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re: Boston area OTers, I need neighborhood/town advice
Posted on 5/11/15 at 6:20 pm to AbitaFan08
Posted on 5/11/15 at 6:20 pm to AbitaFan08
I'll see what I can do. 
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Posted on 5/11/15 at 6:20 pm to AbitaFan08
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I would honestly HIGHLY recommend Charlestown.
You want the dude's kids to grow up to be bank robbers?
Posted on 5/11/15 at 6:23 pm to Navytiger74
No I want them to grow up and make Ben Affleck irrelevant.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 6:23 pm to Navytiger74
Easy with the "K" word, homey.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 6:34 pm to Guava Jelly
KIDS KIDS KIDS KIDS KIDS 
Posted on 5/11/15 at 6:45 pm to Guava Jelly
Here's my suggestion after living there for six years: don't do it.
There is no such thing as an easy commute, at least with anything that involves a motor vehicle.
There is no such thing as an easy commute, at least with anything that involves a motor vehicle.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 6:53 pm to LSUinMA
The school I'll be working for offers 50 percent off monthly MTA passes. So I'll likely be leaning heavily on the T for my commute.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 6:59 pm to Guava Jelly
Then you don't want to be in Charlestown. No T stop there.
If you can live along the red line that would be ideal.
If you can live along the red line that would be ideal.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:11 pm to AbitaFan08
I would second Somerville if you need to be North of the city. You can find places within your listed budget there. I'm not as familiar with the rates in Charlestown but it seems like you've got some people here that are. There is a T stop there next to Bunker Hill CC but they're more spread out than other parts of the city.
ETA: Charlestown is fairly walkable to almost all of downtown Boston. Somerville isn't but there are some nice places in the square up there. One of the few really good barbecue places if I remember correctly. Plus its close to Cambridge (which is likely out of your price range).
ETA: Charlestown is fairly walkable to almost all of downtown Boston. Somerville isn't but there are some nice places in the square up there. One of the few really good barbecue places if I remember correctly. Plus its close to Cambridge (which is likely out of your price range).
This post was edited on 5/11/15 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:15 pm to emmanuellewis
He is going to be hard pressed to find a place in charlestown in that price range honestly. Plus if he's planning on using the T as a primary mode of transportation, then charlestown is not the place to be.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:17 pm to Guava Jelly
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The school I'll be working for offers 50 percent off monthly MTA passes. So I'll likely be leaning heavily on the T for my commute.
Then definitely use the MBTA website and google maps heavily for planning. That is extremely helpful for planning how you can get around. The bus system is decent, but the T is much, much easier.
ETA: LINK
This post was edited on 5/11/15 at 7:18 pm
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:18 pm to Guava Jelly
If you're going to be relatively accessible to North Station ( underneath the Garden) then living in Medford would not be terrible. West Medford is the first stop north on the Lowell line.
Eta: of the commuter rail
Eta: of the commuter rail
This post was edited on 5/11/15 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:20 pm to AbitaFan08
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No I want them to grow up and make Ben Affleck irrelevant.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:21 pm to Guava Jelly
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Easy with the "K" word, homey.
Um. Sorry. I was joking about the bank robber part. Is "kids" like a derogatory term now?
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:25 pm to emmanuellewis
Barbecue
Yes, that would be Redbones in Davis Square in Somerville. To me, it's the only barbecue restaurant in the entire part of the country that you could open up in, say, Memphis Tennessee and it would do okay.
But that doesn't mean you want to live in Slumerville I mean Somerville. it has gotten better, but it still sucks and because of proximity to Cambridge it's getting more and more expensive, although really everything is.
If I had to go back and become LSU in MA again, I would live west of the city and commute in from that direction by car or rail. You could also get to Haverhill from the west on 495. There's still mucho traffic but you avoid the city.
Yes, that would be Redbones in Davis Square in Somerville. To me, it's the only barbecue restaurant in the entire part of the country that you could open up in, say, Memphis Tennessee and it would do okay.
But that doesn't mean you want to live in Slumerville I mean Somerville. it has gotten better, but it still sucks and because of proximity to Cambridge it's getting more and more expensive, although really everything is.
If I had to go back and become LSU in MA again, I would live west of the city and commute in from that direction by car or rail. You could also get to Haverhill from the west on 495. There's still mucho traffic but you avoid the city.
This post was edited on 5/11/15 at 7:26 pm
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:28 pm to LSUinMA
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Redbones in Davis Square in Somerville
How have I never been here? I know what I'm doing on Saturday...
Somerville is on the cheaper end of the spectrum near the city, but it is rapidly improving. I honestly don't know too much about places west of the city so I can't chime in on that.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:36 pm to Navytiger74
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Um. Sorry. I was joking about the bank robber part. Is "kids" like a derogatory term now?
No he just doesnt want to be jinxed, but it will happen to him before he thinks it will
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:37 pm to Guava Jelly
Walpole
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:40 pm to Tiger Nation 84
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No he just doesnt want to be jinxed, but it will happen to him before he thinks it will
Rgr. I thought about that after my post. But yeah bitches get pregnant. That's just what they do.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:47 pm to Guava Jelly
Dorchester or bust
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