There's a place called The Mushroom Shop in Somerville on Medford St. The hours are somewhat limited, i think because the owner is often out foraging

My favorite thing is when people like you make assertions with no explanation or evidence and then expect people to agree with you. And then when they inevitably don't, you insult them and pretend they're the unreasonable ones. A true masterpiece

That demographic leans more heavily towards public transportation users.

I also think that people who don't live in Cambridge probably don't care that much about whether the apartment buildings they don't live in have parking

Tell me, who?

That's true, and not at all a contradiction to anything i just said

The general demographics are that car owners are the wealthier people in this area. Removing parking mandates allows for more housing, particularly housing that caters to people who don't own cars (who tend to be poorer)

You can just have parking spaces only available to people with the appropriate disability placard. Somerville is converting some of their street parking to these with the restriping projects. You don't need to give everyone parking spaces to ensure that those who actually need them get them.

It's so infuriating to me that the only time I see people on Boston/Cambridge/Somerville subs give a shit about people with disabilities is when it's an excuse to oppose reducing driving and parking.

If I'm making your point, then I have no idea what your point is. Your claim is that people have 0 ability to compare prices. It's definitely harder than shopping for a couch, but world's better than getting prices from a hospital

Some explicitly advertise prices, but usually you'll have to go in for an evaluation and ask for a plan

I think people are willing to travel an extra five minutes if it genuinely saves them hundreds of dollars

What? Every time I've gone to a dentist I've gotten a list of work I'd need done and a cost for each procedure. That's loads better than any medical care I've ever gotten

I'm leaning towards yes, but i do have genuine reservations with this.

For one, how am I in any way qualified to decide what ratio is appropriate? Why 83% and not 80%? Or 90%? I like the idea here, but, and i know this is a more complicated ask, id like to see these things done through a mandate to a trustworthy and qualified group who sets the ratios.

Also, there is a carve out for the insurance commissioner to be able to adjust or wave the refund, but if that's not done, i imagine small insurers probably can't tolerate this law? I'm not sure how much to worry about that given that would require they have a worse loss ratio and therefore likely just be a worse plan

84% of $1 is $0.84, leaving $0.16, not $0.26.

>Your low IQ is showing.

The irony

>There is no reason to support this unless you are a dentist who wants to raise their rates.

FYI, overly broad statements like this make your whole argument suspect because they show you can't be trusted to be honest and/or think