'Selfless'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
My friend Didi lived in a fabulous duplex in Watertown, which was a shortish walk to (I think) the Davis Square stop and thus 10 minutes away from Harvard Square.
Really? That sounds unlikely -- but I don't actually know where Watertown starts. I wanna live in Boston!! But for cheap, which I know is basically impossible.
Oops, sorry about the Davis Square when you asked NOT to be there--but her neighborhood felt very Cantabrigian, if you know what I mean. What about the partsof Allston closer to Brookline? On the T, plus less students.
I'm scared of the students!
Nutty is looking seriously at Dorchester. She is priced out of Brookline and adjacent (and Somerville), and wants on the T and non-drivey.
It's just so weird -- I have to get my 20 year old neighborhood ideas out of my head for sure. A friend of mine just moved to Southie, and says it's lovely.
Yeah, I was having that problem, too. I mean, in 1985, you did NOT move to Dorchester. Now parts of it - and Roxbury even - are quite nice, or getting nice. She says, anyway, and she's been there.
That's what I hear. I think I can still say "Dot" with the right tone...
Back in the late 90s, I spent fall break in Boston. My parents were all OMG, stay OUT OF ROXBURY! (dad worked for Harvard later 60s/early 70s.) Of course, I ended up in Roxbury and didn't see the fuss.
You guys. I just realized. I need to buy Halloween candy! I live in a neighborhood with kids! I'm gonna have door knockers! Eeeeee!
My friend R. lives in Dorchestah, and it's a nice neighborhood. It apparently gets a little sketchy if you go more than a few blocks in some directions.
Thanks for the salary perspectives. I'm collecting all sorts of information because 5 of us are collectively going to the Big Boss to talk about our deteriorating work situation and I want to be as prepared as possible on all fronts.
Needless to say, the next couple of days should be very interesting.
ETA: Of course, it goes without saying that Jesse should move to San Francisco (but not work in publishing).