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dskippy t1_jdkyry4 wrote
Reply to comment by phonesmahones in Transgender couple considering moving to Boston by pinkrosxen
Provincetown is one of my favorite places ever. Famously a gay refuge when refuge was necessary. Now a party beach town. They should definitely visit. But that place had very few jobs and it's incredibly expensive. It's mostly a vacation town for extremely wealthy people.
dskippy t1_jdkdbw5 wrote
This is a very LGBT friendly place. I think the vast majority of the greater Boston area would love to have you. This is not going to change in the next four years, it's only getting better. Especially if you come and help.
Let me put in a pitch for my town, Somerville, which is a great place to live. We have a history of being extremely progressive and productive on protection for LGBT rights. We also just a few days also past a few bit of legislation protecting polyamorous family units as well. There are rainbow flags all over the place and businesses as well as homes.
Jamaica Plain and Cambridge are also pretty great but honestly I can't think of any place that would be a bad place to be queer in Boston.
One thing to know about Boston that most people don't know if they aren't from here is that we are a very old city and thus the town, city, district lines are drawn very small. This is a bit pedantic but it's worth understanding. It means that there are many places in Boston that are effectively part of the city (mid range urban, plenty of public transit, walkable, etc) that are technically different towns legally. So if you're thinking "oh we'd rather be in a city, not outside of Boston" just know that in most other American cities, Somerville, Cambridge, Watertown, Everett, Newtown, and a dozen others would all just be Boston.
If you like a quieter slower pace and more rural areas, western mass and places like north Hampton and Pittsfield are beautiful and very queer as well.
Anyway, welcome. You should come here. It's great and we will all probably like you.
dskippy t1_jcwpkz1 wrote
Reply to comment by Caterpi11er in Can Anyone Identify This Mountain? by Footie57
Back in my day we called that a mountain range. Back when two mountain peaks could be next to each other. 🤔
dskippy t1_j9sojuz wrote
So just got to a party and you've been starving for hours but you were waiting to eat because you know the host makes really great party food. The moment you get in you see the buffet and also an incredibly attractive person approaches you and asks if you want to go upstairs right now and fool around. I don't need a scientist to explain to me how this is going to go.
dskippy t1_j84v4g7 wrote
Reply to Good place to live if you don’t drive? by raerod13
There are loads of walkable areas in and around Boston. Your posting to Cambridge and basically all of Cambridge is walkable and has access to public transit. The same is true of Boston and Somerville. Notice I say most. There are some little alcoves I don't think are great for car free life. But seriously you'd be hard pressed to find a spot in any of those three towns that are more than a mile from public transit and day to day resources.
I would check out "walk score" for any neighborhoods that come up as interesting to you.
dskippy t1_j6futbp wrote
Reply to Possible Rule Change by blackdynomitesnewbag
I support allowing free event planners post.
dskippy t1_j2lnfgr wrote
Reply to Homeless with a 3 year old by ItalianMama95
Sounds like you're getting mostly suggestions to not go through with your plan rather than an answer to the question about living in a car with a kid. In case you do end up wanting to still do it, you might get more experienced answers on r/vandwellers or r/vanlife. Despite the van centric names, it's common to have car and truck dwellers.
dskippy t1_j1l7xah wrote
Reply to comment by Alarmed-Nothing6013 in Why is it called a "commonwealth" when a 1 bedroom in Lawrence costs 2k a month? by PutlerDoucheCanoe
I'm sure that question can't really be answered with just one answer for all people in question.
dskippy t1_j1ke3uk wrote
Reply to comment by PutlerDoucheCanoe in Why is it called a "commonwealth" when a 1 bedroom in Lawrence costs 2k a month? by PutlerDoucheCanoe
Yes. If you want to know why the working class is feeling really squeezed to make ends meet these days, it's actually not a bad idea to follow the money. Where is it going? Who's been getting more and more and more money lately. Clearly handouts to poor people. Poor people have all the money. We solved it.
dskippy t1_izmltu2 wrote
Reply to comment by Dollarydooooo in In 10 years we won't have any holidays......people have lost their minds... by bostonmacosx
Republicans these days are so easily manipulated. It's sad. Ted Cruz can literally run a campaign on anti cancel culture and go on a cancel culture tour with Marjory Taylor Green and win this guy's vote. But they never realize that as much as they pander to the culture wars it's not a politicians job to fight the culture wars and what could they do about it? But the war in Christmas wages on in the hearts and minds of the media illiterate.
dskippy t1_izmlecn wrote
Reply to In 10 years we won't have any holidays......people have lost their minds... by bostonmacosx
"When you're used to privilege, equality feels like oppression."
dskippy t1_itwos61 wrote
Reply to What are your opinions on Holden MA? by [deleted]
Omg they have all the amenities. McDonalds?! Dollar Tree? Two Walgreens? What the fuck am I still doing in Camberville? Also what is a Big Y? Don't answer that. The fact that I didn't Google it shows I don't care enough about the answer and don't deserve one. Who's moving to Holden with me?
dskippy t1_jdkzl9l wrote
Reply to comment by higgy87 in Transgender couple considering moving to Boston by pinkrosxen
Yeah wait wtf? 8% of p-town? Who the hell are those people? Why do they stay? That's like going to Fenway and asking them to stop playing baseball and put on a movie. Bro you don't like baseball, just leave.