Talking to girls at bars is honestly not the socially unacceptable thing you’re treating it as being. Bars are where people-particularly single people-go to meet other people. Just talking to someone at a bar doesn’t make you a creep; when you actually start being creepy, not taking a hint, being overly pushy when you haven’t gotten any reciprocation, not noticing social cues that they don’t want to talk to you, etc.; that’s when you become a creep. If a girl goes to a bar and takes any attention whatsoever as being creeped on, that’s on them frankly.

If you follow all the social rules for not “being creepy” ever in any situation, I’m sorry, but you’re probably gonna stay single for a long time. It’s just a sad reality of human behavior that the line between flirting and creeping is very very thin and depends on being very conscious of how the other person is perceiving you.

So do they just sweep around the cars that weren't moved?

thats what I was wondering. If theyre not gonna warn anymore I worry about how much cleaning theyll be able to do!

The city has a decades-long policy (written into law) to reduce single-occupancy vehicle usage. As such, all thing being equal city staff tend to prioritize pushing alternatives to cars, like buses and bike infrastructure.

That being said, there will be some public charging stations added soon, somewhere, based on the last participatory budgeting round. And the city might be adding others, in addition.

That seems like a win for residents, even with the increased towing fine. IIRC, previously you had to pay more than $50 to the towing company to get your car back, and they charged more each day. This is just one $50 ticket.

Are they still going to have the trucks going around warning people that they'll get "tagged and towed"?

yes Also any intramural coed sports leagues are good

Political campaigns skew young - especially Sunrise Boston etc

Are they single women in their 20s though? These groups seem to skew older and married.

There are often more women than men at volunteer events- cleanups, political campaigns, soup kitchens, NAACP, refugee assistance. There are also more women than men at book groups- the library offers groups, as does Porter Sq books. FindItCambridge.org has events

I work at a bar in Cambridge and we often have meet up groups that come in at 5 and stay for a few hours.

Music event this weekend with some single mingling — https://yonigordon.eventcube.io/events/45545/march-25th-record-releasesingles-mingle-yoni-gordon-kathy-snax-wartwork-by-allison-tanenhaus-and-vidumami/

Great point. Those spots say ‘municipal vehicles only’ 😞

Something physical, group based, and preferably repeating. Rock climbing, yoga, circuit training, boston sports club (bssc). Extra good if you go with a female friend, though hard i know

It's great that they're adding them but, how about residential charging so that people who live in the city have an incentive to get an electric car?

There are often Skip the Small Talk events I see advertised at local bars, if you're looking for a situation where everyone is looking to meet new people.

Speed dating? If nothing else, you get to talk to women as practice.

Yank 25 miles of parking and get your own parking upgraded City Hall

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She's in town a lot. I have run into her a few times at a neighborhood bar.

Not the perfect suggestion but maybe become a bartender? If things dont work out youre still making money

Was going to make this comment as well. I am surprised how many people who grew up around here pronounce it differently!

There's book discussions happening from time to time at places like Trident. I went to one of those and had a mixed impression for the same reason. Great idea in theory, but noise/people eating food kills it somewhat....

Clearly a justification for zoning the area for more outdoor nighttime noise.

Yeah this is a problem, noise+being in a bar is not automatic consent to being talked to/flirted.

Maybe bars like Plough & Stars?

But then they're loud places where you have to yell to be heard...