Damn, I kinda want to move to Eastie now.
Not sure if this is the right place for this...
I just moved to East Boston and for a really dense and rapidly changing neighborhood in Boston, also separated by water on 3 sides, East Boston lacks a lot of retail/services.
The population of East Boston is almost 50k in a small area - yet it seems like there strangely still isn't a lot of coffee shops, bars, gyms, stores, etc. I am not too experienced in the space of community development and/or zoning, but it feels like something is off or went wrong.
Also - there is a lot of vacant lots and buildings which are taking a bit to be redeveloped on soon-to-be very valuable land. Maybe this will all change.
Not sure if this is the right place for this...
I just moved to East Boston and for a really dense and rapidly changing neighborhood in Boston, also separated by water on 3 sides, East Boston lacks a lot of retail/services.
The population of East Boston is almost 50k in a small area - yet it seems like there strangely still isn't a lot of coffee shops, bars, gyms, stores, etc. I am not too experienced in the space of community development and/or zoning, but it feels like something is off or went wrong.
Also - there is a lot of vacant lots and buildings which are taking a bit to be redeveloped on soon-to-be very valuable land. Maybe this will all change.