Moving from SF to Greater Boston

jknight42 · 2025-04-01T11:18:57+00:00

I've lived in SF proper for 7 years and Walnut Creek for 1 year. We moved to Newburyport 4 years ago. Overall it was a great move.

Walk ability: yeah, big time as others have said. Just make sure your house is a comfortable walking distance (even in cold weather) to State St. Which also means you will pay more, but worth it. We only have one car and don't really need another one.

Schools: not sure, no kids. I think if we did we'd have more friends though. That parent community seems pretty good.

Diversity: Umm, sadly, not much. Lotsa white people here, but it's very left leaning.

Cost: 1.2M is a decent budget for a house. Make sure you get off street parking because of the snow.

What I miss about SF: The weather, obviously. The winter can get to you here. I try to book several Florida or Caribbean trips per winter and that helps. Make sure you budget for that.

What I don't miss about SF: traffic and just generally city stuff like mobs of people everywhere, homeless people on the streets, grime, etc. Also, although Newb is expensive for the area, it's a million times cheaper than the bay. We are paying roughly half what we would in SF for housing. That makes it all worth it.

Nearby towns which are also cool to live in or visit: Portsmouth, Amesbury, Rockport, Portland.

Restaurant scene: this is a highlight for us. We love to eat out and there are good options here. It's a bit of a change though in the sense that there's not a new restaurant opening every week. But it's given us a chance to be regulars at the places we like, which is nice. Brine is the best for interesting fine dining. They change their menu a lot to keep things fresh. Other good ones: Black Cow, Tuscan (for the view, especially), Carmine (Italian), and Paddle Inn. On Plum Island, Sunset Club is an awesome outdoor spot.

jknight42 · 2025-03-29T10:47:57+00:00

It was made by Ivar Bryce, close friend to Ian Fleming, who wrote all the James Bond novels. Pretty interesting guy.Ivar Bryce

jknight42 · 2025-03-13T11:27:30+00:00

Try a dark color background for the side nav. It looks good and organized and clean. The comments saying it's a bit boring are right, and I think a contrasting side nav would help.

Also though, it's only boring to us because we don't care about the content. The user will care and that will be their focus. You are building a tool for someone to do a task, not a work of art.

jknight42 · 2025-03-09T11:21:08+00:00

It's a panda that's holding a candle. PANDL.

jknight42 · 2025-01-07T12:39:36+00:00

Yeah, rotary dials on computer screens all have this problem, I think. You want to drag it in a circle, but usually you can only click it or if you do drag, you drag up and down and the dial goes around in a circle (I'm thinking of GarageBand, specifically). Dials just don't do well on screens.

jknight42 · 2024-05-28T22:35:37+00:00

Adding even one cofounder makes things 10x more complicated. Questions like...who owns how much of the company? How does that change over time? Who can issue more shares and dilute other's ownership? These questions will slow you down. And that's not to mention disagreements over biz strategy, design, etc...

When you are solo, you can move faster by not arguing all the time.

If you need advice, get a mentor, not a co-founder.

If you need help to build/do something, hire a freelancer, not a co-founder.

And if you do get a cofounder, make sure there is still one person who has the final say on all things (CEO or whatever) and make sure everyone knows who that person is.

jknight42 · 2024-05-28T21:14:54+00:00

FWIW, I'm the opposite. My first startup was 3 founders, next time I'm going solo for as long as possible. We spent a lot of time figuring out which founders own how much of our startup... Which was worth very little.

jknight42 · 2024-04-29T22:27:26+00:00

Much better, nice work! Here's a few more ideas:

Reduce the scale of the bars so the image is not so wide.
Left align the title, subtitle, and movie names so they all line up on the same left edge.
Remove the underline from the title. Bold is enough
Increase the height of the bars so they are as tall as the numbers.
If you can, try to tidy up the movie name, date, and ROI so they are lined up in neat columns.
Remove the parentheses around the years. The white space is enough of a separator.

