Like if it's even an option for you at all, make the move. It's such a better quality of life it's crazy, cannot be exaggerated.

Obviously not easy, but if it's even at all potentially feasible do what you can to make it happen.

  • crime [she/her, any]
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    2 months ago

    So the thing with the Boston rental market is it depends on what time of year you're looking. Like 75% of Boston leases open on Sept. 1 and end on August 31. Most apartments come on the market for the current year in the first 3 months of the year (Jan/Feb/March) so if you're looking outside of that time window there's much less available and the prices are higher.

    Edit: There's also no rent control which helps nothing

      • enkifish [any]
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        2 months ago

        Because Boston is the biggest, shittiest, college town in the country.

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        2 months ago

        Because Boston is actually like 20 colleges in a trench coat

        On the plus side, Allston Christmas rules

      • TheDeed [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 months ago

        You literally cannot even get through traffic hardly around the week that college students are moving in in Boston