There's a female bufflehead whose been hanging out at the Alewife Brook Reservation all winter. Finally spotted her with a male yesterday.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bufflehead/id

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You need to make some tweaks to the wish list

I moved here for grad school from Palo Alto expecting the rent to be even a tad bit lower, but boy was I mistaken. For $1200/month I’d rule out the possibility of finding a solo living situation. Besides — the relocation expenses could be exorbitant as the rental market is extremely disadvantageous towards renters. Feel free to DM if you need more advice as to how to start apartment-shopping.

Yep!

I recently learned there's a similarly named "Sally O'Briens" in Somerville, but I never been there.

O’Briens in Allston?

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Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for that well-thought-out advice, especially about the broker's fee! Aargh I hate the upstairs stomping, it drives me absolutely nuts.

Whatever you decide make sure you have 4X of the rent up front bc landlords typically want first, last, and security deposit which is fine but something that was a rude shock to me was the broker's fee which was not avoidable even if I found the listing myself online. That one is just gone forever with no chance of getting it back. Top floor units are vacant far less than bottom floor for the noise issue. Top floor also tends to have better "perks" in multifamily homes bc you get private attic storage and everyone below you heats your apartment floors. That being said, noise is the nature of housing in Cambridge. Everything is old as fuck and there is no sound padding. Get a good pair of headphones or some white noise machines (we have them naturally bc I'm allergic to cats yet own one so I have air purifiers everywhere).

Hi there! I just sent you a PM about an apartment that checks quite a few of your boxes. I'd love to chat further!

It seems like a lot of money, but if 50,000 households pay $60 a month for internet - it’s $200 million in 5.5 years. I’d pay my share if the service was good.

https://preview.redd.it/lbjz1mib68oa1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=d6f4c17e7a8a6a4d2c78649df9b20d7dc1baf06b

Rush hour today. And Cambridge’s own data shows 3-7% of people commuting by bike. Live here and seasons are not a mystery. Not a troll or trying to be argumentative but if we wanted to do everyone a favor it would be protecting the larger percentage who walk, drive, or take the T. Source: https://data.cambridgema.gov/Transportation-Planning/Workforce-Commuting-Mode-Split-1990-2000-2006-2010/eae8-5e88

We had a regular hermit thrush visitor last winter. Was sad to not see him? around at all this season. I hope that lil bird found another porch that put out berries every day.

Content with the cardinal pair that hangs around our neighborhood, always having a spat somehow.

I second Paddy's Lunch.

There are plenty of options without heading into Boston:

-Paddy's Lunch -Conley's -Donahue's -Burren -Shine -Druid -Phoenix Landing -Charlie's Kitchen -Sligo -Orleans -PJ Ryan's -Cantab -Grafton Street

This post has lived rent free in my head all afternoon… like how do you have 0 furniture? Where do you put your clothes? Where do you eat? Where do you put anything? Is it a personal choice?

Not trying to make fun of you just genuinely curious how this works.

There are plenty of options without heading into Boston:

-Paddy's Lunch -Conley's -Donahue's -Burren -Shine -Druid -Phoenix Landing -Charlie's Kitchen -Sligo -Orleans -PJ Ryan's -Cantab -Grafton Street

Had no idea organizations still do door-to-door campaigns in this day and age when you can barely talk to anyone in person...

Plough & Stars!

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O'Briens

Thank you very much, especially for sharing the names of neighbourhoods to look into!

Thanks a lot for the names of those neighbourhoods! This is very helpful to me.

Thank you so much, this is very helpful!

Great photo!