You've linked a site that is tenant resources for Wisconsin.

Wisconsin does not have rent control or rent stabilization (to my knowledge), and is completely inapplicable to the discussion at hand.

Unlike Wisconsin, Oregon does have laws regarding rent stabilization and passed rules about lease renewals as part of that.

Here is a brief summary

In short, if you've lived somewhere for 12 months or more, your landlord can't choose to non-renew your lease + can't evict you unless they can show repeated lease violations, the unit is being demolished, extensive renovations, the landlord is moving into the unit, or they've sold it to someone who is going to move in.

Otherwise, your LL can give you a 7% + inflation rent hike per year, but they can't get rid of you.

Pretty much everything you’re looking for is going to be in Salem or Beverly.

I can smell the Tim Horton's on your breath.

You probably want to follow this person's YouTube & posts here.

If you take the DownEaster up to Exeter, NH there's a nice river and lots of woods walks in town near Philips Academy. Very walkable little town. Also has kitschy shops and a couple nice breweries (Czar Brewing in particular is really good)

Thanks so much for your insight! My partner would be going back to college shortly after we move so I would have more credentials than him, but either way he would split costs with me using financial aid from school or working an entry-level job. In any case I would probably be contributing a bit more in the meantime while we make the transition---do you think $50k would be doable if the other person is making around $30k? Anticipating the worst-case scenario. I mentioned $50k because that's just under the starting salary I've recently seen for those holding only a BA at places like the MFA which are well-endowed, but naturally it makes sense that smaller nonprofit museums would have less to offer salary-wise.

I'm doing two part-time jobs---one working in a rare book and manuscript library where I'm getting some professional development experience with conservation and curation as well as working with researchers---"the kind of thing many people do for summer internships but instead year-round", according to what my boss has told me anyway. I've been doing that for 3 years. The other is working as a historical manuscript transcriptionist/paleographer for a local cemetery's digitization project, which I've been doing for 2 years. I almost secured an internship at an art museum before the pandemic happened and they were forced to close, and I'd be trying for that again after graduation if no other opportunities materialize in order to boost my resume.

Definitely heard curatorial assistant take a lot more credentials---meant that as more of a placeholder for museum/library jobs in general like collections, archives, museum education etc. (I should probably go edit that!) As for PR that's because my Media Production/Communication degree would technically qualify me to do that as well content creation. Definitely a totally different path from History or Classics but I wanted those hard skills to offer to the museum space or even if I needed to pivot to a totally different industry.

I know one of the owners, this was a strip club before covid

Yup, 3e says this explicitly. Cool!

Like 2 days

And people dare to wonder why the number of homeless on the streets keeps increasing by leaps and bounds...

Whats the conversion between Dunks cups and nips bottles?

Breakheart Reservation entrance behind Wakefield High/NE Metro Tech is about a mile from Greenwood stop on the Haverill line. I don't think bikes are allowed off the paved paths other than at the powerlines

Sounds like you have electric resistive (not heat pump) heating. That’s the most expensive way to heat.

1st you need to compare you usage vs historical. Then stop the draft. And finally you may want to try electric blankets. Or a good sweater/fleece mid layer.

2nd for Bob.

> why did you made all those assumptions?

Back at you.

Here are your assumptions:

> I can tell your mad

> No doubt you wouldn't sit right next to a homeless person

It's you that are attacking me for holding a realistic opinion that is simply different than yours.

You seem to think that people sleeping on public benches are somehow more deserving of the public space than anyone else. You go so far as to assume that adding a handle to the middle of the bench is somehow against the hobos. It's not. The central handle helps elderly people stand up from a seated position.

Yeah I’m good, that’s too much.

12 story buildings aren’t livable in the same way that 4-6 story ones are. Stick those directly on top of T stations and keep them TF away from everywhere else.

5 stories by right within a walk shed of a half mile from T stops in the direct metro (Boston plus inner suburbs) is a good starting place. Livability should be a key consideration in constructing neighborhoods of higher density.

I’d honestly be ok with urban renewal of triple decker neighborhoods to tear down those rotting pieces of shit (as a former triple decker resident, aka rat grove).

> I just don't see any evidence that that is the case

It's not the case now. It is currently the case for section 8 housing.

As for the proposal, here it is. Just cause protections are in Section 3.

Right…who is going to want to work there. You have to be topless, and you don’t even get good stripper money

Lincoln has 80 miles of trails

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Linda’s family is so proud.

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That’s definitely interesting and I apologize for my ignorance before.

Yes it’s possible to work in consulting without business/economics/stem degrees. But it may depend on your school. Good thing is there’re a metric ton of them in Boston: the top 3 (McKinsey, BCG, Bain), the big 4 (Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC) and various specialized firms (healthcare consulting, economics consulting etc.). I would say none of them required specialized skills for entry level. Maybe basic accounting/Excel. It’s not for everyone but they do hire a decent amount of college grads year after year.

I don't understand why the law here is so esoteric and it's impossible to find clear answers to simple questions (to be clear, not at all the fault of the other commentors engaging on these threads).

I make a little south of $50k at a museum here - and I have an MA. While it’s not my first job it’s my first paid one in GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Museums, and Archives). That seems to be standard if not high for a “starter” job in the industry. Would NOT be able to live within a decent commute of my job if I didn’t live with my partner - who has a graduate stipend and makes a little less than me (I think between 42 and 45?). Our rent is $2200 in Brighton for a one bedroom. Things are doable if you’re making this much - especially if you’re living with a partner who also works. Also check out HireCulture for jobs - it’s a job board run by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and it’s pretty active (and how I found my job!)