TiredPistachio
TiredPistachio t1_jebaejh wrote
Reply to Population density in Massachusetts by bubbastars
Wow you can actually SEE the border of Weston, wild.
TiredPistachio t1_jeaynpr wrote
38 year loan? I'm surprised you arent paying a lot more than 160k in interest over that term...
TiredPistachio t1_je1093h wrote
Reply to comment by mattgm1995 in Officially less homes for sale in Greater Boston than any other time during pandemic market craziness. by [deleted]
3x isnt over extending yourself.
TiredPistachio t1_jdhdk2p wrote
Reply to comment by Highlanderlynx in Is it possible to artificially start a bank run? by ScaleAppropriate
Look I don't like Thiel, but its more like whispering to your buddies "hey i think there might be a fire, lets get out of this building" vs OP wanting to scream "FIRE!!!!!"
TiredPistachio t1_jd9tcgl wrote
Reply to comment by alexandercecil in They’ve Been Warned: Attorney General Says Suburbs ‘Must Comply’ With Transit-Oriented Housing Law by psychothumbs
They can but the leech fields are massive. They just built some huge apartments along rte 20 that I'm pretty sure have no sewer access. Must be septic.
The developer comment was just about how they'll be less likely to build it
TiredPistachio t1_jd9i5zb wrote
Reply to comment by mrmackster in They’ve Been Warned: Attorney General Says Suburbs ‘Must Comply’ With Transit-Oriented Housing Law by psychothumbs
That's probably because towns were able to demand smaller unit sizes to avoid an influx of children. Many towns about 1/2 the budget is schools. Thats why they love 1-2 beds and 55+ communities.
With these new rules they will not be able to kill projects with larger bedroom counts.
TiredPistachio t1_jd9gugh wrote
Reply to comment by alexandercecil in They’ve Been Warned: Attorney General Says Suburbs ‘Must Comply’ With Transit-Oriented Housing Law by psychothumbs
Well with the sewage a LOT of these towns straight up have just septic systems. You can build an apartment with septic, but it requires a huge amount of space which will eat into 1) the profit for developers, 2) the # of units built, 3) useful space, although I wonder if they could build green space over the septic. Not sure if you wanna be walking around over leech fields that big though.
TiredPistachio t1_jd9ahll wrote
Reply to comment by 65fairmont in They’ve Been Warned: Attorney General Says Suburbs ‘Must Comply’ With Transit-Oriented Housing Law by psychothumbs
Yeah my guess is nothing will really be built there because of this. Not sure why it didn't qualify for the "small community" adjustment. I'm guessing land area is decent. Dover for the small community adjustment and only has to zone for like 100 units. Its ridiculous
TiredPistachio t1_jd8d8qw wrote
Total guess, but in 1-2 years there'll be a 4k sqft house sold for 2m there.
TiredPistachio t1_jd7mtvm wrote
Reply to comment by alexandercecil in They’ve Been Warned: Attorney General Says Suburbs ‘Must Comply’ With Transit-Oriented Housing Law by psychothumbs
Small towns got a huge break in a re-do of these rules last year. Carlisle for instance, only need to zone for 95 total units (was originally 750!). And again, thats just zoning, nothing needs to be done. If the builders cant deal with water and sewage they wont build. I'm not seeing anything in the rules that says the towns need to provide those services. My guess is a town like carisle will end up building a single apartment building sometime in the next 20 years, but no sooner than 10.
TiredPistachio t1_jd7jhax wrote
Reply to comment by Checkers923 in They’ve Been Warned: Attorney General Says Suburbs ‘Must Comply’ With Transit-Oriented Housing Law by psychothumbs
Wherever they want, but I mean they will put them in places that "make sense" for the town. They will also likely put them in parts of their town that already have apartments or density. I dont see anything on the official website that says it has to be new zones. Not sure about Holden though never been.
