It’s certainly an upgrade over what is there. It really shows you how much stupid car parking takes up when you see how much space 7 spots takes up in comparison to a building that could house 100 people.
The orange line is excellent these days. It’s about up to par with subway lines in other countries as long as you ignore the degenerates smoking on subway platforms.
If you are working age in Boston(the people this city desperately needs) you are screwed, because so much of the housing being built with public money is for those who are retired or never had a job.
There is so many dumb aspects of this plan. The insane cost. The city giving control to a private company. Building two stadiums in the area at the same time for what is a niche sport in America. Cutting down dozens of trees. Bringing tons of noise into the park and neighborhood. Expecting all...
The city of Boston is already paying for some bus routes to be free of charge. Start charging money for residential parking permits and stop having parking meters be free on Sundays. Start charging in the free city owned lots. Why does a neighborhood like JP have ZERO parking meters? That’s tens...
You are seriously arguing against block parties?! Especially on Halloween, the most dangerous night of the year for pedestrians? I can’t imagine you get invited to a lot of parties. Anything that takes Boston public land away from suburban drivers and gives them back to actual Bostonians gets my...
Sad is a good word for it. I don't understand what would have to have gone wrong in my life to find myself drinking at a fast food restaurant, especially when there are tons of alternatives a short walk away.
The new park is pretty nice. Its completely protected around the perimeter with bollards and bike racks so turd drivers will have to go elsewhere to run down pedestrians and park on the sidewalk. This needs to be the status quo around the city based on the amount of terrible drivers and useless...
If you want to call out NIMBY's Jamaica Plain is the wrong place to do it. The Pine Street Inn is constructing a 200 unit building that will be transitional housing for homeless people. The only person who objected to it was a landlord who doesn't even live in JP. Put a building like that pretty...