The benefit under the current method of biannually changing the clock is that we don’t have 8:30 sunrises in the winter (this is good, it’s proven we need daylight to fully awaken) but can also have 9:00 sunsets in the summer (this is unnecessary and actual bad for your health, it tricks your body into staying up later).

Most sleep experts agree that we should be in year-round standard time, and there was a bill proposed called the “Save Our Sleep Act” that would have done this.

Just like the Electoral College every time it comes around it is mentioned then forgotten for another year.

malden and points west...

If we all collectively decide to not acknowledge changing the clocks going forward then they’d HAVE to abolish it no? Power in numbers.

Lol. Local 12 is not hurting for members. The advertising is to promote the union in general. We take an apprentice class every year, but there are way more applicants than spots. Being a woman can definitely help. Knowing someone in the union who will vouch for you will also help. I think it’s too late to apply for this year’s class, but it can’t hurt to go down and talk to them.

This is Greenland the island as opposed to Greenland NH.

Even in the places I don't want I still can't afford a home without it needing lots of work. Houses are just straight up 50% more expensive compared to pre-pandemic. My income certainly ain't up by that amount.

Let's go a half hour in the middle. But please, for the love god, just get everyone in the same damn page.

The US gave it a go in the 70's, but public support dramatically dropped after the first winter.

Your main issue is that you're trying to buy a home that's 2.5x your income, that's pretty conservative. A lot of people do 4-5x, whatever the max the bank will loan them. So in some cases you're losing houses to people who make less money but willing to spend more on the mortgage. I'm not telling you to spend more than you're comfortable with, just putting into perspective what some people around here will do to get a home.

$450k is entry-level now, it's actually the most competitive market segment due to high demand from first time buyers, but also extremely low supply (people with low mortgage rates are stuck in their starter homes and can't move up without incurring a massively bigger payment).

Yes. There was a bill in congress, the Sunshine protection Act, which proposed making daylight savings time permanent. It was passed by the Senate but was then never even voted on by the House of Representatives. That’s congress for you.

The Senate passed it but Pelosi never brought it up for a vote in the House. It’s called the Sunshine Protection Act

Yes, though there are more important things to address, this would be welcome.

You are right, it is possible, but outside of MA, especially in the southern states, if they were to stay in DST for the entire year they would not have light in some cases until nearly 8:00am in the morning. This is one of the major reasons it failed in the 70s when congress did pass legislation keeping DST permanent.

I doubt the country as a whole will change again, but I would like to see MA move to Atlantic time (which may be even a greater challenge). This would essentially allow us to stay on DST year round.

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I'm not in pittsfield but pricewise, aldi. Price Rite is cheap too. Big y for local, but they are on the higher end of the pricing scale. If you want to make a drive and have room in your freezer, Arnold's in Chicopee for Meat.

Big Y is expensive. Good stuff, but expensive. For cheaper groceries, I usually do Trader Joe's or Aldi. Try Mom's House for specialty Asian ingredients.

Farm stands: Atkins, North Hadley Sugar Shack, Barstow's on Rte 47

No. I am in a situation where I am not sure I will be renewing, certainly not 4 months in advance. I do not want to move but if they insist on raising rent that much, well beyond market rate, then why shouldn’t I be looking around? My landlord has repeatedly “negotiated” for me to do things that are in the lease for them to do… snow removal, maintenance, etc. I’ve renewed my lease twice now, and both times they tried to raise the rate 20-25%, well beyond market prices. They are first time amateur landlords and they are being greedy. They have no idea what their property is actually worth, or even what they have. I am acting in good faith, they are not.

Pretty much a tradeoff between health/safety benefits for people active in early morning versus health/economic benefits from having more daylight after normal work hours. The two sides will never agree and thus the stalemate we're stuck with. But generally the pro-DST side is winning and has gained ground, we have like a month more DST than we did when I was a kid.

I'm in.

EVGo is terrible. Chargepoint is clunky but mostly reliable. Electrify America is excellent.

For context my wife and I are $180k in HHI and we can’t afford a home where we want. 3 beds and 2 baths are $450k +. It’s insane

Nope, I said it’s really just Hampden…. Not the Berkshires. You said “isn’t greenfield queer” greenfield is not Berkshires so it’s irrelevant. That’s my point. You were mentioning pointing things.

If a tenant's lease is up and they don't tell the landlord they are leaving until right before I think the only practical recourse would be withholding security deposit, but these days that happens so often for little to no reason at all it's unclear that would be any different.

As to raising rent at the end of lease, technically 30 days notice is required but I certainly have been in situations where landlords regularly did not honor this. You could push back and best case get a month of cheaper rent but at the risk it just turning into a notice to quite. But ultimately it comes down to weather or not you want to stay and the cost and hastle of moving even with 30 days is significant.

I would much prefer ops situation of being told 4 mo ahead what the new terms will be.

Yeah there's no axis but the width of the graph is just one calendar year. The most recent data point for 2023 was the week ending 3/19.

It's going to be worse than 2022, because new listings are down 24% year-over-year.