Well you know it's bad when the streets around your office in north Waltham are gridlocked because it's close to the highway, but the 70 bus encountered no traffic. Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria! I tell you..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G_5ie0a01M&ab_channel=dr725

I had to drive 30min out and back to daycare that closed early. That is exactly what happened.

I honestly don’t know how Alpha is still allowed to manage apartments. I’m sorry, but what the fuck do our lawmakers do all day? Like you said, is anyone on our side?

Commuting by bicycle in the city during a snowstorm isn't what I would call intelligent if you value safety at all

It happens every snowstorm. Dim witted bosses force people in then let everyone out early right when the storm gets bad. The #1 reason I now work fully remote.

So buy a bike. It's nice breezing past 30 SUVs at every red light. Commuting by car makes you fat, poor and miserable. Commuting by bike makes you fit, saves you money and gets you there faster!

I lived in an oil heat apartment until recently, and it cost a fortune to heat and half of it never really warmed up due to crappy baseboards and lack of insulation. But the rent was below market rate, which was great for 6-8 months of the year.

I briefly lived with oil heat and it was miserable. ~$400 every 3 weeks to barely keep the pipes from freezing. And the oil company was miserable to deal with, delivering oil we didn't order and charging us anyway.

Since then we've made oil heat a nonstarter for any apartment we look at. Unless the house is otherwise updated with modern insulation, windows etc. the oil is gonna be a money sink and not worth imo.

Just came in from a walk, Inman area is a parking lot. Not envious of folks sitting in cars.

In the winter it's definitely not a bad thing. Because then your heating plant is doing two for one.

And in the summer that's the only reason it uses oil, and, depending on how hot you take your shower (or how hot you set the water heater at), it's only every couple of days for just a bit.

Now, having oil heat and electric water heater at the same time. That's stupid.

They’re literally grade A liars. So polite on the phone while leaving you to rot w the pests

Yup that’s exactly my fear. The whole process is so confusing and this is our first apartment - not to mention the pressure to sign a lease during the hunting season that is finding a Sep. 1 apartment near a school

probably to change your plans.

Any good reccs for skincare clinics in the city?

Ideally would love to find a great quality place who can be responsible for botox, chem peels, facial treatments, etc

I've done some research too but for this kind of thing I always appreciate a good word-of-mouth reference. Thanks!

Depends where. Southern part of back bay close to south end border is fine

They are so bad… I know someone who’s windows won’t even lock and they been giving the same “we’ll send someone over tomorrow” shpeel

you know what i would do? go up to the police station where you filed the report, tell them you know where the airpods are and that you request police escort. this happened to me when someone stole my phone once and they were there just as an escort but when the thief saw the cops with me they gave it back instantly.

I really hate morning me for putting on my crappy boots and not my good snow boots.

So is natural gas lately.

My commute on google maps has been getting shorter for the last hour

Stay safe.

It’s worse now than it was 20 years ago, but I think it’s better than the Fenway. Lots of moving the car around -meters, sweeping, temporary zones- but it’s quite liveable, IMO.

Makes sense. I was hesitant before as well. You can take your time and reach out to a few sitters to find one that best works for you.

Everyone's racing out before any plowing has happened, hoping to "beat" the traffic, and thus are making things worse. I bet at 5pm it's clear and easy commuting.