Recent content by Blackbird

Fwiw, I am both pro-kid and pro-dog. I just can’t imagine how you can argue with a straight face that one is a burden on society and the other isn’t.

I mean, kids have plenty of negative externalities too, no?

Didn’t take a photo cuz I was driving, but this one is very striking from the McGrath overpass.

The cynical part of me says it could be a ploy to encourage people to quit and minimize eventual layoffs.

Anyone familiar with Powder House Square in Somerville? I was walking through today and noticed for the first time that there’s a cute little pocket park right in the middle of the rotary. However, I’m 90% sure that there are no crosswalks to get to it! Do they expect people to dash through...

Do you have a source? If true, I’d imagine they’re getting the number for the whole US by averaging out the eastern cities (and SF) with the south/heartland areas that were probably 98% old English/German/Scots-Irish and African American at the time. Hyper-locally, I have a hard time believing...

I have marked it as a goal of mine to look more deeply into this, but my impression of the experience my grandparents had coming to the US in the 1920s/30s from Ireland is.. “part 1 - you show up on a boat. part 2 - claim you have some relative in the area who can vouch for you. part 3 -...

I thought Moulton’s had a bad record lately when it comes to trans rights. A brief skim of his wiki article said he supported republicans trying to limit racism being discussed in schools. I’m all for someone taking Markey’s place but it needs to be someone with at least similar levels of...

“On a skyline” doesn’t really relate to most of the city, though. Much of Manhattan outside midtown and downtown is essentially a flat uniform buzzcut.

Ritchiew didn’t spend 10,000 words ripping this article to shreds for you to just repost it as if it were new news.

No? I think there are examples of 5-over-1s successfully slotting into neighborhoods that already have all of (or a combination of) the things that Charlie listed. I don’t think there’s been an example of a new, large-scale development made of mostly or entirely 5-over-1s that has grown to have...

Too bad this has never happened in MA.

You’re describing every new housing development in suburban MA from the last 20 years.

If you want to check on the status of a project, there’s a pinned “What’s Happening with Project X” thread you can ask in. Typically it’s a bit of a faux pas to resurrect an old thread without providing solid updates yourself.