Recent content by KentXie

Not surprising given the tariffs

The goal shouldn't be to build tiny studios for $1000/mo. The goal should be to build normal size studios at $1000/mo. They are doing shrinkflation and some of y'all are actually cheering this as some sort of, non-dystopian solution.

Why not build a commuter rail station near Encore and run a commuter rail shuttle on game day from North Station?

Or maybe, just get rid of brokers for rentals. There are freaking websites like zillow that everyone uses and I can guarantee whatever the subscription cost is to host the listing, it is significantly cheaper than paying for a broker. It's crazy how entire major cities on the west coast can do...

You aren't wrong. Since demolition for this project was completed, a 590-foot tower 3 blocks from my place was topped out in LA in comparison in that time period. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_and_Hill The construction of this tower is slow and I don't think it has to do with the...

Control. There are teams where none of the individuals work in the same office and they have to go into the office just to do virtual calls with teammates. What a waste of time.

https://urbanize.city/

I don't know where they got Los Angeles numbers but they are likely wrong. California Gov website reported that 20k new housing units are expected to be built in Los Angeles proper alone in 2024. Of which, 13k are MDUs (5+ units) LA County as a whole is adding 32k housing units, of which 17k are...

Los Angeles traffic is no where as bad as Boston. There is a misconception that LA traffic is bad but the real problem with driving in LA is the distance to get to anywhere. You're usually still traveling at around 20 mph in LA traffic. In Boston, I've experienced sitting in traffic for 1 hr...

And literally all of those cities are unaffordable so I guess yay patents and investments that doesn't actually flow down to the average person 🤷🏽‍♂️ "Honey what's for dinner? Patents, dear" Guess where all the investment money go? That's right, the C suites and the shareholders. Those...

Unfortunate that this is the last large skyscraper in the foreseeable future for Boston that contains a residential element to it while cities like Toronto are building what's probably equivalent to 2x to 3x the residential towers Boston built in this past cycle over the next few years. It's...

More like I'm not a Homer. Several folks here like to put down other cities' architecture because of their Boston = small city insecurities and I'm putting some objectivity here. The One Dalton is an average building. It wouldn't stick out if it was shortened. Several skyscrapers in the world...

Also the issue here isn't the width, it's the height to width ratio. Using google maps, the width of the State Street Tower at it's widest point looks to be about 260ft which is similar in width to the Wilshire Grand Center in LA. However, because the WGC's roof height is 900ft+, it looks well...

Also One Dalton really isn't a dime a dozen. LA has two of them in Century City 🤷‍♂️. It's just tall in a city that doesn't have a lot of tall buildings. The only towers of outstanding design and quality in Boston in the past 10 years are the new State Street Tower and the St Regis Residences...