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^ i recommend calling your insurance. mine was helpful with explaining the process, and depending on what state you're coming from, they might have different quirks (mine, i have to transfer my insurance at the earliest the day before i have my RMV appointment otherwise my previous state will like send someone to like hunt me and my license plates down, but the state i lived in before that didn't even want my plates back)

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Ok let's think about this....

Bike and pedestrian infrastructure is for people already inside the city. It used to be normal for people inside the city to drive everywhere but that's been changing (due to better infrastructure)

For outside the city, they need to expand commuter rails and probably create a commuter bus system for the directly surrounding areas.

There is no way to solve the passenger vehicle traffic issue in Boston without lowering the amount of cars used.

Ok let's think about this...most people in the city take/have access public transportation and parking is a nightmare. Most of the traffic is from 128 out/into the city where public transportation is severely lacking... sorry no one is biking/walking in 15 degree weather to get into the city....

No driving test. Just google “massachusetts transfer out of state registration” and you’ll find the DMV page with relevant info. You’ll need to bring a whole bunch of paperwork to the DMV. You’ll need to first transfer your auto insurance from your old state to MA, your insurance then provides you with paperwork that you have to bring to the DMV to show you’re now insured in MA. You’ll need the title and you also may need proof of purchase of the vehicle.

I love this! Awesome work.

I have a Mitsubishi Hyperheat, a floor unit and wall unit on the 1st floor and ducted in the second floor. I already had the ducts on the second floor from A/C, which it is nice to have the ducts, providing direct heating in the bathrooms, walk-in closets, and hallway, that I wouldn't have gotten in an all ductless system.

Of course, the one thing to watch out for currently is that you get a good electric rate locked in. If you have the standard National Grid rate (and even some deregulated suppliers), of 48¢, that's more expensive than oil to operate! I have a good rate, 12.69¢ supply, which I'll break even around year 17, as long as it makes it that far!

Unfortunately municipal electric so no mass save rebates

I’m not sure what this has to do with Massachusetts, but hi Buddy.

Yep, my neighbor has propane as a backup and seems to work for his solar + heat pump setup. I would check out heat pump water heater if you can get 750 off

https://www.masssave.com/residential/rebates-and-incentives/heat-pump-water-heaters

Buddy 👍

If I do heat pump I would do propane as a backup hest as I will need hot water as well, probably a tankless hot water heater or maybe one of those hybrids water heaters

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That's why they are expanding pedestrian/bike infrastructure.

Passenger vehicle traffic is a lost cause on cities like Boston.

> These luxury units get built in droves, go for insane rates, and sit empty while people who could afford a cheaper unit are out on the street

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That is beautiful

That is beautiful

I like three deckers and particularly the Roxbury type (gable roof, no stacked porches in front, many on Mission Hill). Here's a cream puff specimen on Walnut Street in Brookline.

In fairness, the it didn't make sense to extend the Red Line into a wealthy rural town filled with single family homes on massive lots. They should have considered the Waltham route for the Red Line Extension. At least Downtown Waltham and the South Side are built up enough to justify rapid transit service, and the line could've served two college canpuses - Brandeis and Bentley University

3 Deckers man I miss home

Is this the third or fourth repost?

Boston’s street traffic is compounded by the streets matching the contours of the original waters edge and then the harbor/rivers subsequently filled in and more streets added. On top of that, Boston is made up of annexed towns that each have their own street layout now combined into one city.

The highway system in Mass is half-assed. There should be at least 3 more highways going into/through Boston (Rt2/US 3, I-95, I-695). Not saying they should have been built but the current highways were designed with more in mind.

When they converted the highway funds to transit, The extension of the Red and Orange lines in the 70/80s could have helped, but again the effort was half assed. The red line extension stopped at Alewife instead of going out to Lexington and the Orange line stopped at Forest hills/Oak Grove instead of 128 Canton and Reading respectively.

I have to go to Logan on Monday morning. We're going to leave around 3:30 AM.

I was in Boston this past Monday and the prior Tuesday to drop off and pick up at South Station.

I normally drive in once or twice a week to maintain my mother's house. It is actually pretty easy if you can pick and choose the time of travel. After 7 PM going into Boston is usually fine. Arriving before 5 AM is usually fine too. There are some times of the day where you are usually okay.

It used to be that the rush hour was just an hour but now it's like three hours.

thank you very much!