (although from Arlington the T would be a haul), and is realllly big and doesn't often feel crowded.

Fall in PA is pretty good, but it's the best here. :)

Welcome.

If you’re from a rural place, and like to visit farms with Animals with kids, the Wright-Locke farm is just over the town line in Winchester, a 5 minute drive. Further out on route-2 (15-20 mins) is Drumlin farm, with Mass Audubon. Both have animals and children’s programming.

Walden Pond, a 15 minute drive is a great place for summer swimming. It fills up early on weekends. Weekdays are not that bad.

The Arlington reservoir is great for little kids swimming during the summer. Brand new playground just put in.

Wilson Farm is expensive, but good place to get vegetables and fruit. They also have expensive meat and prepared foods. The local supermarkets leave much to be desired for produce quality.

If you’re from Pennsylvania you’ll be familiar with Wegman’s supermarkets, there’s one in Burlington.

Arlington has lots of playgrounds and soccer fields. Each has their own thing. There’s a spray park at the Thompson elementary school from June-August.

There’s a movie theatre (Capitol Theatre) that has mother’s matinees on Monday. Nursing moms, screaming kids, changing diapers, all cool and normal. Great for mothers with newborns.

If you’re commuting to Kendall from Arlington there are two ways. 1 - Taking bus to Alewife Station and then the Red-Line subway to Kendall. 2 - Taking the bus all the way to Harvard, then transferring to red line train to Kendall. Depending on where you live, one or the other might be better.

If you’re going to go to Target, go to the ones in Burlington or Woburn. City traffic actually makes it about same time. Better parking and bigger stores.

There are 6 elementary schools in Arlington. You can enroll with the public schools online.

Internet is Comcast / RCN (Astound) / Verizon FIOS. You have three choices. FIOS is fastest, and if you work from home, the most reliable. RCN is pretty good and they have a service building in Arlington. It was the “cheaper” option for a long while. Comcast has comparable speeds to RCN, but their customer service is breathtakingly bad.

Robbins Farm park, near the Brackett school has a great overlook of the city. Great sledding on the upper hill (above soccer field) when it snows.

Hiking in the Middlesex Fells is nearby. Good if you have dogs.

Monotomy Rocks park is smaller and a location with off leash available for dogs. Great for a small hike with kids.

For young kids, Fox library has children’s books and programming. Robbins library is larger, and also has kids stuff, but entirety of Fox is young kids. Free good WiFi at Robbins library when you need to work and kids are checking out books.

Been living in the area with young kids for 10 years. If you have any questions, let me know.

https://www.wlfarm.org

https://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/wildlife-sanctuaries/drumlin-farm

https://www.wilsonfarm.com

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Since you are in Dedham, i’d head into West. Roxbury and JP. Grab some food at Porters on West Roxbury and then do a drive through the neighborhoods.

I have seen many but I never saw them waltzing along packed city sidewalks, waiting at stoplights and riding on top of mail trucks until I moved to Boston. They're very integrated into civil society here. In fact, my last uber driver was a wild turkey.

And they act like it too. Clumsily crashing through branches, etc.

I think it comes down to people understanding he’s upset that no one called him and asked and explained what is actually being done, I would also be upset and suspicious.

While on the other hand he’s saying no to something that is free and will be covered up practically instantly after the work is done (many of us know what this entails, while OP believes it to be a traumatic event to his lawn) and that may cost him or someone else much more down the road if he chooses not to allow it.

However everyone is downvoting for their own reasons. It just seems a bit dramatic to me. (I’ve had this done to me)

Maria's used to be halfway decent but new owners have cranked the prices and shrunk the pies 😭

Yes this. Dr. Callahan at the Atrius Health in Medford is wonderful. She actually listens to you and gives her full attention. See if she is accepting new patients.

Yup, I've moved my primary and all specialty docs to Atrius except for my dermatologist (purely because they had zero taking new patients last year for my alopecia)

You will have access to a ton of great restaurants in Arlington. Also, Wilson Farm is just over the border in Lexington, and is pricy, but the best fresh produce grocery store/working farm around. The public schools are some of the best in the country, so you have done your kids a solid.

Parts of it are. It's not a limited access highway so it goes with the land much more organically. It follows rivers and mountains in a way bigger highways do not. It's no kang but traffic should be relatively light outside peak hours

Pretty sure this is the one we did several years ago. It's great value for $25 and we got to walk around the whole park, go inside the visitors' clubhouse, and the broadcast booth. We did this one January when it was 10 degrees out and still had a great time. I still think about it and recommend it to people, so I'd say you can't go wrong with this one.