Completely agree. Get him out of there.

In retrospect she prob was. But she was embarrassed and guilty in the moment combined with "stranger danger."

I just ASK oh ya want me to hold that for you?

Interestingly, though, in NYC, if you ask to help a stroller up the stairs of the subway, generally the answer is No. HOWEVER, so many people (male commuters generally) seem to just grab it without asking and go.

That took getting used to.

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It's kind of low? A well running MBTA will generate billions in additional wealth, a poorly running MBTA will destroy the same. What's the cost of 100,000 people losing a 30 minutes of their day? That's just immediate cost, not downstream effects.

Pay them a few million, if they can do the job.

It’s called rhetoric, chill the fuck out. He’s trying to rally the troops with optimism and institutional pride.

should be more, with the amount of money they touch

imo govt jobs should be among the highest paying, i think this would lower costs overall

in MA the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services spent 18B, if you can pay someone 1M a year to lower those expenditures by 1% you just paid that person's salary for 180 years

Yes the property manager suggested getting to $10k in reserves which seemed reasonable. He wanted us all to pay additional 2 months of fees to pad the reserves (after we already did that at closing). I am soo glad we declined that suggestion because it would have been more money for him to take!!!

Isnt LIRR known for spending $11 billion on a dead-end terminal 100 feet below an existing 100 track station that they couldnt be bothered to use?

aaah I’ve always wondered about that. It’s got almost no foot traffic and literally looks down into a highway off ramp. Not exactly an easy sell at a high price

Idk if your familiar with dubois but it's not really high school material maybe college kid

I understand the resentment behind high pay for public servants but if you want the best you need to make it worth their while. Public service for the good of the commonwealth is a lost thing

Semi-serious, him living in Springfield would probably propel the Springfield Boston line into existence. Or at least my dreams and hopes of if.

People have no grasp on how the world works beyond the scope of their bubble. Total comp would be over a mil for any exec at this level in the private sector.

Yeah I can also tell that the successful transit system operator knows nothing based on a single comment

You're gonna be really mad when you see what the guys down in Fenway get paid to put on a costume and hit a ball with a stick.

No issue with the question, but I kinda feel like the detraction in the replies is missing the point - the North End IS by and large the kind of place you'd have gone out with your grandparents in 1989. I don't really think that makes it a tourist trap in itself - if you're hearing it's the best place for Italian food ever, then sure, but really it's just a long time Italian American neighborhood where the vast majority of restaurants serve classic Italian American red sauce food. I love that kind of food, but I don't think it's too controversial to say you can only elevate it so high.

"Hey reddit, moving from NYC to Boston for a job, looking for a place. Ideally near the train. Budget is $11k a month. Would like to avoid roommates. Is Springfield too far away? Not familiar with the area. TIA."

The Boston Cigar Club in Charlestown is on the other side of the Zakim from the North End.

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Best Italian sandwich at Monica's.

https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/x4h6m3/comment/imx51u5/?context=3

So that is about the minimum that your expenses should be. When you meet as a hoa and remove him, you can reset dues to be 1100 each if you'd like. I'd recommend targeting a balance of about 1% of property value raised in excess to the hoa to help manage external repairs. From the history you could see your annual maintenance and calculate who owes what to hit that.

I hope he finds a house near the red line so he realizes how shit it is and prioritizes that first.

You'll all feel like fools taken for a ride when we get a Red Sox vs Mets World Series and suddenly an "emergency Fenway area transit shutdown" happens and some stoner jazz rock musician from Berklee is playing right field