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Largest Mass Resignation in US History as 100k Federal Workers Quit (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

I don't live in Boston. I own a home in a nearby city. I can get to the subway line, but the connections required blow.

Let's just pretend I live at oak grove and I work at vertex pharmaceuticals. They're RIGHT over the bridge at seaport. What's the sensible public transit option aka not a 18 minute walk from orange line to vertex?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    For another thought experiment, try living in Wilmington and commuting to Vertex. There's a rail station right there. It gets nightmarish especially if we have snowpocalypse again.

    Everyone I know who lives in Boston who is not exceptionally wealthy or in a very high paying role (350k+/yr) is very young and living with roommates. The second you have a couple of kids the math gets real tough to justify anything. Most of the working professionals I knew 10 years ago who were just about to turn 40 were buying homes out in Salem, Beverly or some other distant commuter rail destination to raise their kids. Even the guy who owned a 2BR condo downtown did this as his kid got to kindergarten age ended up in Stoughton.

    I've also lived and commuted from Cleveland Circle and i'd take a cambridge pharma job over that vertex commute any day of the week.

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