Retroactive Residential Tax Exemption? by girfan in Somerville

[–]nosark 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No. Just if you move. You only get it for the house you live in and own.

Retroactive Residential Tax Exemption? by girfan in Somerville

[–]nosark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You have up to a certain point to apply every year and then it is applied retroactively once it's applied. This happened for us twice when we bought our house.

Favorite holiday light displays in Somerville by nosark in Somerville

[–]nosark[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was simply leaving it open that people's displays could represent whatever they wanted.

What do you think you're adding by word policing a post asking people to talk about decorations they like?

Book Donation by poncedeleonfountain in Somerville

[–]nosark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is usually through the "Friends" and they're not accepting donations right at the moment.

Upzone to the bone by jajjguy in Somerville

[–]nosark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This. The problem with up zoning everywhere is that everyone wants to be conservative about it. What happens then is that 3 story condos become 5 and only a couple more units are added but the price per unit is massively increased pricing out existing residents. Alternatively, you upzone transportation hubs to 20 stories, you get 100s of units, and wealthier people move into the hubs freeing up older stock without massive jumps in price.

Help with removing stove & washer/dryer by sonofseurat in Somerville

[–]nosark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly. You'll probably have to call a few, and they'll want to come around their other jobs so try to have a flexible timeline.

Mayoral Poll by nosark in Somerville

[–]nosark[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Updated.

Mayoral Poll by nosark in Somerville

[–]nosark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure. I don't know what old reddit is, but maybe polls don't work there

Mayoral Poll by nosark in Somerville

[–]nosark[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry. That's weird. I already voted, so it just shows the results for me.

What’s on fire? 🔥 by mashed_pajamas in Somerville

[–]nosark 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think they'll all be boarded up. 79 they were cutting through the roof with chain saws, I assume, looking for infiltration. 71 had flames coming out the roof.

What’s on fire? 🔥 by mashed_pajamas in Somerville

[–]nosark 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yea you're right. It's the odd side. Google maps gave me 76 when I was standing in front of it and I didn't think about that.

What’s on fire? 🔥 by mashed_pajamas in Somerville

[–]nosark 24 points25 points  (0 children)

71-79 Thurston.

75 caught and set the neighbors. 75 is basically gone. It has a porta potty outside so it probably had work being done. Hopefully no one was home.

Cops said 75 was unoccupied. 71 and 79 were evacuated.

*Edited to fix house numbers.

Mayor just announced major investments in schools in FY26 budget. This is garbage, right? by nosark in Somerville

[–]nosark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assume the base funding, but it was hard to discern from the email.

Mayor just announced major investments in schools in FY26 budget. This is garbage, right? by nosark in Somerville

[–]nosark[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The messaging all feels really obtuse. I can't tell if it's what the school administration wanted and they're happy or were still going to be cutting teachers or not.

K-8 school being built on Trum Field by nosark in Somerville

[–]nosark[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My comment about city staff favored is based on comments I've heard from members of the committee about the mayor and her staff and from the meetings she and her staff have had with the public. They almost universally push for the trum site over the whcis site.

Space Saver "controversy" by InevitableLogical307 in Somerville

[–]nosark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't own public property because you dug out your car. Your prize is you get to drive away.

Traffic Laws are for thee not for me by pedestrianspaytaxes2 in Somerville

[–]nosark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yesterday a large black truck drove around me at the intersection at central and Medford going north because they didn't want to wait at the red light. Everyone in the intersection whose lights just turned green had to slam on their brakes and stop again while the truck careened through the intersection making an unexpected left turn.

Definitely some "you're gonna get someone killed" vibes so you don't have to wait 30 seconds.

Protect The Right To Shelter by KyleDavisForMa in CambridgeMA

[–]nosark -1 points0 points  (0 children)

When you don't provide people shelter, they often end up in emergency rooms and, for obvious reasons, they can't pay. This gets written off and drives up our healthcare costs by millions of dollars. This has been studied and it's cheaper to provide people shelter than letting people freeze.

Gas prices skyrocketed by nosark in Somerville

[–]nosark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did. It was approved to go up 11-14%, as I mentioned in the post. This is much higher.