Rent control and additional barriers to evict problem tenants on top of the already huge barriers. Sound like A recipe to invest/build to me

Hooray! Commenting with practical solutions instead of whining. Good day.

I'm not sure that restaurants want a line of hungry people outside all their restaurants at closing time every night --- it's not very efficient for the needy either (who knows what place will have food available and midnight/2AM isn't the only time when people want food). So if there are going to be distribution centers, then the food needs to get there (and get there safely in terms of what needs to be refrigerated, etc).

4 years without an increase and you’re complaining about a $50 fee, I’d pay the fee in a heartbeat and consider myself extremely lucky.

I ask this because I’m not privy to how it works, but what costs exactly exist for say, Dunkin’ Donuts to not throw their food in the dumpster and instead hand it out to hungry people at the end of the day?

I pay $500 a month for parking in my building downtown. Before that I paid $450 a month for a parking garage also downtown. There are cheaper options for sure, but safety and closeness were most important to me. Also some parking garages have a waitlist to get a monthly parking pass just FYI

Will there be a VIP room in the back?

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It took me 4 years of applying on Metrolist. I finally got a low enough lottery number, and I was able to rent a unit in a brand new building. I’m actually going through the income recertification process now to be able to sign a lease for a second year.

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I'm driving because it's costing me less than half of what I'd pay to take the commuter rail, and public transit is beyond unreliable. I commuted via public transit for 12 years, including eight years after I moved to the suburbs. EZ-Ride is $2 per trip (though it's temporarily free according to their web site). An extra $80+ per month is not a small amount on top of ~$300 for a commuter rail pass.

I'd still be taking the train if it wasn't so much cheaper and faster to drive.

We had a company come out once for this. After reading the review carefully, i just stayed with the guy the whole time. I ensured that he run his equipment through the whole distance of the vent and not just a part of it.

He did seem a little shady. But not overly so.

When he was done doing the vents we requested, he offered to do a few other vents for 50% if i gave him cash.

YMMV.

Absolutely vile! To think such a disgusting and perfidious establishments should operate IN OUR GREEAT STATE! It is not just absurd, but absolutely obscene! I am sick just thinking about it! Better leave that type of business to Nevada and Tortuga. I look forward to its imminent and inevitable closure and bankruptcy!

instead of complaining about rents you figured out another way to be insufferable, good work

Not a Boston native (trying to relocate there!) but there is public transport in my city and I have a bus pass. For me I like to slide my pass in a card holder, that I hook onto my bag's key ring! I did the same when I visited Boston last year and took the T.

This one from Muji is great and can hold two cards: https://www.amazon.com/Muji-Soft-Metro-Card-Pass/dp/B00E5YANOK/ref=asc_df_B00E5YANOK/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167144043525&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4420826060118171735&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9005169&hvtargid=pla-305497048280&psc=1 You can find it in their physical location on Newbury Street too :)

Definitely possible with that income. It's not just rent though; groceries and other everyday items are also expensive here. Keep in mind that most apartments will require 4x rent up front (first, last, security, and broker). You can try to look for no-fee apartments to avoid the broker fee.

If you're serious about getting your masters you could probably get a job at a university and get your degree part-time for almost free. My wife and I both did this and we know many others who did as well. Good luck!

The only sensible way to write this policy is right of first refusal on behalf of the charity.

Otherwise, the charities will become inadvertent waste haulers dealing with more food than they can distribute.

Every hobo this side of the Mississippi will be camping out in the welcoming streets of Boston. No good deeds go unpunished

Orange line to oak Grove. Walk to pinnacle Rock trailhead. You're welcome

The prospect of taking two modes of public transportation to the casino of all places so OP can buy the cheapest steak in the area of all things is making me chuckle

This is the way!

Yep. If Haverhill had the rents I was willing to pay, I'd live in Haverhill. Or Framingham or wherever. I'd do that instead of whining about high rents on Reddit. Then I'd do something to improve my earnings if that was something that was important to me.

> “We do have some experience on the cannabis side and some on the nudity side,”

Considering the nickname for this place when it was a strip club was "Porn in the Corn" you may be onto something with the rhyming.

Genuine question: how do you get to middle age and only have the skills for minimum wage? No skills? No experience that would garner greater than minimum wage? How did you get to 40+ and making minimum wage? Thanks.