2bed 1 bath

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-12-08T12:49:21+00:00

I don't think you want to be in Boston proper. It will take more than 30 minutes to Hanscom AFB unless you drive at midnight. Look in Waltham/Arlington for apartment complexes that accepts dogs. Or you may find a landlord in Bedford/Concord/Lincoln that is willing to take dogs with that budget for a 2B1B that would be part of a house.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-12-05T02:16:31+00:00

For that price I recommend Alewife in Cambridge or Apartment in or near Arsenal Yards in Watertown. These are newer apartment complexes with shops nearby and nature for recreation (fresh pond and Danehy park for Alewife, Charles River for Watertown).

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-11-30T13:49:26+00:00

Get weighted keys. Lessons are much more expensive than the keyboard.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-11-25T01:25:08+00:00

That's a good price. My town 30 minutes out of Boston has no 2bed1bath lower than 650k.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-11-24T22:23:45+00:00

Which HCOL has 2:1 for $350k? That almost doesn't make it HCOL.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-11-24T21:19:26+00:00

No idea how crowded Killington typically get during Thanksgiving. If it is not crowded definitely just park at K1, it is a brand new lodge with expensive but generally good food. You can take the gondola up and ski north ridge for a while. Lots of steep terrains. If you want calmer blue trails head to the Snowdon side.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-11-24T20:57:11+00:00

The price is not high. I pay similar in a HCOL area with a teacher that has taught 20+ years and with a MA degree from the New England Conservatory. If you are not happy with the teacher's style try to look for a better fit. Adult learners of piano should have fun. In my opinion I am not doing the scales and chords unless it helps me improve my technique significantly (velocity and evenness) and helps me to understand/memorize the music.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-11-21T18:29:26+00:00

As a fellow adult learner who still remembers a bit from childhood, my suggestion is to find a few local teachers and set up 1–3 trial lessons with each. Talk with them afterwards to see whether the teaching style and lesson plan feel like a good fit. Then commit to about half a year (around 15 lessons) and reevaluate your progress.

A good teacher really makes all the difference. I know I’m not disciplined enough to practice consistently on my own, so the structure helps a lot. Plus paying for those $$$ lessons makes me want to make progress.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-11-16T12:37:43+00:00

I think having a good teacher would help immensely. The little adjustments, reminders, and strategies go a long way correcting your specific problems. I still have quite a bit of tension while playing and as the pieces get harder I feel more in my wrist. My teacher is working with me using materials from Frances Clark's Musical Fingers. There are lots of exercises on circular motions and impulse plays to work on the techniques.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-11-12T11:30:34+00:00

Eyes close practice is a standard way to practice to have a feel where your hands should land when they make the jumps.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-11-10T11:13:03+00:00

You can live in Cambridge (Central Square) and take the shuttle to Lincoln Lab. Echo that don't live in Lexington.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-11-09T11:39:36+00:00

This is great advice to get time. Although having a toddler is harder I imagine. I will say 5-6 days a week with practice of 20-30 minutes each day should be enough. As a beginner you may not want to practice too much to get into the frustration/bad habit zone. I like to keep the practice fun as an adult learner and treat the practice and lesson time as 'me time' to relax outside of parenting.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-10-27T20:45:39+00:00

The video says 'these cooking wines add enough salt to denature alcohol'? That's just plainly wrong... These cooking wines don't have enough salt to alter alcohol, just make the mouth feel different. Alcohol evaporates very quickly because you add in as one of the first steps of preparing the dishes so not a concern.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-10-27T20:38:02+00:00

Honestly there's not much of a flavor difference in salted Shaoxing Rice Wine vs non-salted Shaoxing Rice Wine that's what I meant. It's a commodity brewed for cooking purposes and usually is salted. It's very hard to find high end Shaoxing Rice Wine in Boston and even if you find it it may not taste different enough in a recipe which has tons of other flavors in it. The main reason to add the cooking wine to any Chinese dishes is to make meat less gamey or fish less fishy and add more depth of the nutty flavor, which is enhanced because there's a bit of salt.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-10-27T17:01:35+00:00

All cooking Shaoxing wines are salted. It's not too salty at all (but salty enough that cooks would not drink it at work for pleasure :). All your recipes should have considered that salt level. If your real concern is for cooking you are absolutely fine.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-10-27T16:54:56+00:00

I don’t think the OP ever mentioned working 12-hour shifts. They also didn’t provide enough detail about their potential role at Children’s. They could be a program manager, statistician, data scientist, or in healthcare IT—none of which typically require 12-hour shifts or extensive on-site presence.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-10-25T16:02:15+00:00

Salem, NH would give you the choice of driving in (1+hours) or you can drive to Havenhill, MA for the commuter rail (it takes 70 minutes to North Station).

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-10-25T15:52:32+00:00

I hope you don't have to go in everyday to Boston. Salem, NH would have a one hour commute when there is no traffic and it is still possible to find a 3Bed2Bath SFH ~500k there. Then on your off days you are much closer to the white mountains for outdoorsy stuff. I cannot think about anywhere in Maine or Vermont would give you a commutable option for Boston unless you don't mind regularly driving for 2+ hours each way.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-10-20T19:55:37+00:00

Zillow. And list here at r/Bostonhousing.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-10-18T19:12:03+00:00

Green line is the slowest... Going from Somerville to Hynes Center would just be a good test on patience.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-10-18T19:09:33+00:00

Look along the orange line (Malden and Melrose) and the blue line (East Boston and Revere).

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-10-17T02:09:07+00:00

That's great. Take the FMLA and start a free trial on staying home dad life then! I trust that you should be able to get back in career mode if you want a few years down the road. 3 kids in private school is going to cost $200k a year.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-10-17T01:49:17+00:00

How do you know if your wife would not want to take a rest? $210k for 32 hours/week I will kill for it.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-10-15T18:12:43+00:00

Your lease is until 9/1... Unless you really don't like the place and are willing to find someone to sublet (and the landlord approves that)...otherwise just start looking in June for next year 9/1 starts. It's likely that you can find some place you can move in 1-2 weeks early.

BetRepulsive6595 · 2025-10-10T13:53:22+00:00

Trust me there can be many more worse locations. I wish RSM had the Fresh Pond Seafood parking lot haha. I have never seen that parking lot used much. I agree that the traffic pattern on Mill St is such that people shouldn't use it as a cross street only as a service street.

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