They’re more like apocalyptic doomsday cults, but that might be your thing.

Nah they definitely have some cute stuff

This is a really good point.

(Off topic but it frustrates me when people understand this, then then around and say supply and demand doesn't apply to housing and that building new homes can't address the housing crisis. Or they say Airbnb is bad but also oppose new hotels. )

Right, this is where it felt unclear. The operator in this case may be the manager/tenant. So possibly legal (but still lame).

Well I’m seeing this late but this makes me sad. :(

Yes in Barcelona, one of the cities with the worst short term rental problems in the world, this literally reached the point where there were 16k listings on Airbnb alone. It had an impact on housing affordability. People were renting homes to tourists instead of long term residents.

The issue with AirBnb, as you know (but some seem to not have figured out), is that what was once long-term residential housing becomes short term, hotel-like housing for tourists. It also often makes far more money than long term housing, which incentivizes real estate investors to buy up more and more units in the area to rent. Thus more and more supply is taken off the market for tourists, driving up rents for people in the city.

Thank you for the suggestions! I'm a fan of Sunrise, will check out these other ones. :)

Extinction Rebellion, 350 Mass, and Sunrise Movement (youth) are the ones I know!

Mmm, fair enough. I'd guessed that the "manager" may be considered "operator", but neglected to consider the ownership part in that line.

>the operator must live in a unit adjacent to the STR unit as a primary residence and own all the other units

This is the hangup here, the owner in this case is not living on the property. Cambridge added this part to prevent people from buying up housing to use as short term rental investments.

If the house and "other structure" (maybe a converted carriage house or something like that?) are on the same lot, that may fit the "operator must live in a unit adjacent to the STR unit as a primary residence" bit.

Yeah, actually they are. The owners are taking a single family home off the market during an insane housing shortage. AirBnBs are hurting cities around the world.

> Are they hurting anybody here?

Yes, they’re taking a unit that was previously rented out long-term, off the long-term market and into the short-term market in violation of local law. Stopping this sort of thing is the entire point of the ordinance.

Just leave it alone man. Are they hurting anybody here?

>The operator must live in the STR unit as a primary residence and may rent out up to a maximum of three legal bedrooms, called operator-occupied short-term rental;
AND/OR, the operator must live in a unit adjacent to the STR unit as a primary residence and own all the other units in a building which can only contain a maximum of four(4) residential dwelling units or less. An owner-adjacent short-term rental may only be rented as a whole unit, not as individual bedrooms.

sounds like no based on your description

I love Rococo in bow market. Pricey flowers but plants are reasonable from what I can tell.

Practical question: how does one get a 6ft+ rubber tree from the seller to your house?

I can't believe my dad lets me use reddit!!!

You could go to the Good News Garage and do that whole MIT thing, or you could take a drive out to Waltham and go to Long Life Auto and do that whole Harvard thing.

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Pemberton Farms

Honestly, if you end up buying, just go to a small, local florist. The quality can’t be beat, even if it’s slightly more expensive. Bonus - you’re supporting a small local business that hasn’t been turned into a bank yet

Home Depot

Seconded, ended up with a mealybug infestation instead. More recently seen spider mite webbing on their palms 🤢

If you get a pot with some soil, I can give you some cuttings of some basic Pothos -- with some roots growing already (I'm out of town until Tuesday but any time afterwards). These are super hardy and easy to propagate.

It's may be more expensive than what you are looking to spend but my plants from Niche (which moved to Davis from Central Square I think) from like four years ago are some of the healthiest plants I have purchased. Whereas the cheap plants I bought from Lowes died super quick.

Edit to say that wow a person below has the exact opposite opinion as me! May be things has gone downhill or I have gotten really lucky.