This question depends a lot on the quality of the apartment and location of what area you would like to live.

Ex: I rent a 1bed in Roxbury (ok neighborhood) for $1900/month. Next year it will be $2000 a month and utilities average $100-$300 per month depending on the season. It is a TINY apartment and it is not renovated/luxury.

I have a friend with a 1bed in North End and that costs $2700. Nice safe building but it is older and not a newer luxury build. She has more space than me and the common areas/location are super nice.

New luxury buildings are usually at minimum $2500/month and that would be for a studio only.

Go to this City of Boston website for a list of toilets in the city. It hasn't been updated since 2022, so check it out first. https://www.boston.gov/departments/311/public-restrooms-city-boston

Mine is over an hr. More like 80 mins.

Also in a lot of parts of the US ( non urban, I never said Boston is the worst as a city, it's just worse than the overall average) an hr is considered long. Like, I'm not just comparing cities. The USA as a whole, including jobs in suburban areas.

Museum of science is so cool. I moved away from Boston as an adult to a city that doesn't invest in itself in any way shape or form. The MOS had such an enormous impact on me as a kid I'm sad my city doesn't have one.

Hate to break this to you but a 1hr commute is generally pretty standard

Shit sucks but that would be considered pretty normal in most major US cities

Traffic isn’t AS bad as it was BC, but it’s still very stupid.

Well, yeah, now in a post COVID world white collars workers working from home is super common. I was more curious about pre.

I work for a service company that takes care of dozens of different office buildings. When I was an apprentice taking the train into the city between 5:15-6 am the train was always packed with various commuters, ie office personal, security guards, construction workers, etc. From what I hear now, it’s mostly blue collar workers on the train. What I see in the field is offices that were normally packed, now will have maybe 10% of the personnel on site. Usually it’ll be a secretary, IT personnel working in an IDF room, and whoever HAS to be there for a meeting. My mom has worked remotely for 3 years straight. I think a lot of companies used to say for years that their computer systems could not handle the strain of everyone working from home but that clearly was a lie.

There's a bunch of places already!

Silver Slipper - only opened until afternoon, it's a breakfast diner. Bacon lovers do not pass this one by.

Yummy Yummy - I'll let a review pulled from their Google maps page explain "This place kept me alive during my childhood. The staff were nice and they were super generous with the $2 plates back in the day for a hungry teenage" Last time I was there in the Fall plates started at $4.50

Joe's American Subs - Steak & Cheese is one of the best I've ever had. I'd put Joe's up against Bob's in Medford and Leone's in Somerville any day.

Depending on the neighborhood, there’s not much of a price jump between a 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom, since 1 bedrooms are so rare

It hasn't been anywhere near a year, no. Less than half a year since it was permanently closed, rather than just under constant repairs.

That said, I'd be really curious to know your estimates for how long it should take to rebuild an entire elevator shaft in a space constrained area.

Been close to a year o think. That excuse isn’t acceptable anymore

Capital one Cafes are always a good option for restrooms too, there's a few throughout the Boston area!

It looks like the same planet/moon that was hanging with the Naboo fighter ship.🤔

What I was told was that the existing elevator didn't use a standard counterweight system like every other elevator you know of. Instead, it used a hydraulic piston system that was fundamentally unreliable. They can't reasonably repair the hydraulic system anymore and need to gut the thing.

My buddy sobered up in Vegas after going to the Hong Kong and impulse buying a JetBlue red eye flight.

It can be a good time for sure.

This is so bizarre!

Marriot Wharf one been closed the past 2 months

Bon Chon

They beat Draper to the punch!

This is awesome stuff.

How fucking lucky would we be to have access to incredibly unique and authentic ethnic food in Boston?

Sure we get some Moroccan here and there but African (sub Saharan in particular) is something way outside of peoples culinary vocabulary.

Thank you soo much for sharing.

I have soo much hope.

I have overactive bladder. In Downtown Crossing, I use the Macy’s bathroom - it is always clean and smells nice. If I’m around Copley Square, I use the bathrooms in the Boston Public Library. (There are also a bunch of smaller community libraries which have bathrooms.) If I’m in the Longwood area, I go into a hospital to find a bathroom. In the Government Center / Faneuil Hall area, during business hours, going into City Hall is a cleaner option than using the bathrooms at Faneuil Hall. (You will have to go through a metal detector.). Same for the State House in the area of Boston Common.

If I’m on the Red Line and need a bathroom, I’ll head to South Station, which has decent bathrooms. (So does North Station, but you have to walk through the arena area and they aren’t open late.) If I’m on the Orange Line, I normally head to Back Bay station, and use the bathroom there or go across the street to the fancy mall-type place there. I’ve gone to the airport on the Silver Line if I have an urgent need.

Stop & Shop and Home Depot always have bathrooms, though cleanliness can vary, especially at Stop & Shop.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/11/18/healey-study-natural-gas-pipelines-sees-pros-and-cons/gPaGdvJyH8PWGnkUddgSfN/story.html

Not a common practice, it was always available for instances like being on call or if you take a personal day you’re not behind on work (more like they refused to let you off the hook)

It’s not just Boston, people willfully self-segregate just about everywhere you go.