NFL 2019: Superb Owl and Offseason

[Rover]

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Southie was still neck-deep in blue-color racist meatheads in the late 80s to mid 90s, and Boston writ large was the most virulently racist place I've ever lived in by a large margin.

It may have been fumigated since then, but I have a hard time imagining it.

Looooong gone Kep. Way too expensive. Late 80's to early 90's was their swan song (and most likely the basis for some of these movies). Economy picked up quickly in Clinton years and it was either cash out or (if you were a renter) get booted. If you ever see a construction site in the Boston area half the license plates are from New Hampshire. Part of that is an unprecedented building boom but the other part is there just aren't enough local workers left. All techies, lawyers and corporate stiffs like myself now. Places like East Cambridge, Somerville, and East Boston were the last pockets to hang on, and they're gentrified now as well. Same goes for places like Waltham and Watertown within the 128 belt that used to be affordable.

 

[Slap Shot]

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Been visiting this site for a very long time. Outside of Scarlet all fans from Boston are mass-holes to one degree or another.

(I'm forgetting to absolve a few others but Rover aint one of them)

 

[Swansong]

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Nowadays Carla would still be working as a waitress (they NEVER retire). Norm would be in Florida living off of some disability scam. Cliff would have to still live with his Mom to afford the city on a mailman's salary. Sam would have landed one of the 10,000 sports radio jobs for ex-scrubs now that the Red Sox are good. Woody would have ditched his city council job for a sweet county registrar of deeds or clerk of courts gig where all old politicians to go die (and collect well over a hundred large a year with a full pension for a job that nobody knows what its for).

Howie Carr, is that you?!

Looooong gone Kep. Way too expensive. Late 80's to early 90's was their swan song (and most likely the basis for some of these movies). Economy picked up quickly in Clinton years and it was either cash out or (if you were a renter) get booted. If you ever see a construction site in the Boston area half the license plates are from New Hampshire. Part of that is an unprecedented building boom but the other part is there just aren't enough local workers left. All techies, lawyers and corporate stiffs like myself now. Places like East Cambridge, Somerville, and East Boston were the last pockets to hang on, and they're gentrified now as well. Same goes for places like Waltham and Watertown within the 128 belt that used to be affordable.

Prices anywhere inside or around the 95 belt are nuts. My girlfriend and I are trying to buy a house this year, as the commute from Lowellish to Watertown is vicious, and as soon as I get to Burlington I can't afford anything other than a postage stamp.

 

[St. Clown]

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Prices anywhere inside or around the 95 belt are nuts. My girlfriend and I are trying to buy a house this year, as the commute from Lowellish to Watertown is vicious, and as soon as I get to Burlington I can't afford anything other than a postage stamp.

Are you sure? Postage rates increased last month.

 

[Swansong]

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Are you sure? Postage rates increased last month.

 

[Kepler]

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Looooong gone Kep. Way too expensive. Late 80's to early 90's was their swan song (and most likely the basis for some of these movies). Economy picked up quickly in Clinton years and it was either cash out or (if you were a renter) get booted. If you ever see a construction site in the Boston area half the license plates are from New Hampshire. Part of that is an unprecedented building boom but the other part is there just aren't enough local workers left. All techies, lawyers and corporate stiffs like myself now. Places like East Cambridge, Somerville, and East Boston were the last pockets to hang on, and they're gentrified now as well. Same goes for places like Waltham and Watertown within the 128 belt that used to be affordable.

This is funny because (a) I lived in Somerville (back when it was working class and Portugese), and (b) I knew a construction guy who moved his family to NH to quote get away from the n-ggers unquote.

 

[mookie1995]

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Yo rover... they ain’t razed any projects yet

 

[Rover]

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Yo rover... they ain’t razed any projects yet

You'll laugh but they have! Land in the city is at such a premium that developers will willingly raze and rebuild the units of the city's housing projects (generally dating from WWII) in exchange for being able to build market rate apartments mixed in with the subsidized ones. This has happened several times (McCormick, soon in Bunker Hill, etc) and since there's zero federal dollars coming along its a brilliant way to upgrade the projects at no cost to the city. Harvard also completely razed the Charlesview project in Allston and moved it down the street because the old place was in the middle of their "new" campus.

