Sorry to tell you, but the times of $1800 1 bedrooms in Boston are over too.

Dunk Cups are the official measuring system of the Boston area.

And if the new bench means more people sitting, that is a bad thing?

$70K+ in the museum/library/non-profit space is a pretty tall order unless you're going to be managerial/director level. Check glassdoor and negotiate as best as you can.

I moved here almost a decade ago from Upstate NY and the sticker shock is very real. You might pay twice as much for half the space.

As well, I didn't understand what a 'housing crisis' actually looked like. You won't have time to 'think' about an apartment you just saw. You either submit an application same day or someone else will take it the next. Plus there may be broker fees.

$50K is not enough to live on your own. Any job that offers you that is taking advantage of your naivity. But it might get you in the door... Anyways, you will certainly need a roommate.

Even if you're earning $70K-$80K, I would still recommend living with a roommate because you'll have more disposable income and you'll be able to afford a better location and probably get more overall space. The reason people like living here is because Boston will be your backyard. If spend all your money on rent, it's harder to enjoy living here.

It's very normal to live with a roommate through one's 30s. You basically do so until you shack up with a significant other.

Other thing that's hard to do is ditching the car. If you ever want to try to live on your own, it's the way to go. Insurance rates are higher. Yearly excise tax exists. Street parking is limited, private parking is hundreds of dollars a month. Your money is better spent on Ubers instead of parking garages.

Hah! Name me one realtor that gives a fuck about the tenants or the landlords! As a landlord myself I’ve dealt with them and I’ve yet to find a good one. Every single one of them tried to get me to drop the deposit etc because I assume the tenant they found could not afford their fee. I told them to drop their fee or have them contact me directly. I never use agents because I don’t trust they are out there looking for a good tenant.

> Rent stabilization will only make housing challenges worse.

Not for the people who have stabilized rents. Vasil seems to admit this when he wrote:

> While the policy may provide relief to those lucky enough to land a rent-controlled apartment, it does nothing to build the housing stock the area so desperately needs.

Boston and the cities nearby should be able to do both things. They are different, but they are not mutually exclusive.

I used to volunteer with the group monitoring E Coli levels in the Charles River at the same time that my upstairs neighbor volunteered for the group that fed the white geese near the BU Bridge. I'd see him with huge bags of birdseed and joke with him about how his volunteer work impacted mine.

He would talk about individual geese. He would say, "Each one has its own personality, and we can follow them and their families and stories over time." I was thinking statistically. I'm a human, not a goose, and I want a measurably cleaner river for my own species.

I see a similar difference in mindset between people like Greg Vasil and Mayor Wu, but I take the side of individuals over the broad statistical outcomes when it comes to rent control. Even if every statement in Vasil's opinion piece is correct and every prediction comes true, he cannot argue that rent stabilization will only make housing challenges worse for those who have it. If I were a goose thinking about displacing human families instead of a human thnking about displacing human families, then I might have a more detached, objective, and statistical view and agree with Vasil.

You replied to me, not both of us. Not even a mention of u/lqmadique. So, yeah, it definitely appears as if you're dismissing my account, in support of his.

What are you talking about?! Newspapers have been using shock or misleading headlines since their inception in order to manipulate/mislead. Additionally, there has been no dearth of material explaining and detailing reasons that rent control would be a bad thing. I would expect that the timing of this article with the timing of Wu publicly pushing back against critics is not coincidental.

>The opinion section of newspapers used to be used to publish a variety of opinions that intelligent readers could compare with their own. I hope you can imagine going backwards in time to a different era and respond as if you lived in that era instead of writing "Nice job Globe. Nothing like telling your readership to go f@#k itself."

So you believe that I am somehow incapable of summarizing not only the position of the author but the position of the Globe who has been a bit more vocal when it comes to positions against rent control. I am somehow devoid of critical thought in your eyes due to my word choice. You hang on to the prejudice. It should serve you well I am sure, not that you would ever know one way or another.

did I say that or claim either of you were right?

The NYT has published opinion pieces by the Taliban. Doesn't mean they're on their side.

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I feel like the price of just about everything is downstream from the price of real estate (we need to exist somewhere)... so doing something to drive down/control the housing costs would be great.

Perhaps the best move would be removing some of the red tape associated with redevelopment, enforcing transit oriented development in/outside of Boston, and then expanding the reach of the trains even further.

And u/Liqmadique's claim isn't equally anecdotal and devoid of actual data?

I mean, this is just andecdotal evidence. At least find some actual data if you want to "well actually...."

The old timers will tell you: say no to rent control. It doesn’t work the way you hope it will. Why not institute price controls across the board? Why not medical and educational price controls?? It’s a valid question: why not just decree everything has to be affordable? The cascading consequences of price controls are complex and ripple through real people. Those with knowledge, money and power will ultimately benefit most, while the rest will bear the cost. Look at how rent control has played out everywhere in the US, including Boston. It was an unmitigated disaster here.

Many look at Singapore as a good example of government fixing a housing problem but after decades, this is also being reexamined as there have been lots of unintended consequences.

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I was aiming for clarification but ill settle for being right, thanks!

Isn't this pretty standard though? That is what I learned in property when we briefly read about red lining and Shelley.

I know MA has tenant friendly laws, and compared to that its real weird. But compared to the national standard allowing that type of discrimination is par for the course.

All of the Boomers just retired. The average work situation of even the youngest Boomer is retired. Give it 10 years and you'll see rents plummeting.

Why would the country need to separate? You're presenting a what if scenario over something that is actually happening. We don't need MTG to have us measuring things using a Dunkie's cup, that's ALREADY HAPPENING!

Honestly there is nothing I enjoy more than playing hooky and heading to the mountain for the day all alone.

The opinion section of newspapers used to be used to publish a variety of opinions that intelligent readers could compare with their own. I hope you can imagine going backwards in time to a different era and respond as if you lived in that era instead of writing "Nice job Globe. Nothing like telling your readership to go f@#k itself." I understand that the media you might be used to reading no longer does that.

Just because he's a landlord, doesn't mean he's wrong. It just means he's right for the wrong reason.

Bssc runs a quality gig.

Not just for skiing, either.

Translation: F#@K YOU!! PAY ME!!!

Nice job Globe. Nothing like telling your readership to go f@#k itself.