The Foxborough folks would be getting on first and would have seats the whole way in. I think they’ll be alright.

The free bus lines mainly serve Roxbury and Mattapan, definitely not affluent places. Hyde Park and Readville are not really affluent places either. For reference, Brookline average household income is >120k.

I don’t know why people expect the mayor of Boston to be responsible for fares in Lynn on a state run transit agency.

The commuter rail train is very reliable. It is by far the most reliable transit in Boston. The issue is it doesn’t come frequently and it’s prohibitively expensive unless your employer subsidized it.

Which cost isn’t true?

We absolutely need more frequency. But the fare issue is a major issue. From Roslindale (in Boston), you can take a bus to Forest Hills (in a bus lane) that comes 20+ times an hour and transfer to the Orange Line for $2.40. Or you can take the commuter rail for $6.50 one way, plus you might need to pay to transfer.

The vast majority of people opt to save $8.20 on their round trip and just take the bus to the subway. That’s why there are about 20,000 rides on the Washington St buses and only ~1,000 rides on the Needham line.

I had a florentine cannoli from Mikes Pastry recently and it was actually amazing. I had never been to Mikes because I assumed it was too touristy.

My bike was stolen right in front of MBTA security cameras. I’m not even sure if they’ve looked at them. Every time I called to check on my case, I was told they’d contact me if they found anything.

Pleasant Cafe in Roslindale

There are a lot of cost of living calculators around that will tell you that you Boston is 66% more expensive than Birmingham, which would say you need 191k. However, in my experience calculators like these break down for higher income people like yourself.

If you aren’t spending all of your salary, not all of your salary needs to be multiplied by the % change in COL.

It will depend on your personal finances, but I bet you will end up with more savings making 150-160 here than you were making 115 in AL. Your house will be smaller here, but a lot of other things (including schools) will be much nicer.

There have been many times when I just walk to Kendall instead of waiting for a red line. It doesn’t really save me time but at least I get some exercise

My point was the licensing board doesn’t have that many levers it can pull to influence that. I don’t think the cost of licensing is a big enough incentive to change any doctors behavior

How do you want the licensing boards to incentivize doctors to work in rural areas? Allow doctors with lower board scores to only operate in rural areas?

This doesn’t include the ~30 people killed by drivers in Boston

Viaduct. Aqueducts carry water

The Stony Brook Reservation has a nice 2.5 mile paved path in it.

The arboretum is obviously excellent.

Kinda true for car shopping as well. Ever tried to walk to a car dealer

I used hers. It was just a little thing for holding her phone. But yeah, if neither of you have one, it will be very obvious to whip one out.

When I proposed to my girlfriend (wife), I set up a tripod and pretended I was taking a picture of us but actually took a video. It worked out great. If you can’t find someone to do it, that might be an option

It’s literally a different metropolitan statistical area

They’re not all shitty. There’s a large one in Roslindale that is well maintained, has a playground and basketball court and, and is right by Bostons largest park.

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/Departments/Planning-and-Real-Estate-Development/Mixed-Finance-Development/Washington-Beech.aspx

What was wrong with the Zurich train station?

Not currently with the headways they’re running.

You forgot about Massachusetts: it’s labeled yellow for Massachusetts

The center running bus lanes are pretty good at keeping drivers out. It’s completely different than a curb-adjacent bus/turn/Uber/delivery/parking lane. I encourage you to check out the Columbus Ave bus lane some time.