TiredPistachio t1_jd68mwi wrote
Reply to comment by Checkers923 in They’ve Been Warned: Attorney General Says Suburbs ‘Must Comply’ With Transit-Oriented Housing Law by psychothumbs
Holden has to zone 50 acres at 15 units per acre. That's what this does. It's zoning
TiredPistachio t1_jbksbhm wrote
Reply to Relocating from NYC to MA, where to live? by cclove96
You are going to need a car. Hopkinton is extremely rural for a suburb. Daily ubers will not scale and it might even be hard to find one out that far on a consistent basis.
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Maybe try to find housing near work so you can walk and then uber into Boston on the weekend?
I know you dont want to dox yourself but not knowing where your work is located makes this extremely difficult to give advice to a non-driver.
TiredPistachio t1_jb39qte wrote
Reply to comment by Bostonstrangler69 in I guess "ugliest" depends on the weather. Looks pretty handsome rn. by oozforashag
Oh great we're overdue for more of this? "Wonderful"
TiredPistachio t1_jb289a0 wrote
I do think its possible to say it "looks cool" and also say "its insanely ugly" at the same time. The contrast of the sunlight on that side does look pretty cool.
TiredPistachio t1_jad4ctz wrote
Just look at this
It'll be pretty close. Any yields you see on fidelity are either secondary market t-bills or is a guess.
TiredPistachio t1_j8y5nfo wrote
Reply to comment by SpyCats in Daycare prices by PrincipleLarge2118
bright horizons is probably like 99th percentile in price. they are insane
TiredPistachio t1_j8y5kbp wrote
Reply to Daycare prices by PrincipleLarge2118
At my facility, 5 days 10 hours in metrowest for infant is gonna be just over 600
TiredPistachio t1_j8nuvw6 wrote
Reply to comment by Burnt_broccolini in Most towns are going along with the state’s new multifamily housing law. Not Middleborough. by TouchDownBurrito
There is no requirement to build, so yeah all but 4 are "going along with it"
If you want a requirement to build, please contact your state rep to push for that.
TiredPistachio t1_j7e3m9x wrote
If you itemized and were under the SALT limit of 10k, or if you were over it by less than the refund, you will owe taxes on it. Possible, but unlikely. Most people that itemize in the new system are WAY over the salt limit.
TiredPistachio t1_j6lh9pr wrote
Reply to comment by JoeCylon in Dozens of cities and towns are facing their first big deadline to comply with a new state law that requires them to legalize more homes near MBTA stations. In Weston, a notoriously exclusive suburb, town officials met this morning to discuss how they might comply with the new rules: by streetsblogmass
The whopper itself won't be aided by this. Even if they comply it's supposed to be within 1/2 mile of the commuter rail stop. The site for the whopper is further than that. If they do comply hopefully the zones will be near the commuter rail since that was a big component of the legislation.
TiredPistachio t1_j6lgbsu wrote
Reply to comment by movdqa in Dozens of cities and towns are facing their first big deadline to comply with a new state law that requires them to legalize more homes near MBTA stations. In Weston, a notoriously exclusive suburb, town officials met this morning to discuss how they might comply with the new rules: by streetsblogmass
You dont need direct mbta access. Towns adjacent are also effected
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https://www.mass.gov/info-details/multi-family-zoning-requirement-for-mbta-communities
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Scroll down a bit and youll see the map, its basically the eastern 3rd of the state.
TiredPistachio t1_j56luuk wrote
Reply to comment by twowrist in What kind of salary to make this [AL to MA] move equal? by thehuntforrednov
>, Lexington, Bedford, Concord, and Carlisle are all fine suburbs, but they’re at the expensive end.
Yeah using lexington median income as an indicator of what you shoudl be making compared to alabama might not exactly be fair.
TiredPistachio t1_j56epv8 wrote
Housing is going to be the single biggest cost increase. Do you want to live IN boston or suburbs or rural town? We'd need to know that to really comment. The price difference would be quite large between boston and say ashburnham.
TiredPistachio t1_jef0siw wrote
Reply to Is a $500 car payment too much by [deleted]
Save money for a large downpayment. 13% is absolutely insane. If you really only have 800 fixed expenses, can you get a 36 month loan? Should be able to get that rate way down.