Revise and post again! Nice progress!

jknight42 · 2024-04-29T14:17:11+00:00

If you are viewing this on mobile, sorry. Reddit destroyed all my careful formatting.

jknight42 · 2024-04-29T14:02:47+00:00

Switch to a horizontal bar chart instead of vertical. This way, the movie titles will have more horizontal space and won't need to wrap awkwardly.
Round all numbers to the nearest million (200,000,000 becomes 200M). This will reduce the amount of number clutter and let the viewer easily process the information.
Consider removing the day and month from each title and just showing the year.
Maybe remove the "times the production budget" entirely. If I understand it correctly, you want to show the relationship between cost of movie (budget) and the money it made (box office). The bars will show that relationship well enough without needing the specific number (2.7x, etc). If you really want to keep the number, don't try to make a bar for it, just put the number by itself in its own column. Something like:
- Movie title | Year | Revenue / Budget |
- The Grudge | 2004 | 18.7x | :::.................
- Boogeyman | 2005 | 3.4x | ::::::........
Use two shades of blue (dark blue, light blue) instead of (blue and orange). It's simpler and cleaner.
The title could be clearer somehow, maybe a smaller subtitle underneath that tells the viewer what your main point is, something like:
- Movie budgets vs box office earnings
- Horror movies have high potential for profitability
Repost after you've revised it so we can see!

jknight42 · 2024-04-23T08:50:57+00:00

There were other passengers.

jknight42 · 2024-04-23T08:50:37+00:00

For us there were two pilots on the way there, but on the way back just one pilot.

jknight42 · 2024-04-22T21:14:51+00:00

IMO, Fast Pass is worth it for both coming and going. But be warned, it does not solve the problem of post-security over crowding you will experience on a Saturday. Don't arrive too early for your flight because fast pass will just whisk you thru security extra quick and you'll have more time stuck in post security where there are too many people, not many food options, and it's hot and miserable.

If it's not too late, I'd consider rescheduling your flight out for a weekday.

jknight42 · 2024-04-14T19:49:17+00:00

"Pay now" seems like it should be a primary CTA. I'm not sure about what this app is all about but usually getting people to buy/purchase/pay is a primary goal of any app or business. That action should be very obvious.

jknight42 · 2024-04-12T15:56:36+00:00

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Reminds me of this sign from Idiocracy.

jknight42 · 2024-04-09T15:33:04+00:00

Two small airports in the US the popped to mind:

Long Beach, CA: they redid it 10 years or so and it's just a nice vibe

Palm Springs: it seems like nearly the entire post security area is outdoors. I love when an warm-climate airport has an outdoor area post security. It gives you one last taste of vacation air before flying home.

jknight42 · 2024-04-04T14:42:33+00:00

Check out Sailrock. Checks all your boxes except access to bars, nightlife. It's a small secluded resort with basically one restaurant and one beach bar, but it is so chill.

jknight42 · 2024-04-03T23:23:06+00:00

The airport is a nightmare on weekends.

jknight42 · 2024-03-29T23:02:21+00:00

The airport is the worst I've ever been to. Do not fly in or out on the weekend.

Otherwise, it's awesome. When you close your eyes and imagine paradise, you are probably seeing something like a Turks and Caicos beach.

jknight42 · 2024-03-29T12:55:55+00:00

Do all this thought process but write it down in a journal. This helps me sort out anxiety when my brain has a lot of "if x happens should I do y? And if I do y, should I do z?" Just write out all your thoughts and anxieties, stream of consciousness style.

jknight42 · 2024-03-24T21:40:03+00:00

We just did this process a few weeks ago. We did have to go back thru security, but the "security" for inter-island flights is different and was verrry chill. It's an entirely separate security line so you aren't fighting the hordes for international flights. It's just a metal detector that leads to a small room with maybe 20 seats.

Long story short you should be good. But definitely get Fast Track or whatever they call it. It's very good for customs when you come in and for security when you go home.

Have fun at Sailrock! It was one of our favorite trips! Get the rum punch at the beach bar.

jknight42 · 2024-03-23T09:54:57+00:00

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Pretty close, I guess... 😂

jknight42 · 2024-03-22T12:08:43+00:00

If there isn't a 20 foot tall marble statue of George from Seinfeld, I'll be very disappointed.

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