There’s a bike shop in JP called Revolutions that always has a small but decent selection of used bikes. Been a few years since I’ve been there but the owner is a good guy and has fair prices.

Cheesecake, cheesesteaks what’s the difference!!! lol 😂

Thanks for posting the article so everyone can read what you are posting about. The paywall links do nothing and are a waste of everyone's time and effort.

> the best way to keep the area warm in the winter.

What approach do you want? You can shore up the room to prevent heat loss $$$$$ or you can oversize a heating system to keep it warm $$$?

One involves a GC to help, the other a HVAC contractor.

I have the same issue in a very old house. The best long term is to get a GC to tighten your building envelope but the most costly upfront. The most economyupfront is to just oversize a unit but not economical long term.

I have no factual basis to this, but I'm pretty sure if a town exists in one New England state, it exists in all of them. And then there's MA which basically stole all of your county town names and used them here.

It’s cringe because 99.9% of Tattoo artists don’t give a shit what you want your sweet new tattoo to say. Especially not something that also isn’t offensive to 99.9% of people.

There are artists that won’t Ink white supremacy tats, and I respect that.

Your post just comes off weird

Haha yeah I figured that was the one he meant, but thanks for double-checking.

>there's actually 30ish Portland's in the US

Wow that's a fair few, though I guess a country of your size is bound to result in a fair bit of repetition.

Bikes not bombs in JP.

Fb marketplace around the summer especially approaching allston christmas is a goldmine. Desperate undergraduates and other transient people who need to move far away will offload all sorts of good stuff.

The public library rents out very cool rooms of varying sizes for weddings. Same with the yacht clubs along the Charles River.

I’m just here to +1 Inman Square. Lots of bars and dining. You can walk down the street to East Cambridge and onto Kendall/MIT. Or, walk to Union Square (Somerville) or Harvard and then along the River to Back Bay.

Awesome, thanks!

Fascinating! I'll definitely look at doing one of the guided tours then.

>I can’t imagine what having the entire floor of looms running would be or how anyone working there didn’t go deaf

Absolutely. I watched a video on the HistoryHit Youtube channel the other day about mill work life in the north of England and it sounded like a grim existence. Terribly long working hours in unsafe conditions. Hardly a break in the day. Machines whirring all around you and making a racket. Honestly makes you grateful for the world we live in now, despite all its flaws.

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>It’s about a mile from the commuter rail station. I’ve never walked it, but imagine it’s walkable, and certainly cab/Uber/Lyft should be doable.

Noted. I'll bring my running shoes!

>I forgot to mention: pay attention to the commuter rail schedules. All of these trips are opposite the usual commuter traffic, so they’re not going to be frequent and the last one of the day can be early.

Ah that's helpful to know. I wouldn't want to get stranded out of town.

Thanks again.

It's probably obvious, but he meant Portland Maine. Sometimes we have to make that clarification because there's actually 30ish Portland's in the US.

Just wanted to point that out before you ended up in a completely different state than intended.

Luck to me or the T my prescient pedant?

The very first magnolias are starting bloom in Boston proper, and the public garden will probably be popping in early-mid April. Arboretum maybe slightly behind that.

> The description invites program participants who are “of Black, African American, or Latinx descent” …

Here comes the “what if there was a ‘whites only’ mentor program?!” argument.

Did that, my house isn’t a candidate for the cellulose blower. My issue was pretty much specific to just one area of the house, not the entire house. Thanks for the recommendation though.

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Try the Facebook page: northeast bicycles classified ( I think…something similar to that)

I hear good things Cambridge Used Bicycles in the basement of the Cambridge Antique Market outside of Lechmere.

Guys lets just pay more taxes the government will fix everything

i mean, with some bolt cutters and a bit of effort, you can have your choice of used bikes on any number of racks across the metro area

/s /s /s

extra /s for the dumb dumbs among us.

Wow there's alot to unpack here!

>Inman Square is closer to fun & games. You'll be about a 10 minute walk from two Red Line stops (Harvard Square or Central Square).

You and a few other commenters have recommended Inman Square, so I'll probably go with that accommodation wise.

>Walk the Freedom Trail, check out the USS Constitution. If you have 10 days, maybe worth it to take a commuter rail to Salem - which is famous for the Witch Trails.

For museums with a ton of history, I really like the Museum of Fine Arts and Gardner Museum. I would also recommend taking a walk through Mount Auburn Cemetery, which is a national landmark and arboretum. Some famous burials there, most locals treat it more like a 'sculpture garden' than a graveyard, ya know.

Salem definitely interests me. USS Constitution I had never heard of, but now that I've looked it up I want to go. I'll definitely check out the cemetery too, even if just for a nice morning run.

>Early by US Standards. But if you're from the UK, you're used to 11PM I think.

Bars here close between 11PM and 1:30AM here. If you need something later, the nearby Encore Casino (it's identical to it's Vegas counterpart, and a 10 minute Uber Ride away) serves alcohol until 4AM and is open 24/7.

Yeah I mean 2am close certainly wouldn't be considered early by UK standards and is fine for me. Most pubs tend to shut by 11 on weeknights and midnight latest on weekends, but many clubs are open until 3/4/5pm. I don't really fancy losing loads of money in a casino, but might be cool to check out anyway, purely for the Vegas-esque experience, and to watch other people loose lots of money aha!

>Best bars are scattered. The stuff downtown like Bell in Hand, Green Dragon, White Bull.. not really my scene. Mostly frequented by tourists.

As far as pubs, the Druid right in Inman Square is a favorite. Lord Hobo is also great (the one in Cambridge, not Seaport). Other places I like include Delux Cafe and Bukowskis (on Dalton).

I'm more of a cocktail/whiskey person, so I recommend Drink, Saloon, The Quiet Few, BackBar, Brick & Mortar. If you can get in, I love OffSuit (it's a speakeasy in a Chinatown backalley, they might do reservations now).

If you like Dive Bars, hard to go wrong with The Tam, Sligo or Biddy Early's. Those place are always fun.

You're doing God's work here son! I'll be sure to check out some of these. I've always been interested in the idea of Dive bars too. They seem to pop up in alot of the US films I watch.

>DONT FORGET TO TIP! ~18% or $1 a drink, whatever is more.

Ah yes. That's going to be a strange one for me to adapt too, since we hardly tip in the UK for anything (typically just 5-15% at a restaurant, and sometimes niche things like tour guides too. Thanks for the reminder. You've probably saved me from a couple dirty looks and watered down drinks :)

>It wont work as well as an Irish accent, to be honest. But it will give you an advantage for opening. The effect tends to wear thin after a few minutes and you have to rely on your personality. Foreign accents are common here, so you'd have better sway in less 'international' cities inland.

Yeah fair play. The whole accent thing is more like a minor bonus for me, so I'm not too fussed if nobody pays it any attention. Like I said, I'm mainly in Boston for the sites, the culture and the history.

>You could expect some gentle & friendly banter regarding the American Revolution. "How do you like your tea?" "In the harbor, Redcoat!" kinda thing.

Ah all the classics! I'll have to think of some witty comebacks for when the tenth person in a row asks me how I like tea, or when I last met the Queen.

Thanks for all the info mate, you've been a great help!

Ill take a look, did you try it yourself?