If you are downtown and the partner is MGH, you will be fine. We've lived in the North End for 20 years and commute 15 min each way walking to work. If I need to get around the city, I walk or take the T. I only drive to get out of the city. Before we got a car, I did zipcar, which was $$$. Now if I need an SUV or something I rent last minute at Logan Airport and it's pretty affordable. Last week I rented a hybrid SUV and the cost was $130 for two days plus $12 in gas (I drove 200 miles on 1/3 of a tank)

Agree. Before we got our car, we walked + T + ubered and it was less than a parking spot ($400/mo at the commercial street garage)

Depends where you need to get to. The T isn't great these days, but traffic is pretty bad. If you don't need to drive a lot, I'd sell the car.

Honestly …. Cheesecake Factory cheese cake is great . I don’t care that it’s a chain. I’m sure modern and mikes “ North End” hold up as well. There’s gotta be a smaller mom and pop that also have some top notch CC

Polcari's coffee (North End) - it's good!

I feel like they are never open when I go by there. Haven't checked the hours either though

We accept it. We need to be like France and prove this is bullshit

*Brockton location only

Alden Merrill.

Not hyped and I'd like to keep it that way, lol. It's busy enough 😂

West End is a great place to live without a car. Walkable to both MGH and downtown for commuting. Multiple grocery stores within easy walking distance. Plenty of restaurants and entertainment within walking distance. The T is fine if you aren’t dependent on it to get to work on time, and West End is close to stops for all four lines, so you have alternatives when needed. I lived in West End without a car for four years, and my only complaint is the lack of “community” because most residents are only there for a few years during residency/fellowship at MGH.

Pammys

Taqueria Jalisco

What….?

It’s perfectly fine, and I enjoy going there. But this place has been open for years. It isn’t hyped at all. And it definitely isn’t close to the best restaurant in Boston.

You definitely don’t need a car with that commute!

I don’t have a car. I can walk or use the T to get most places, supplemented by an occasional Uber ride. I rent a car on the rare occasion I need one. There are city location car rentals that are open on weekends (unlike a lot of other non airport car rentals, in my experience). Zipcar also works but I find myself using it so rarely that I’m most likely cancelling my membership.

Star market on Morrissey has a little bakery

Mariel

Some of the bakeries in Chinatown have it occasionally.

It’s way faster to drive at peak rush hour than it is to take the red line lately. Sad.

The occasional live show or convention still requires masking, even if the venue does not. But in general, most entertainment places do not require masks anymore.

$450/month also goes pretty far for rideshare/taxi as well. This was my math when my household went down to 1 car (one of us still needed it for work).

Oooh here it is

So do you think police presence doesnt prevent crime? Because if thats the case then maybe we could with less cops and more attorneys? The fuck are you talking about? What do cops do?

Hes saying big cities with a busy nightlife look more like what was described. the loud music, the illegal parking, marijuana...THE HORROR. Bostonians complain about 2am closes and lame night scenes while complaining about how nightlife looks and sounds.

Another example, bostonians want an awesome subway and improved traffic while at the same time not wanting any construction or traffic delays required to make the improvements.

Just a lot of posturing and complaining.

Thats just the way racists who are also ignorant talk. Its not like he thought anybody else has a better idea of what dtx is like, he probably went there once