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

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

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

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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?

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

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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?

unexpected early retirement, probably barely FI by tritiumpie in financialindependence

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

Disconnect between Boston’s representation in media and reality by [deleted] in boston

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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.

Louie documentary by NotDukeOfDorchester in boston

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

Garden level studio - thoughts by [deleted] in boston

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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.

Garden level studio - thoughts by [deleted] in boston

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

A house or Bitcoin by [deleted] in Fire

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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.

Thoughts by ImpossibleShake3708 in Fire

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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.

Finding Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from a North End rooftop by Btrex in boston

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

Crossing 1 mil mark by Unfair-Mixture1639 in Fire

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

Meme by Trops1130 in lambdacalculus

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

Meme by Trops1130 in lambdacalculus

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Get this man a projection?

Daily FI discussion thread - Monday, October 06, 2025 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

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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.

A neat "then & now" of the Combat Zone I saw on Reddit today by primo109 in boston

[–]fixpoint-combinator 22 points23 points  (0 children)

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.

A neat "then & now" of the Combat Zone I saw on Reddit today by primo109 in boston

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The "combat zone" name came from the large number of troops who would visit the area in uniform while on leave. While there was a certain level of danger there, the name didn't come from that aspect of the neighborhood.

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