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This is bait.Keep rehabbing it and wait 20 years and see if anyone still lives there (and/or the political will to spend the $$$ still exists).
This is bait.Keep rehabbing it and wait 20 years and see if anyone still lives there (and/or the political will to spend the $$$ still exists).
This is bait.
This is just like a couple months ago when you flung out a totally vibes-based assertion that the Cape is de-populating into a ghost town and was unworthy of the investment, then did a cut-and-run when the evidence piled up against that. You have a chronic habit on this board of flinging out utter bullshit made-up facts, then changing the subject or running for the hills when called out on it, then coming back after the heat is down to repeat the same bullshit. Don't think for one second we aren't onto such a disingenuous posting pattern.So you are OK spending a bill+ so Karen can get home from her beach house slightly easier? Cuz that's what this is really about.
I'm sure there are plenty of projects that could be done with this money that will have a lasting value long after the Boomers are dead.
This is just like a couple months ago when you flung out a totally vibes-based assertion that the Cape is de-populating into a ghost town and was unworthy of the investment, then did a cut-and-run when the evidence piled up against that. You have a chronic habit on this board of flinging out utter bullshit made-up facts, then changing the subject or running for the hills when called out on it, then coming back after the heat is down to repeat the same bullshit. Don't think for one second we aren't onto such a disingenuous posting pattern.
Either you start substantiating these whopper claims with something real, or it's just trollbait.
I can't see the Cape losing much, if any, population over the next few decades and beyond. It is a prime location, a beautiful area by the ocean and beaches, close to the major population centers of the northeast corridor. I'm just not seeing the depopulation scenario for this.Everything you said here is true.
Even so, while the Cape isn’t depopulating, it’s important to note that it has the highest median age of any county in the northeast (55). With relatively few people under the age of 35 residing on the Cape, and more residents over 80 than under 10, its population will only be sustained if Millenials move there as they reach middle age and older.
There will be no shortage of Gen Xers and Millennials retiring from their well paying tech/bio/biotech jobs and getting a house on the cape, don't worry.Everything you said here is true.
Even so, while the Cape isn’t depopulating, it’s important to note that it has the highest median age of any county in the northeast (55). With relatively few people under the age of 35 residing on the Cape, and more residents over 80 than under 10, its population will only be sustained if Millenials move there as they reach middle age and older.
Everything you said here is true.
Even so, while the Cape isn’t depopulating, it’s important to note that it has the highest median age of any county in the northeast (55). With relatively few people under the age of 35 residing on the Cape, and more residents over 80 than under 10, its population will only be sustained if Millenials move there as they reach middle age and older.
Not under 35 (but under 55), and now a primarily Cape resident who also works quite a bit in Boston. Also I like data sources. Check out https://datacapecod.org/
Population - not insignificant, and full-time residents have a tough time between the economic necessity of tourists and their relationship with non-contributing part-timers.
Traffic - 40k trips per day in the off season on a 100 year old bridge is dangerous.
Real estate transactions - depends on the town, but previously it was 50:50 on locals vs 2nd homeowners. COVID numbers have NOT settled, however there was an interesting survey of people like me - who moved when my primary workplace wasn't necessarily the driver of my home...
This is just like a couple months ago when you flung out a totally vibes-based assertion that the Cape is de-populating into a ghost town and was unworthy of the investment, then did a cut-and-run when the evidence piled up against that. You have a chronic habit on this board of flinging out utter bullshit made-up facts, then changing the subject or running for the hills when called out on it, then coming back after the heat is down to repeat the same bullshit. Don't think for one second we aren't onto such a disingenuous posting pattern.
I can't see the Cape losing much, if any, population over the next few decades and beyond. It is a prime location, a beautiful area by the ocean and beaches, close to the major population centers of the northeast corridor. I'm just not seeing the depopulation scenario for this.
There will be no shortage of Gen Xers and Millennials retiring from their well paying tech/bio/biotech jobs and getting a house on the cape, don't worry.
Depopulation? Proven wrong.I think you are seeing things in your head that just aren't true.
It's not just the depopulation either. It's a bridge that traffic is not really a problem 9 months out of the year. The only real reason to do this now is to make it easier for Karen to get home 8-9 times a year. That's really it.
It's too far from Boston for commuting purposes. (People do it, but it's a bad idea). I expect that WFH won't last, and those that moved to the Cape for WFH purposes will eventually be forced to leave.
I think part of it is that I also expect the % of people who will retire will plummet.
It's a sexist term that's demeaning as hell to women. This poster thinks he's winning an argument by invoking that; in reality he's really just showing his own ass for all. While proving the original charge that there's no facts whatsoever informing these constantly-repeated hottakes.Haha pretty bold to call others "Karen" - aren't they the ones who make a fuss using completely unsubstantiated and biased assertions?
Now, now, it's about more than that. Karen's maid and the restaurant workers crucial to her lifestyle need the bridge to enable their two hour commutes in her service.So you are OK spending a bill+ so Karen can get home from her beach house slightly easier? Cuz that's what this is really about.
I'm sure there are plenty of projects that could be done with this money that will have a lasting value long after the Boomers are dead.
Depopulation? Proven wrong.
Traffic non-existent most of the year? Proven wrong.
WFH not lasting or being a driving reason for the population MOVING TO the cape? Proven wrong
Believe what you want. I have (aging) relatives on the Cape, I know what I am talking about.
You seem to regard older people as some kind of virus. So what if the demographic on the Cape currently skews to older? How does that make a bridge replacement less necessary? Once the Boomers "die off" as you put it, others will take their place. The free market will adjust the housing costs up or down as needed, and the housing units will be filled up. Do you seriously think that a place as desirable as the Cape will become a ghost town? Come on.Believe what you want. I have (aging) relatives on the Cape, I know what I am talking about.