 

[Jon]

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And there's still condo's going up in Southie. Sold mine almost 3 years ago to an investor that turned it into a 3 bedroom rental.

My wife, son, and I moved out of JP 3 years ago. We were able to afford a condo near Franklin Park in 2011. I'd need to give up a kidney and maybe part of my liver to afford that place now. The racist idiots were in the process of being priced out when I moved. Progress?
In a few years, I might be saying the same thing about 'Tosa since we're very close to Milwaukee and if THAT city gets gentrified, hoo boy.

 

[St. Clown]

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My wife, son, and I moved out of JP 3 years ago. We were able to afford a condo near Franklin Park in 2011. I'd need to give up a kidney and maybe part of my liver to afford that place now. The racist idiots were in the process of being priced out when I moved. Progress?
In a few years, I might be saying the same thing about 'Tosa since we're very close to Milwaukee and if THAT city gets gentrified, hoo boy.

Prices might move up to $100k per house!

 

[SonofSouthie]

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My wife, son, and I moved out of JP 3 years ago. We were able to afford a condo near Franklin Park in 2011. I'd need to give up a kidney and maybe part of my liver to afford that place now. The racist idiots were in the process of being priced out when I moved. Progress?
In a few years, I might be saying the same thing about 'Tosa since we're very close to Milwaukee and if THAT city gets gentrified, hoo boy.

Rule of thumb for rent in Southie and prob anywhere else in Boston is a thousand dollars per bedroom to start.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Holy ****.

 

[French Rage]

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Holy ****.

I know, so cheap.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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I pay about $300 a bedroom. And about half of that is principle so really it’s about $150 a pop.

 

[The Rube]

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I pay about $1.25/sq ft. 1BR, vaulted ceilings, W/D in unit, fireplace, decent-sized patio. Carpeted, but that's standard in the midwest suburbs; kind of the opposite on the east coast, IIRC.

 

[St. Clown]

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I pay about $300 a bedroom. And about half of that is principle so really it’s about $150 a pop.

I pay about $190/bedroom, both P&I combined. A very large down payment helped tremendously. The problem is that taxes on a sub $300k townhouse in Farmington is still almost $4000/year. Farmington sucks.

 

[Kepler]

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Avg $ one-room bedroom

San Francisco, California $3600
San Jose, California $2536
New York, New York $2200
Washington, DC $2172
Boston, Massachusetts $2025
Los Angeles, California $2014
Miami, Florida $2000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania $1850
Honolulu, Hawaii $1795
Seattle, Washington $1795
San Diego, California $1760
Anaheim, California $1606
Chicago, Illinois $1595
Denver, Colorado $1436
Minneapolis, Minnesota $1435
Nashville, Tennessee $1395
Atlanta, Georgia $1387
Houston, Texas $1308
New Orleans, Louisiana $1298
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $1295
Dallas, Texas $1271
Charlotte, North Carolina $1265
Baltimore, Maryland $1175
Tampa, Florida $1100
Austin, Texas $1100
Portland, Oregon $1095
Anchorage, Alaska $995
Sacramento, California $995
Virginia Beach, Virginia $975
Phoenix, Arizona $909
Jacksonville, Florida $896
Las Vegas, Nevada $875
Newark, New Jersey $850
Memphis, Tennessee $835
San Antonio, Texas $830
Kansas City, Missouri $795
Omaha, Nebraska $759
Colorado Springs, Colorado $750
Milwaukee, Wisconsin $750
Louisville, Kentucky $750
Columbus, Ohio $750
Indianapolis, Indiana $732
Albuquerque, New Mexico $715
St. Louis, Missouri $700
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma $650
El Paso, Texas $600
Tuscon, Arizona $560
Detroit, Michigan $550
Cleveland, Ohio $525
Wichita, Kansas $470

