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brufleth t1_j5jfuio wrote

Reply to Living in hell with Alpha Management, please help by hhh347

You've already got some great help in this thread, but I just want to add that you should start documenting all communications. It might seem like a stupid waste of time, but if you can just start a spreadsheet listing dates of events or who you contacted when it'll potentially be very helpful.

You'll need something like this when/if you start withholding rent and it'll help simplify communication with inspectors, city councilors, or whoever in the mayor's office.

May even come in handy when you move out and Alpha tries to keep your deposit because they're a trash company.

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GiveMePotatoChips t1_j5jfmev wrote

Reply to Living in hell with Alpha Management, please help by hhh347

Have you checked if your school provides any resources for students who rent? I know Northeastern had an office you could go to and they would read over your lease and help students avoid being taken advantage of since a majority of their students live off campus.

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stringjetg6 t1_j5j4y4r wrote

Reply to Bringing my mom to Boston for the first time late March; she just turned 65 and it’s her dream to see a hockey game! I’ve never been to Boston in winter; any suggestions for what we can do to show her the best time? Interests in comments by no_tori_ous

Dinner at north end… check out museums at Harvard … possibly the observatory (check and see what/if anything going on there)… if a history buff/reader… take to Concord and check out Walden pond and Louisa may Alcott’s home… Mapparium is also kind of cool…

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cathouse1320again t1_j5icudj wrote

Reply to Living in hell with Alpha Management, please help by hhh347

If you’ve been truthful here, you’ve already done more than enough to trigger remedies, if I were in your position I’d take all the documentation right to the Globe or Herald and see if they’ll help, if that doesn’t work, go to the consumer reporter at one or more of the local news shows, embarrass the management company as much as you can, BE the squeaky wheel.

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man2010 t1_j5icluv wrote

Reply to comment by Otterfan in West Roxbury by Johnsonjefferson

Have bank branches actually been opening more in Coolidge Corner or does it just feel that way? Because feelings aren't always the reality, and I don't feel like they're taking over Coolidge Corner at all.

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Otterfan t1_j5ic4wx wrote

Reply to comment by man2010 in West Roxbury by Johnsonjefferson

In rich neighborhoods like mine (Coolidge Corner) it still feels like banks are taking over. While branches are closing at an increasing pace across the state and country, they are retreating into neighborhoods like this one.

In 15 years there won't be any bank branches left, but that's a long time to wait.

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AceyAceyAcey t1_j5i8mct wrote

Reply to comment by aray25 in Bringing my mom to Boston for the first time late March; she just turned 65 and it’s her dream to see a hockey game! I’ve never been to Boston in winter; any suggestions for what we can do to show her the best time? Interests in comments by no_tori_ous

Ah, gotcha. Tone didn’t come through so I thought you were saying I was wrong to mention accessibility, since so many people downvoted me.

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