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Yellow_Number_Five
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 Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:11 am Post subject: Considering going to Boston |
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I've been offered a really interesting and fairly lucrative job in the Boston area. The job seems great, but I despise moving and don't know anyone in or anything about the area.
Any of you from that area, what can you tell me about it? Where do the 20-30 something single professionals live? What are rents and real estate prices like? What is there to do besides go to Sox and Pats games?
Anything you have to say would be apprieciated.
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Read Stephen King's "Cell" and watch "The Departed" and "Good Will Hunting" back to back. It may not help you with neighborhoods or scenes, but at least you'll already be sick of the accents.
Congrats by the way!
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 8:42 am Post subject: |
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You're not moving into the RRS house?
or is it IN Boston?
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 10:46 am Post subject: |
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Boston is famous for it's tea parties. 
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 11:31 am Post subject: Boston |
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Tom Lehrer wrote a song about Boston!
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 11:43 am Post subject: Re: Considering going to Boston |
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| Yellow_Number_Five wrote: | I've been offered a really interesting and fairly lucrative job in the Boston area. The job seems great, but I despise moving and don't know anyone in or anything about the area.
Any of you from that area, what can you tell me about it? Where do the 20-30 something single professionals live? What are rents and real estate prices like? What is there to do besides go to Sox and Pats games?
Anything you have to say would be apprieciated. |
Boston is one of the youngest cities in the country as there is a very large number of universities. My sister-in-law lives in a suburb of Boston and in fact we will be visiting her next week. She worked in real estate for awhile so if you want I can get some inside info. from her.
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CET
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Boston is one of the youngest cities in America? 
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Moloth
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| CET wrote: | | Boston is one of the youngest cities in America? |
the citizens are young, i think he means...
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| Moloth wrote: | | CET wrote: | | Boston is one of the youngest cities in America? |
the citizens are young, i think he means... |
That's what I meant as the predicate would imply. |
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BarkAtTheMoon
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: Boston |
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| Gerard wrote: | Tom Lehrer wrote a song about Boston!
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Considering Yellow's a Mighty Mighty Bosstones & Dropkick Murphys fan, I don't think music would be an issue.
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CET
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Who posted that Boston song and set it to both "autoplay" and "repeat"? I don't see it in anyone's post, and it's annoying.
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BarkAtTheMoon
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That was in Gerard's post. It only shows up as a period. I took it out of my reply to him.
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Yellow_Number_Five
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 2:07 am Post subject: |
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Well as much as I enjoy the peanut gallery, none of this really helps me.
Bark's got it right thart music won't be an issue, many of my favortite bands originate there, but they also tour - so what else does Boston have to offer?
I'm a bit old (though not opposed) to dating college coeds, but again I can get that pretty much anywhere were I lecherous enough.
Anyway, thanks for the input I suppose.
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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Boston is cool but rent and home prices are high.
You didn't mention family as a reason not to move and you suggested the job looks good. If you don't have other solid job prospects I recommend you move your ass. 
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| Yellow_Number_Five wrote: | Well as much as I enjoy the peanut gallery, none of this really helps me.
Bark's got it right thart music won't be an issue, many of my favortite bands originate there, but they also tour - so what else does Boston have to offer?
I'm a bit old (though not opposed) to dating college coeds, but again I can get that pretty much anywhere were I lecherous enough.
Anyway, thanks for the input I suppose. |
History. Boston was the flash pan for the American revolution. Boston was becoming more and more of a powder keg every day while the rest of the colonies stood around and asked each other, "What the hell's wrong with Boston?"
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