It's really wonderful. I used to be a regular when it was Baptiste Power Yoga and the owners of DUY Gregor and Clair were my absolute favorite teachers there. I think the new teachers are really good too (I just went back for the first time since COVID). I don't think you could go wrong, honestly.

Haven’t been in a few years but I always liked it. Definitely an emphasis on hot yoga and classes were challenging. Always felt clean and comfortable there. Fwiw - I’m a dude.

What's with this recent trend of people acting like definitions are God?

> don't understand how residential neighborhood politics work, or local politics in general.

Bemoaning the extreme NIMBYism in Massachusetts does not indicate anything about my understanding of local politics. Believe it or not local politics takes many forms, and I believe Cambridge and Boston in general get it wrong, both structurally and on many individual issues.

I am also not telling them to "deal with it". I'm asking them to engage in good faith with the offers put forth by organizers to mitigate noise issues.

Has been for decades and is urban, clearly

Wbur 4 life

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It’s certainly not the suburbs

Lol Cambridge is urban now? Bishop Allen drive is urban?

You’re lucky this is only the Cambridge sub or else you’d be -35 by now. Reddit is super anti-NIMBY. You make good points, and I’m someone that enjoyed Starlight. But yes they obvi aren’t getting that noise down to at or below starlight levels, and for that poster to suggest that residents who may have been there before have to just deal with it cause “that’s what central square is”, don’t understand how residential neighborhood politics work, or local politics in general. I mean, half of Reddit doesn’t either. In the city subs it’s like 75%

I didn't mean fully noise-proof, but noise-reduction to what the levels were before Starlight opened.

What more do I want? In addition to the one-on-one fixes, they mention some structural solutions, like barriers, that I wanted them to consider proactively, rather than now that they were being shut down.

And, while I understand they did everything they could do to reach out for one-on-one repairs, I can also sympathize with a resident who doesn't want to engage with the institution that made their living space louder: if my next door neighbor started playing drums throughout the day, I'd be skeptical of their attempted solution of "thicker doors", and be more in favor of "stop playing drums".

The Starlight should've reached out to the building owners, and the city, proactively before these noise concerns started. Maybe they did, but the article's quote makes it sound otherwise.

> noise-proof community

How can you possibly expect to live in a noise proof community in Central Square? In any major US metropolis for that matter? That's an absurd bar to reach.

They repeatedly reached out to neighbors directly to ameliorate the issues as much as possible though:

> Through dialogue, we would be able to better understand what those one-on-one fixes might be,” Monestime told the board. Though his organization had reached out to neighbors to make these assessments, “no one has taken us up on it.”

What more do you want from them? Noise reduction strategies would be a one-on-one fix. Whether it's better windows for one apartment, better insulation for another, etc.

Events also ended at 9pm and earlier on some days.

I get that, but I don't think it falls on residents to figure out how to provide a noise-proof community. This is on the zoning board, and on Starlight for not handling those inevitable concerns from the very beginning.

I haven’t actually been in years, but Kebab Factory was my favorite buffet about 6yrs ago. And I went to all the others at the time. Unless it’s changed for the worse it is solid af.

Just step outside and listen for few seconds. Then follow that fucking sound to its source.

Yeah, maybe the solution should be we all help Emily find a new apartment. If we cover her moving costs, and buy her a nice house warming gift, some apple pie, that would be easy compared to finding a new outdoor event space.

That really sucks! I lived in Central for almost 20 years. Was psyched to see Starlight Square emerge even though I’d recently moved away. A real shame about it’s dismantling.

I had neighbors who would always complain about random low-key, you-live-in-the-city-so-you-should-expect-this noise. Maybe unpopular opinion, but those types of people need to find another place to live outside of a bustling urban neighborhood.

The city council has the power to change this. Email them at council@cambridgema.gov

the resident referred as Emily sounds like a major B

I'll let others answer your question, but just as an aside: I got a call the other day from a woman with a heavy Southern accent who asked me if I wanted CVS to start giving me three-month supplies of my prescriptions. I said yes and braced myself for the sales pitch, and she said okay have a nice day. It seemed strange, but I appreciate it.

I'm pretty sure he'd do a lot better if he immediately proclaimed, "I'm from WGBH/NPR!!! help us!!!". If you try to chat me up, its no thanks and door closed.

You mean like the organization offered to do? With no response from residents?

The Y in central has started setting up courts in the basketball gym some weekends

“I moved to the heart of Central Square for the peace and quiet,” said one resident pleased the Zoning Board’s vote. /s

Was just talking to the Bow Market guys about this place a couple weeks ago. Sucks that there was no compromise.