Please continue to tell me what I think and do. I LOVE that.

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What are you talking about with optimizing a city? Optimizing for who? I drive daily and hate it, wishing we could all go car-less. Pedestrians and others on the road (like other drivers!) shouldn't be put in danger because you want to save 0.4 seconds on your commute.

It seems to me that an "optimized city" would prefer to prioritize public safety over your desire to save that 0.4 seconds.

If you do a search in the group for the month you're looking to move e.g. June sublet you should be able to see all the options available in that group. Unfortunately, anything below $2k for an entire place is likely to disappear fast, you'd have better luck if you get comfortable with spending between $2.5-$3k/month.

You'd have to level the entire city.

> and the blind turns are nerve-wracking.

Perhaps first we should fix these turns so that there are no blind turns...?

You can share your opinion all you want but the fact is that this intersection has been deemed too dangerous judging by the number of crashes there.

No, you don't. If you drive at all in Cambridge, you drive through dozens of intersections on streets with only two stop signs for the right and left sides every day. What you're saying is dishonest and quite frankly wrong. You don't optimize a city by arbitrarily putting 4 way stops at every single intersection.

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No, I do. Especially since I treat most as 4 ways anyway. There are too many chances in those dense neighborhoods, and people need forced to change.

You say that, but you don't actually want that.

Most, if not all, intersections on residential streets need to be 4 way stops. People blow through streets going way too fast, and the blind turns are nerve-wracking.

When I want to go out of my way (rather than a short walk from home) to see a really good variety, Mystic River Reservation by routes 28 & 16 is my choice. Didn't post about it here because it's outside Cambridge :)

Especially during migration. But all year you'll see herons & swans there.

Here's the bar chart: https://ebird.org/barchart?r=L2477842

Photos: https://media.ebird.org/catalog?regionCode=L2477842 - Click "more" at the bottom, there are a lot. it's a popular spot for birders, so most of those photos are not from me. (Here are my photos from that spot: https://media.ebird.org/catalog?regionCode=L2477842&searchField=user&sort=obs_date_desc&userId=USER554444 )

Can we kick them out of Cambridge? Lets post their faces up on telephone poles so everyone knows these filthy rats

Pathetic just bend over

No wonder this stuff happens - because you weren’t resided to have a spine

Classic weak liberal

Go move to Iowa fuckin idiot or go to the nursing home where you belong

I've seen a lot of them in my neighborhood, but not the nuthatches, warblers, or the sapsuckers!

If you want to take photos, I really have to recommend North Point Park, especially in the spring and summer. Lots of redwing blackbirds, a great blue heron every once in a while. There's even a pair of swans sometimes.

There is no reason to downvote this comment. Mobile internet is very competitive price wise versus broadband. Comcast can bundle more services to make their product cheaper or more desirable than what municipal can provide. There is no way 50,000+ households care about net neutrality that much. Municipal broadband would be an enormous waste of money.

They don’t have a monopoly. Mobile internet is an affordable option. Fios is an option in some locations.

Even at 60, mobile internet costs less. The city would probably end up charging 80-90 for the upkeep.

I got all of those because I go there a lot, rather than because it's an especially excellent spot for birds, of course. What's exciting about it is that it means if you really pay attention, you can see a lot of cool birds in places you wouldn't expect.

If you look at the bar chart, you'll see the warblers and thrushes and several other unusual birds for Cambridge stop by there during migration - mostly May and October. There are some summer residents (like chimney swifts) who are gone in winter, and some winter residents (such as juncos) who are gone in summer. Click the bar chart on the left sidebar.

Also, because it's a small urban park with playground, it gets enough people that shyer species go away later in the day. But you probably know birds are most active early in the morning. So if you do want to visit and submit lists there (which would be very cool!), arriving during the hour after sunrise is usually best. Some species are bolder - robins, jays, grackles (in summer), cardinals, house sparrows, mockingbirds - and will still be around when there are more people.

Oh, this is an easy walk from me, I'll have to check it out!

FYI: the ability to reject is new this cycle. I think that was a ballot amendment, meaning the current bza was not subject to much of a democratic process.

You might want to check out the Boston parade on Sunday too. Expect a lot of drunk people roaming around, but there will also be families too

Everything about their comments rings of a frothing screamer who is not interested in dialogue

Just a ridiculous take with absurd comparisons

Fresh pond gets a very wide variety of waterfowl. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L207370 - click on the bar charts (left sidebar) and also "more top media" to see people's photo submissions.

However, I'm even more excited about this tiny park near Central Square that I added to eBird about 7 years ago and visit regularly in the mornings: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4490532

62 species so far, in a 1/3 block urban neighborhood park!

Although I have only submitted a small portion of the photos I've taken there over the years, here's a sample of what I've seen there: https://media.ebird.org/catalog?regionCode=L4490532