She needs to try both approaches on work days at the times she’s planning on commuting and compare.

Parker River NWR/Salisbury Point near Newburyport and Halibut Point on Cape Anne are good spots to see really cool birds that migrate down from the arctic for winter (birds of prey, sea ducks etc.). They can be crowded on weekends but are always empty during the week.

Let her drive it and find out for herself

IMO this is like the perfect time to go to P-town. It might be pretty sleepy if not dead, but feeling like you have a resort town all to yourself is so serene.

This is what I was wondering… did they see a southcoast rail map or the stations under construction and think they’re open?

The Middleboro station to south station by car at rush hour is at least 1.5 hours whereas it’s 1 hour on the train.

Take pictures and contact your landlord, preferably in writing if you can. It’s your landlords responsibility to fix it.

Please don't! Get some / any insurance.. it might sound like a lot but regular health exams are probably covered and even if there is no catastrophic incident that requires it, you will benefit from medical exams. Best wishes

Forgot to say I've been to all those places too except Provincetown! Maybe I'll head there, even if everything is closed.

Newburyport and Rockport are nice to walk through. I love looking at house architecture so Newburyport really appeals to me.

You could drive to Provincetown although a lot of it will be closed there are still restaurants open and beautiful seashore ( dress really warmly).

You could drive out to North Adams and visit the Museum of Contemporary Art. It is an experience. Its an amazing place.

Driving to the orange line and parking at forest hills seems the way to go for me. the commuter rail is SLOW, but once you're on the T its not as bad.

I would recommend using Waze you can plan the trip up to a week in advance and the estimates are pretty accurate. But there is absolutely no way she’s getting from Boston to Fall River in 45 minutes at 5 maybe an hour to get to Boston if she leaves by 5 am.

My parents build their house in like 2014 in CT and my brother did in 2019 in CT as well, so not exactly MA. I am shopping for a house right now. For them they lived there for a while and had zero major maintenance issues. Their roofs,and utilities are brand new, their heating and cooling is ridiculously efficient. I am comparing it to shopping for used house, where often you find bunch of things that need to be replaced. Also, all the layout and cosmetics changes are up to their standards. My parents have extended raise ranch and it's great. My brother has some colonial with multiple walk-in bathroom and bunch of cool build in gadgets. One issue that my parents had was a tiny leak in the roof which was promptly fixed by contractor who build their house. Since then zero issues.

On the other side, their starting price was whatever the contractor wanted which is already higher than used homes. With their additions and changes, the price went up even more.

From my personal perspective, it is worth it but not as your first home. I am looking to buy my first home. I am learning about homes and i will learn about maintenance. I am also going to learn about my actual needs.

One thing of note, be super involved in the process. If you don't check on the building status the contractor can screw you over. You can find your own contractors but they would need to adhere to the schedule.

I noticed this last weekend. I drove from Boston to Plymouth on Saturday and there were a bunch of State Troopers on that route, mostly on Route 3. Then on Sunday I went to Great Barrington and there were a bunch on the Pike.

100% this. I’m coming from a different direction, but my 1 hour commute is constantly 1.5 hours, and sometimes 2.

You can blame all the idiots here in massachusetts back in 2007 that voted for this crap under Romney. Like most things in MA, people are asleep at the wheel.

The rest of my family lives in Italy currently, even they prefer it!

Commuter rail. Route 24 and then the expressway at 5 AM is painful enough, can’t imagine it at 7

How would you invest in the community? Which communities are we speaking about? I agree that just throwing money at police isn’t necessarily the answer, especially considering that I’d be worried about where that money would be taken from. I’m not for bolstering police if it meant something like taking away social programs for kids. Maybe something they could do would be to invest more money in the schools. Pay the teachers better and just in general invest more money into the future generations.

Being able to avoid the hassle and expense of parking in the city is well-worth the train, even if the train takes longer... which is in and of itself a questionable conclusion.

If you’re willing to drive there’s a great speakeasy bar in Hudson called Less Than Greater Than. I know they are hiring. Or their sister restaurant that has an excellent bar, Rail Trail.

Where is she planning to park and how much is she willing to pay to park? That’s the number one reason not to drive into the city.

Edge for 500 bucks

Besides those truffle fries the antonio’s near me is trash

Dont play the lotto then, it is every individual’s duty to be aware of what they buy. You can tell these people that the odds are stacked against them but if they were willing to spend it on the lotto they will end up spending it anyway on the next person/business trying to get money from them. Like my grandmother she wastes so much money on lotto tickets despite losing overall just trying to get the next elusive 500, $1000 win. If she doesn’t spend it on them she wastes it buying useless items. Everyone has to be responsible for themselves. Inform others let them make their own choice

Pizza 85 is a substandard Greek pizza dump. I can’t believe the dog shit that people think passes for good pizza in this part of the state.