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^says the guy with thick rimmed glasses, uses a mac to post on aB, and only eats organic foods within the New England region!!

I guess you would phrase it, "America, the evil repressor of the world. I'm so ashamed to live here!!"
 
^says the guy who obviously doesn't understand sarcasm, or movie references.



...oh, and I fucking hate Macintosh. I build my own PC's, and don't need glasses to do it. As for organic food, well, not really. I try to use common sense and not buy chemical laden garbage, and attempt to support local farmers if it's convenient. If that makes me a hippie and not a mindless sloth than so be it.
This is the third time you've made inferences about me that are ass backwards. If you're going to make fun of someone, at least get it right. I don't exactly hide my identity, and being a huge rail nerd and spending my free time designing roadways should be plenty of ammunition.
 
^my comment WAS ALSO referenced in the movie!!!

IT'S THE CORPORATIONS MAN!!!!!!

Where's your sarcasm buddy ol' pal?
 
I really think that the biggest issue may have been to send everyone home at once and not the snow although I'm sure that was part of it since it is an unusual occurrence.
 
citylover94 said:
I really think that the biggest issue may have been to send everyone home at once and not the snow although I'm sure that was part of it since it is an unusual occurrence.
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The "issue" and reason why "tiny" (by our standards) storms cripple their infrastructure down there is because they don't actually have plows or large amounts of salt available to treat the roads. No one knows how to properly drive in the snow either.

IIRC, Massachusetts has ~10,000 plows available to deploy even when we only get a few inches. The roads are down to bare pavement in no time.
 
Went up to the mountains of Vermont with at least 4-6 inch of unplowed snow cover on the side roads and nobody died. Back when I lived in Charlestown, my street is literally the last to get plowed and normally has 2-3 inches of snow during or after a storm and I never had problems driving through it as long as I'm not gunning the gas. It's not as hard as you think. Those southerners are just a bunch of pansies.
 
The "why is Chelsea so expensive" result is surely offset by the New York Chelsea. If you actually type in "Why is Chelsea MA so..." on Google, the first autocomplete is "dangerous."

This article had good intentions but they fell flat on their face because they clearly didn't add "MA" or "Massachusetts" into the search.
 
datadyne007 said:
The "why is Chelsea so expensive" result is surely offset by the New York Chelsea. If you actually type in "Why is Chelsea MA so..." on Google, the first autocomplete is "dangerous."

This article had good intentions but they fell flat on their face because they clearly didn't add "MA" or "Massachusetts" into the search.
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I think my favorite was Shirley ("annoying"). Again, they clearly didn't add "MA" to the search. Or maybe they did (I don't know anything about Shirley)?
 
Was poking around the MIT site again, found this:

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Short and sweet article about the cost of living for Boston residents:

Metro said:
Boston households spending 28 percent more than national average

While incomes are higher in Massachusetts compared to other states, so are spending rates.

Housing costs were the largest outlay, accounting for nearly 32 percent of the total budget for Boston-area households, which spent an average of $64,982 per year in 2011-2012.

At 14.8 percent of the total budget, transportation was the second largest expenditure area for Boston-area households, according to the New England office of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Of the $9,610 in annual transportation spending among area households, 90.7 percent was spent buying and maintaining private vehicles.

The remaining 9.3 percent was spent on public transportation, compared to a 6.1 percent average for the nation.

The bureau also reported that the average share of the Boston consumer’s budget that was spent on food was 13.2 percent, close to the national average of 12.9 percent, and that Boston households spent more on alcohol, $813, than the national average of $454.

Follow Metro Boston on Twitter: @MetroBOS

http://www.metro.us/boston/news/loc...ding-28-percent-higher-than-national-average/
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Almost double the national average for alcohol....great work, team!
 
What's the highest residence in Boston and how high is it? I was visiting a friend in NYC who lives on the 46th floor of his building and that led to my question.
 
I think it's 1 Devonshire Place, at 42 stories and 396ft. Although I'm not sure if offices or residences occupy the highest floors.
 
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