Any advice where to find cool stuff to do around Boston. Someone yesterday daily thread said MBTA ads. Any idea how to acess this easily and where else to find fun activities to do around Boston/Mass

What a charming location

I’m a stoner. And this is the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard of.

> It's not an eviction if the lease is over

Maybe you're confused about terminology? A legal Notice To Quit can be given when a lease is about to be over. That's related to the timing of an eviction, but it's not an eviction.

Evictions are needed to legally displace tenants in this state, regardless of whether the lease is over or not. So...yes...it is an eviction if the lease is over.

That's the kicker. In these low CoL areas, the minimum wage is likely still below $10/hr too.

Where does one find these ??

If you're relocating with your partner presumably you'd be living together and splitting the cost of a one-bedroom? In that case a salary of $50K is perfectly liveable in Boston. However, I would honestly be surprised if someone in your field with your number of years of experience is actually making $50K - I would budget lower and expect to earn a pretax salary of around $42K. I've worked in the museum/art nonprofit sector for 10 years and make under $70K. I'm sure this isn't anything you haven't heard before, but the field you're in is very competitive; there are relatively many jobs in those fields in Boston, but there are also a ton of well-qualified graduates coming out of all the schools here. What kind of work experience did you have in college? If it was something like a work-study job or similar admin/entry-level experience that won't make you stand out at all in job applications or allow you to negotiate for a higher salary. If you did have a higher level of responsibility that would allow you to apply for more mid-level jobs then you could maybe earn around $60K, depending on the organization and exact industry. Also, I know you just listed two arbitrary examples, but assistant curator and PR assistant are two extremely different jobs with extremely different levels of responsibility and experience required - it's basically unheard of these days to become a museum assistant curator without a PhD (except at maybe very small/regional museums, which in turn are not going to be able to offer a high salary). I'm not saying any of this to scare you off of moving here - you can definitely earn a perfectly liveable salary here working in the area you want to work in, although you would also need to rely on cost-saving measures like splitting costs with your partner, living with roommates, whatever, to make it doable. I do however think you should realistically adjust your salary expectations downwards even from $50K.

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According to Freakanomics he's not wrong.

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-rent-control-doesnt-work/

haters will tell you living with three degrees worth of debt in a nice one bedroom on a minimum wage salary isn't possible

can't be much worse than Baker

It's not an eviction if the lease is over. That's what we're discussing, since that's when landlords would be raising rents.

Yup, as of like 5 years ago, no city in the country can you afford to rent a livable space on minimum wage. First it was big cities, then it was all cities. Now it's spreading to towns too.

> Rent stabilization would just add another reason to push the existing tenants out.

That's why a rational approach by the city would combine rent stabilization with tenant eviction protection. Well look at that:

A hearing in two days to discuss

> a home rule petition to the General Court Re: A Special Law Authorizing the City of Boston to Implement Rent Stabilization and Tenant Eviction Protections.

It will work if they partner with charitable organizations. When I lived in Toronto, my co-worker organized weekly pickup through Second Harvest where we would go pick up food from participating stores and then drop off at a food pantry/church.

It worked well. The stores had stuff packed up for us and it would go directly to the people who need it that day.

Moobs for Doobs.

Plot twist: They’re all stoner dudes.

Wrong again. Most of my tenants are long term but there are areas of Boston where there is yearly turnover that’s where a good realtor comes in.

You first.

What. Of course its very directly a response to that. Newspapers are going to publish pieces related to topical events. That's what news is. That's why people buy newspapers. This still doesn't mean the newspaper is endorsing the viewpoint in the opinion piece. That's a fundamental misunderstanding on what an opinion piece is.

> Boston rents

> $1800

Lol

It doesn't guarantee that landlords will increase by the max, but it meaningfully incentivizes them to. Since rent increases compound, not increasing rent this year limits their ability to increase next year under stabilization. That is a direct incentive to increase rent even if they wouldn't otherwise.

If a new owner wants to increase rent by 100%, in all likelihood they just wouldn't renew the existing lease regardless and find new tenants. Rent stabilization would just add another reason to push the existing tenants out.

Yep. That’s exactly how I feel. I made 20k less 3-4 years ago but, honestly, I was in a better position to buy a home than I am now… just wasn’t ready to buy then.

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