Recent comments in /f/boston

GM_Pax t1_j2ea5xd wrote

>who would ride one that far?

You might be surprised. I've done a 73-mile round trip, from Dracut to Boston and back, in a single day. No particular reason, except to prove I could (the first time) and because why not (the second time). :)

Not on a Blue Bike, but not on a particularly pricey/nice bike either. Just a cheap-ass Schwinn Suburban.

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Nobel6skull t1_j2e90kr wrote

No one here has anything that could accurately be described as energetic opinions. I mistook the plans because the opposition to the 140/150 center st project comes from the “Codman square association” according to the globe and the first link was submitted by the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation thus the confusion and why it’s always import to tripple check which obviously I didn’t.

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dpm25 t1_j2e7o03 wrote

Because they were the only company willing to build here in Massachusetts.

We should not have built them domestically, to appease western ma, we should have purchased them from Europe.

The sad part is it's not like the factory is going to remain open after the mbta gets there trains. There is hardly any demand for these trains in the US.

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RoaminRonin13 t1_j2e69w6 wrote

And so maybe this project should be built - I didn’t say it shouldn’t be.

Do you know the area? And have you seen the project proposal? I haven’t seen the proposed building, so I’m reserving judgment - since the average person on this sub couldn’t even find this neighborhood other than on a Red Line map, I’m not sure we’re dealing with informed opinions. Everyone’s just screaming “NIMBYs bad” for fake internet points.

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