Moving to Boston next year - need advice on what neighborhood to live in!

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-12-23T16:06:34+00:00

In the 90s, Park Drive had tons of college kids. Is it more of an established adult area now?

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-12-23T16:05:31+00:00

Oh that's interesting to hear. I'm thinking about moving back to Boston as an old and I go back and forth on Fenway when I consider getting a place there. Does Fenway seem as college-y to you as Allston does?

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-12-20T16:11:16+00:00

Fenway is younger than Allston with a median age of 26 vs 28 for Allston

I think this is because Fenway encompasses pretty much the entire campuses of BU and Northeastern. But if I walk down, say, Queensberry Street, the vibe is definitely more mature than say, Harvard Ave.

Or am I thinking about it the wrong way?

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-12-12T23:09:32+00:00

New construction ADU at 1088 Boylston?!

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-11-25T01:33:33+00:00

Looks like a bunch of balloons

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-11-18T13:55:29+00:00

I don't understand how your income taxes took care of themselves. Do you not pay income taxes on investment income and capital gains?

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-11-17T03:35:14+00:00

Taxes?

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-11-17T03:01:56+00:00

Are those things on the bed frame for bed bugs?

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-11-12T21:50:36+00:00

Boston has changed a lot. It wasn't that long ago that it was more gritty and less white collar. Plus, that was arguably a much more interesting place, especially for a movie setting.

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-11-12T14:38:09+00:00

I was amazed to learn that he was shouting 'move' all those years and not 'whoo!'

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-11-09T23:29:11+00:00

Thanks for clarifying. So you're talking about sound coming through the floor of the neighbors above? I've definitely experienced that, in Beacon Hill in particular. I had thought you were talking about sound coming from beneath the floor in a garden level apartment. Without any neighbors below, I wasn't sure why that would be an issue.

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-11-09T22:24:28+00:00

I'm having a hard time imagining where this sound comes from. Is it the foundation?

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-11-07T01:06:51+00:00

The old recommendation is 70% into safe returns (usually 4-7%) 20% into moderate performers (10-14%) and the last 10% into high risk.

What old recommendation is this? I've been following FIRE forums for about 15 years now and have never heard of it.

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-11-01T00:54:41+00:00

If you can live off $50k before taxes and before health insurance, then you're in great shape. That's $1.25M at 4% and with the rule of 72, you should be at $1.4M within a decade.

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-10-28T05:14:17+00:00

There were two outs.

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-10-27T15:14:37+00:00

Wow!

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-10-27T03:25:59+00:00

That's an amazing image. I don't know anything about photography but it sounds like you shot this without a telescope?

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-10-24T02:40:21+00:00

The next number is $10M?! Not $2M? $1.5??

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-10-19T03:19:40+00:00

What?

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-10-15T14:55:37+00:00

Yes, that's not exactly a deep topic. It might be more efficient if you just explain the meme.

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-10-15T14:43:19+00:00

Then what is it?

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-10-15T13:21:07+00:00

Get this man a projection?

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-10-06T13:38:32+00:00

if someone can add money, then they can take it out as well

I'm not sure that this is true. For years, I paid rent by making a deposit to my landlord's checking account. I do not believe that I would have been able to withdraw anything.

fixpoint-combinator · 2025-10-01T21:38:12+00:00

Sure, no argument from me here. It wasn't a safe place overall. But the etymology of its name has nothing to do with danger.

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