They tore down Showcase Cinemas in Revere that was there for decades… for an empty Amazon warehouse. I had my first date in that movie theater. It’s both extremely depressing and infuriating

A city can't function solely with high wage, white collar professionals, and there's a practical limit to how far low and middle wage workers can commute from cheaper exurbs.

We're seeing the cracks starting to form now. It's getting harder and harder to find city workers to take jobs that historically have been pretty desirable, even if they only offered modest wages in return for stability and great benefits. Bus and train drivers, teachers, nurses, etc are necessary to make the city run, but don't offer the high salaries that are increasingly necessary to afford living within or reasonably near the city. A complete drain of vital workers as cost of living continues to rapidly outpace wage growth.

We're facing an exodus of working class people from exactly the places where they are needed. These high cost of living hubs will be the homes of the very wealthy and the desperately poor and few in between. A city full of elites but no teachers or garbage collectors because they can only afford to live 2 hrs away.

High cost homes and tent cities surrounded by massive congestion as the people who help make the city run languish in long, miserable commutes.

Hope the NIMBYs enjoy the neighborhood character they fought so hard to preserve. It'll sorta still be there as long as they avert their eyes from the nightmare of extreme poverty and homelessness they are creating.

The same applies in expensive vacation spots like the Cape or the Berkshires. People buying or renting expensive houses only to find that there's no waiters at the restaurants or all the other service jobs that don't pay the high salaries required to live there.

The company I used to work for did some construction work for a contractor that got a Amazon warehouse in CT.

Everything is completed for the past 3 months, but the warehouse is still sitting empty.

Yeah this is the only article there is and all it says is no one knows anything. I agree I think the buildings will just sit empty now. The one near me is completely unsecure and has no cameras around it at all so it doesn’t seem to be of much concern to the company. As to the subsidies you may be right but Amazon is notorious for demanding consideration from local governments for its warehouses so I’m skeptical. And that’s to say nothing of the opacity of our state government.

https://www.wcvb.com/amp/article/amazon-fresh-grocery-store-locations-dormant-massachusetts/43249583

I’m pretty sure due to their financial situation and layoffs they’re re-evaluating their brick and mortar strategy. I wouldn’t be surprised if they either sit dormant for a while or close all together.

I can’t speak to subsidies but they could be part of a federal opportunity zone potentially. I doubt they received anything specific for these stores.

There was a Big Y on rt 1 Saugus that has the same thing going on. It’s looked like an Amazon fresh for month, if not a year, but shows no signs of opening.

Don’t get discouraged! You may not find a brand new house but there are plenty of options here. I purchased my house for only 250k it was before Covid and needs some work. Other areas that are very nice and have great schools, Bellingham, medway, Ashland, holliston parts of Framingham.

You could try the Thai Place. Favorite of Indiana Jones and Han Solo.

Corporate ownership of most property. A rent burden of over 50%. No mass transit options.

It really depends on what you need done. Unfortunately I had a nearly whole roof replacement ($36k). I went with Newpro because they had financing that was relatively low. But the roof has a 50 year warranty, the company has existed for a long time so it’s likely they will still exist in that 50 year period should I need them.

Fake account asking a fake question. Notably, they left off what part of the state they are in, which, for this type of question, makes all the difference.

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Try northwestregisteredagent.com to set up LLC, cost starts at $39 +state fee, no hidden fee.

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My Thai Vegan Cafe! It’s vegan but damn good! Its near the commons/China town in Boston!

I’m personally a big fan of Ruk Mae in Stoughton.

My wife is vegetarian and loves Grasshopper in Allston, Dumpling House in Cambridge, Noah's Kitchen in Brookline (especially vegan dan dan noodles) and the tofu banh mi at Ba Le in Dorchester.

“Le’s” in dorchester and Cambridge, as close as you’re going to get for authentic Vietnamese food besides being invented to dinner by a Vietnamese family.

You would want to get insurance too as well ,sorry , usually the insurance company contacts the registry

Search all the locations. I ended up going to Greenfield since it was pretty much the only place with appointments before mine expired. Some people have luck with AAA but I didn't unfortunately. I did notice different times would show up on different days so you might get lucky but I didn't want to chance it.

>What does Massachusetts housing look like in 2040?

Anyone making under $350K a year now lives in Albany and commutes 6 hours into Boston for work. I-90 from Albany to Boston sets a world record for most congested road in the world.

IIRC you are not likely to get a medical exemption. Very few are given each year. You would have to have a serious medical condition requiring darker tints.

Or perhaps park off street after the first couple of tickets.

I’ve heard a reopening is on the cards.

Boy do I feel this. Glad to know I’m not alone.