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Depends on where you live and who your landlord is. My second-to-last apartment in Boston raised rent 2% over 4 years (floor through walkup w/roofdeck & parking in Back Bay, but individual landlord) and my last apartment raised it 23% after one year (Longfellow Place). We ended up signing because we had nowhere else to live and breaking the lease after 5 months to buy a place. Longfellow Place rented our place within a couple weeks...for our original rent amount. I couldn't be too mad though, since that freed me of the obligation to pay more months of the lease.
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This isn't just about Boston, but the state of Massachusetts as a whole. However, I figured it would get more eyeballs here. According to this msn article we have the highest per capita debt in the nation out of all 50 states.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...cfb400602134623a389d4446843fa28&ei=12#image=3
How did we get here and what does that mean going forward?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...cfb400602134623a389d4446843fa28&ei=12#image=3
How did we get here and what does that mean going forward?
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If Massachusetts has spearheaded the gun laws, then why in the Sam Hill are there still so many shootings in Boston's neighboring communities such as Mattapan, Dorchester & other places?!!!!
Part of this is just down to government structure. Many activities in Massachusetts, and other New England States, that are done at the State level are done at the county, municipal, or special district level in other states. 75% of state and local debt in Mass is at the state level and 25% is from the cities in towns. In Arizona that's reversed where the state only holds 25% of state and local debt.
We also have higher income levels and GDP/capita than other states.
If you look at (State+Local Debt)/GDP we're ninth on that list, which I don't think is as concerning.
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Turn it around: Why is the crime rate in Boston and Massachusetts and New England so low?CommonWealth Magazine
If Massachusetts has spearheaded the gun laws, then why in the Sam Hill are there still so many shootings in Boston's neighboring communities such as Mattapan, Dorchester & other places?!!!!
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There aren't. Boston is arguably the safest big city in the country.CommonWealth Magazine
If Massachusetts has spearheaded the gun laws, then why in the Sam Hill are there still so many shootings in Boston's neighboring communities such as Mattapan, Dorchester & other places?!!!!
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Heres a view inside 39 dalton of what it looks like as a dorm.Belvidere Street Student Housing Construction Projects - Boston, MA
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I think New York takes the cake on this one, but Boston is definitely near the top.
List of United States cities by crime rate - Wikipedia
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BPDA Unveils New Plan To Guide Revitalization, Growth Of Downtown
The plan is a window into the future of Boston's downtown, proposing new height limits for buildings, new subdistricts and more.
www.bisnow.com
I'm new to this. What practically does a plan like this do? Who's the audience?BPDA Unveils New Plan To Guide Revitalization, Growth Of Downtown
The plan is a window into the future of Boston's downtown, proposing new height limits for buildings, new subdistricts and more.
Skimming through, the plan looks nice. But the recommendations span from "make a sense of place through art" to "consider building a Cross Harbor Rail Tunnel."
Cambridge being utterly and completely fucking useless as always: https://www.cambridgeday.com/2023/08/23/in-a-city-of-50000-homes-we-built-five-this-year/
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Cambridge has always struck me as having a small town mentality. No real planning that's actually implemented, no sweeping vision for the future. It just seems like a reactive hodge-podge in places like the West Cambridge/Alewife area., and the Kendall Sq/First Street area as well I grew up there and have seen that all my life. The only reason Cambridge Crossing has any kind of cohesive plan is because it was developed by one developer all at once. Otherwise, it too would have been a stitched together mess.
Judging by the available units (not to mention the sold)... none of them are particularly cheap. It may just be that it's simply too expensive to build and the market for a 800k studio isn't all that much.
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Unless I'm mistaken, Park 151 is in Cambridge, opened in 2023, and added 468 housing units to the city. Not a very well-researched article to have missed that (and probably others).
Housing is a regional issue that requires regional solutions. When it comes to communities pulling their weight to generate new housing the last decade, Cambridge of all places has definitely done a better job than most.