 

[Jimjamesak]

Avg $ one-room bedroom

San Francisco, California $3600
San Jose, California $2536
New York, New York $2200
Washington, DC $2172
Boston, Massachusetts $2025
Los Angeles, California $2014
Miami, Florida $2000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania $1850
Honolulu, Hawaii $1795
Seattle, Washington $1795
San Diego, California $1760
Anaheim, California $1606
Chicago, Illinois $1595
Denver, Colorado $1436
Minneapolis, Minnesota $1435
Nashville, Tennessee $1395
Atlanta, Georgia $1387
Houston, Texas $1308
New Orleans, Louisiana $1298
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $1295
Dallas, Texas $1271
Charlotte, North Carolina $1265
Baltimore, Maryland $1175
Tampa, Florida $1100
Austin, Texas $1100
Portland, Oregon $1095
Anchorage, Alaska $995
Sacramento, California $995
Virginia Beach, Virginia $975
Phoenix, Arizona $909
Jacksonville, Florida $896
Las Vegas, Nevada $875
Newark, New Jersey $850
Memphis, Tennessee $835
San Antonio, Texas $830
Kansas City, Missouri $795
Omaha, Nebraska $759
Colorado Springs, Colorado $750
Milwaukee, Wisconsin $750
Louisville, Kentucky $750
Columbus, Ohio $750
Indianapolis, Indiana $732
Albuquerque, New Mexico $715
St. Louis, Missouri $700
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma $650
El Paso, Texas $600
Tuscon, Arizona $560
Detroit, Michigan $550
Cleveland, Ohio $525
Wichita, Kansas $470

Bolded for truth, it’s ridiculous up here.

 

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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Avg $ one-room bedroom

San Francisco, California $3600
San Jose, California $2536
New York, New York $2200
Washington, DC $2172
Boston, Massachusetts $2025
Los Angeles, California $2014
Miami, Florida $2000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania $1850
Honolulu, Hawaii $1795
Seattle, Washington $1795
San Diego, California $1760
Anaheim, California $1606
Chicago, Illinois $1595
Denver, Colorado $1436
Minneapolis, Minnesota $1435
Nashville, Tennessee $1395
Atlanta, Georgia $1387
Houston, Texas $1308
New Orleans, Louisiana $1298
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $1295
Dallas, Texas $1271
Charlotte, North Carolina $1265
Baltimore, Maryland $1175
Tampa, Florida $1100
Austin, Texas $1100
Portland, Oregon $1095
Anchorage, Alaska $995
Sacramento, California $995
Virginia Beach, Virginia $975
Phoenix, Arizona $909
Jacksonville, Florida $896
Las Vegas, Nevada $875
Newark, New Jersey $850
Memphis, Tennessee $835
San Antonio, Texas $830
Kansas City, Missouri $795
Omaha, Nebraska $759
Colorado Springs, Colorado $750
Milwaukee, Wisconsin $750
Louisville, Kentucky $750
Columbus, Ohio $750
Indianapolis, Indiana $732
Albuquerque, New Mexico $715
St. Louis, Missouri $700
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma $650
El Paso, Texas $600
Tuscon, Arizona $560
Detroit, Michigan $550
Cleveland, Ohio $525
Wichita, Kansas $470

It's about what I'm at. I pay $765, but that includes fixed fees for water/trash and garage electricity. 550 sq. ft. with in unit washer/dryer, garage, and dishwasher. Just renewed my lease, though it is a little small for me. Depending on what happens with our contract negotiations, I may look to upgrade to something bigger once that is signed. Jim's company is making that more difficult since they just hired our two lead negotiators...

 

[The Rube]

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I got lucky, as any new buildings are at least the Mpls avg, if not more. I'm just under 1000. That is the second ring of suburbs (if I understand the rings correctly). Some of the ones near me want $3K/mo for 2 or 3BR apts. That's insane.