>The city of Boston gives away most of their taxes to the rest of the state via state income tax. If it weren’t for Boston, the rest of the state would be in much worse shape.

I see, if everything is exactly as you say then why would they need the state's help to provide funding for their subway system CommonNotCommons?

While MA is at $2.4B the rest of the state is at $10.4B. So they're generating about 23% of the state income, but that's just income tax. There's nothing stopping Boston from creating another tax just to fund the trains, or issuing bonds, considering it primarily effects Boston and is a Boston issue. Someone in Springfield or a small town shouldn't have an extra tax levied to pay for some form of grift happening here, that should be on us.

The city of Boston gives away most of their taxes to the rest of the state via state income tax. If it weren’t for Boston, the rest of the state would be in much worse shape. Maybe some people should gain a little perspective about the dynamics around our centers of commerce. Oh, and how much more efficiently government dollars get spent in a city versus anywhere else. The rest of the state isn’t pulling their fair share of output.

That’s fine, that’s how we’ve chosen to structure things as a state and as a country, but it also means comments like this are based in ignorance. Boston isn’t suckling at the teat, improving it pays dividends to the rest of the commonwealth.

>MA government has got to be the one of the least efficiently run cesspools in the country.

Massachusetts has just about the best-run, most effective government in the country. Certain parts of our government really suck, like the MBTA. But that’s also a consequence of how we structured our institutions, and how we fund them.

And then I took an arrow to the knee.

Mass saves.. but the waitlist is usually long. OP may not get their assessment until next winter. Took us 8 months after moving into our home.

Won't somebody please think of the poor millionaire politicians who had to give up...

...a whole 45 minutes of their life to attend a meeting that they got paid $250k to attend, to discuss these issues?!

Interestingly, my former coworker who lives in nowheresville Texas just accepted a fully remote programming job for a MA hospital. I imagine no one in MA could afford to take the role for the salary she’s being paid (def <$100k/yr). But I guess it’s a win win for them. And yes, that leaves the rest of us screwed or needing to move and reliant on fully remote work.

Every form of transit should be free.

Simply assess an extra property tax to everyone who lives within X distance of an MBTA subway station.

Download the Star market app where they have weekly deals — when meat goes on sale and you use those digital coupons, the steaks and meat deals are out of this world.

I got three steaks for $10 before and once, a chunk of beef for $11. Made roast beef that lasted me an entire week, man.

https://www.mckinnonsmeatmarket.com

<3 Tony Soprano

cries about dead horse

The subway portion of the T is fine for getting around the core tourist parts of Boston (or you can just walk around - its a small city), but drive if you want to go to Salem or anywhere outside Boston. The commuter rail is a god damned fucking disaster and you're more likely to spend time sitting on the tracks than actually enjoying your trip.

MA is incredibly tenant friendly and a lot of owners don’t want to deal with threats of litigation or drawn out issues where they need to get a lawyer. MOST non corporate unit owners don’t rent to them. I wouldn’t advertise it though

You sound like a person who is literally covered in spray paint at this moment as the result of some kind of bizarre assault. I can’t think of any other reason for somebody to be remotely as emotional and upset, while making assumptions about a strangers hobby. Whatever they did to you I apologize for.

As far as my situation, art has always been a hobby that I kept on the back burner because I was too worried about people like you making fun of me. I grew up an athlete and a decent student so the graffiti subculture was pretty much the opposite of my social existence. I was fortunate to have a father who was a builder and allowed me to use whatever scrap plywood, particle board, Sheetrock, etc as my canvas. I’m not going to lie and say I’ve never tagged anything, but I never got very deep into the illegal side of things. Nowadays I do a lot of free work for different local nonprofits and charity organizations who solicit my work. It’s a win-win as far as I’m concerned as it gives me an opportunity to enjoy my hobby and express myself while also giving these organizations that make our city better a tangible expression of support.

Have you ever considered asking questions before you make one of these rage-driven attempts at pointing someone out as some sort of art-based terrorist?

Also, nobody in the graffiti world gives a shit about Banksy.

Tag a friend with a Costco membership one weekend and go wild

lol, ever try audiobooks? They are a lifesaver.

Same — I would also see them fly down to the forest on the other side of the street, was always crazy to see.

Houses in those towns cost $600k at least for anything that doesn’t need major updates and repair if you want more than a condo.

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Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast. People living at point C, being a point directly in between, are often given to wonder what's so great about point A that so many people from point B are so keen to get there, and what's so great about point B that so many people from point A are so keen to get there. They often wish that people would just once and for all work out where the hell they wanted to be. — Douglas Adams

Yuck… therapy is everything. Assumptions are bad.

what cheap rent lmao

There’s a lot of people that do this because they don’t want to deal with threats of litigation.

They waited surrounding my car and wouldn’t move for awhile. Another chased me across the street and only stopped until I dropped my food.

https://stories.embraceboston.org