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kimchipapi rules

Is there a way for him to register his vehicle if he doesn't have a MA address?

Complete a form? What is this? MIT?

Ugh the RMV is a nightmare. I actually did move here from Virginia and it was a huge pain.

I’m not disagreeing with that, but it’s already happening there.

I used to work in email. CA spam and unsubscribe laws are so good and the closest we have to consumer protection in stuff like email subscriptions that Canada and EU have. Really hope these sort of things make their way to the rest of the US.

Most plans have reasonable international roaming. I would just have her add it to her current plan and forget the whole “get a new, local sim / e-sim” thing. If she’s older that will just confuse the hell out of her .

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Have you been to Nubian recently? There are a ton of new condos nearby. It still needs more but there is quite a lot of development over there.

Yes I agree that more licenses is the solution, I just wanted to point out that there are some things the nightlife czar can do outside of that.

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The roads in my town are very narrow, with plenty of hills and corners. Plus most are closely lined with trees so it’s not an issue of learning the roads. Once you go a few towns west of 128, you run into this.

That is exactly why this rule is in place, i'm not sure what it has to do with the requirement to register the car in Massachusetts though that the RMV appears to see in this legislation

I remember seeing one randomly in Aruba in 2005. It seemed odd because you never saw them outside of new England back then

Folks, this is actually a law in Massachusetts, which you'll find berried in the subsections of Chapter 90 as well as the Massachusetts Driver's manual. It aint nothing new. They are just reinforcing it now for reasons, as many of you mentioned above. I say it cause I've worked for the department for 18 years.

More housing

I don’t drink but I agree that liquor license cap is what is holding back nightlife in the city.

also lack of places open 24hrs. It’s a whole process just to be allowed to serve food after 10pm.

More licenses in more residential neighborhoods means people can walk home from bars and not have to worry as much about Ubers and trains/busses.

I believe this change coincided with Fred “retiring”. It was all downhill after that.

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I was in Barcelona and Rome around 97/98 and remember visiting a Dunkin Donuts.

It's a dagger for sure but you could get some improvement by encouraging businesses to extend their hours. For every bar that stays open til 2, there's another one that closes at or before midnight (on weekends no less!). If you can get those places to stay open later you can drastically improve late night options without any additional licenses.

This is a once in a generation opportunity to create a new and diverse community with a substantial neighborhood identity and deep cultural roots.

There’s something fucking awesome about going to a Bodgega or restaurant in Eastie / Chelsea, a market or restaurant in Chinatown, walking through a feast in the North End, getting geeked out on Vietnamese coffee st Saigon Night Market, eating Pierogis to pure despair in the Polish Triangle, or ducking into a dark bar for a few pints in Southie.

And this should be no different at all.

I can see Nubian having just insane Afro-centric ingredients (okra, rice, jerk, etc). I imagine markets with fresh and raw ingredients catering to the recent African and Caribbean immigrants. I can hear late night jazz and blues bars and/or a book store / coffee shop that has slam poetry. Block parties with incredible food and dancing and music. Great late 19th and early 20th century architecture offset by murals. A sense of community and belonging and a proud identity. “Yes you’ve heard of Nubian Square, but from a travel blog, not the 6pm News with a backdrop of Police Tape.”

But this hinges on balance. Advocates were long hosting sit ins for more affordable housing, and are now back peddling against “concentrated poverty.”

This requires smart development, and a balance of outside help with buying in from the community.

I worry that the loudest will disguise their motives with “activism” (just like the loudest of the North End and South Boston) and ruin it.

But I’m honestly rooting for it because it adds an incredible dimension to the tapestry of Boston. A community with pride and prosperity benefits everyone.

EDIT: Fixed some grammar once I got responses.