Convenient to public transportation.

Ooh, Castle in the Trees is very cool!

Keep 'em coming guys!

This is awesome 🥰😋

I think I see a spreadsheet in my future 🔮

Reclaimed from pallets.

TL;DR: Auth-left mod whose dayjob is narrative crafting for facebook loses his shit at anyone who doesn't agree with him. Bans people trying to discuss racial issues like helping an Indian couple find a community they will feel safe in. Also goes off on anyone who questions the relevance of continuing to post Ukraine news in this sub. Eventually just starts banning anyone who isn't lockstep with his agenda. Super meltdown mode as the exiles start to organize, lies to everyone about what's going on, recruits mods to help protect the sub from the nonexistent threat of a bigot brigade. Then ky1e comes back and saves the day by kicking them all out.

There was a lot of false equivalence going on with that new mod. He explained what he was doing in terms that wasn't the whole truth in order to stay rosy-looking.

When I first bumped into he drama, it looked like there was some reasonable cleaning going on. It only took a few moments of looking further to realize how over the top he was. He had a lace glove covering his iron fist.

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Happened to us, too… Frustrating as hell, but just keep at it. We did end up finding a nice place. You might have better luck looking at houses that need a little work… the sense that I got was that most of the batshit crazy 100K over asking all cash blah blah blah was for move-in ready houses in perfect condition. The house we bought needs some cosmetic updates, but has good bones.

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I mean, I'm sure it's an FCC violation to do that on purpose, but I was working on a related netsec project at my job at the time and had few scruples about using that junkie asshole for target practice.

I think you just found your side gig. $250 for 1 week of silence plus knowing your shit head neighbor is going crazy trying to figure out why his wifi is busted

It’s a tear down. A lot in Braintree is at least 300K

That sounds more like what I'd expect for Shirley.

Nailed it

This place by the Jiffy Lube in Ayer is $350,000.
It's ridiculous, although I hope someone restores it, it is somewhat historic.

I get why these are becoming chic but I think we should go retro and just make everything like the old shopper's world and do open area stadiums surrounded by stores.

I love the playground at Winn Brook Elementary School in Belmont- Joeys Park. Very cool set up and easy street parking.

Seconding Beaver Brook in Belmont, cool playground, the splash pad set up is great and there is walking trails, parking, and close to Mighty Squirrel.

Sherborn playground is also great and has shade, so it’s nice when it’s hot out. There’s also an ice cream nearby that serves food as well, C&L Frosty.

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is this not the Massachusetts subreddit? are massholes not allowed to be massholes anymore?

here's a decent place on 4 acres in Shirley for $400,000

Makes sense, thanks. This would be closer to the latter.

I agree about that 4 lane street. If you can believe it, the newer denser side of that street used to basically be just empty space and flat single-level parking lots.

I think long term the plan is to knock down that strip mall (Trader Joes, TJ Maxx, all of it) and build a similar-style development as on the other side. And at the same time, that street will be narrowed.

In terms of parking, as much as I would love to have less parking, look at the reality - those parking structures are almost always full despite the fact that the area has a subway stop and ample bus service. Evidence suggests that the amount of parking there is the minimum amount required, if not less than required. What more can they do? I suppose they could make it all tandem valet parking with car elevators instead of ramps to really maximize space, but that is clearly cost prohibitive. The multi-level and garage parking they build is pretty must as dense as we can go without drastic measures.

I think the biggest problem with Assembly is the fact that it's on a sort of accessibility island. There is water to the north and east. a very very wide almost freeway (Fellsway) to the west, and an elevated highway to the south (I93). So while I think they did about as much as anyone could ask by building a T stop, that whole section of town is not easy to get to quickly without a car unless you happen to coming from somewhere on the Orange Line or happen to be on one of the bus routes that goes to Assembly.

Cheers. Been on some extra long walks thinking on this stuff. It does not seem like Reddit itself has a functional mechanism for making sure that their generic subreddits like r/massachusetts have sensible leadership.

Not only are you diving into it, you are making it actively worse by becoming a landlord.

It all depends. In urban area with a traffic jammed interchange full of semis versus free flowing artery in the country.