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Quirky_Butterfly_946 t1_j5pl3hv wrote

And people wonder why no one can afford to live in Boston. Boston has the real potential to become the next silicon valley housing nighmare. It already has priced many out, now unless you make millions, you are not going to live in Boston and surrounding areas.

Why does Lego have to move to Boston and not another area of the state to abate the over development, dense congestion, and turning Boston into a city that no one recognizes any more.

So long Boston, it was nice knowing you.

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man2010 t1_j5px4t0 wrote

Sounds better than turning Boston into the next Detroit by stopping businesses like Lego from coming here.

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SphaeraEstVita t1_j5q6l11 wrote

I get that this sub is mostly just unhappy people complaining but another way of looking at it is that Boston is so great that people are willing to pay a heavy premium to live here.

EDIT: To be clear, I don't mean that you should be happy about things costing more just that it means the opposite of what you seem to think it means. People pay more to live in a desirable place.

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ThatGaelicName t1_j5qz9ww wrote

That’s how I always think of it! The way I see it, it’s expensive because it’s a place where a lot of people want to be. I feel like we get what we pay for :)

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CommonNotCommons t1_j5pu6jc wrote

The problem is our elected and appointed officials not permitting enough new housing. LEGO moving here is a drop in the bucket. You should always want industry to move in.

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TightBoysenberry_ t1_j5pt6yv wrote

It already is.

the existing residents don't care. they want their houses to go up 15% year on year.

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amos106 t1_j5ppk7k wrote

Boston first belonged to the natives, then the puritans, then to the colonists, then the patriots, then the industrialists, and now it's changing hands to the corporate aristocrats. It's not fair but then again it never was. I look forward to more entitled posts on the sub about how bullshit this city is because it doesn't cater hard enough towards privilege.

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mrhjt t1_j5pus1o wrote

Just make more money, maybe Lego is hiring.

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