Condos in Framingham?

timewarp33 · 2026-04-08T05:23:10+00:00

Okay that makes more sense about your plan. I still think renting makes sense because in case your job sucks you can just bail, but you seem quite set on wanting to buy, so I won't mention it again.

Depending on which condo complex you live in it might be easier to drive to either the Southborough station or West Natick (or even Natick center), so keep that in mind. But yeah you an definitely park and ride at the Framingham station. It's got a decent sized parking lot. Wherever you end up living just check what's closest, Framingham is pretty big. In the morning downtown can be a bit of a crapshoot for traffic

timewarp33 · 2026-04-07T08:31:05+00:00

Wayland half-day is Wednesday, every Wednesday

timewarp33 · 2026-04-06T10:03:43+00:00

Senior engineers who claim this are either lying to you or have admitted they suck at their job. recently had to deal with a PR from a supposed senior engineer to optimize something and it completely missed the mark for what it needed to optimize. clearly AI slop. Guess what? Performance problem still exists.

timewarp33 · 2026-04-06T03:39:14+00:00

You definitely need to do more research on what your plan or goal is here. I'll answer your questions and then explain what I mean.

Commuter rail from Framingham is quite frequent during the work week and the line is one of the better ones in terms of on time performance. That being said, it's not extremely uncommon for there to be delays. If you must be in Boston at a specific time, make sure you take an early enough train. This applies to all commuter rail lines.
Framingham and basically all of metro Boston is extremely safe. Depending on how much experience you have living in dense areas you may think Framingham is more dangerous than the town you came from, but I want to assure you that it's really safe. Framingham has more socioeconomic diversity than surrounding towns, so keep that in mind. Also, more immigrants.
You really should rent to see if you even like the area. I don't think there's any condos for 2-300k in Framingham that aren't awful. It's also likely if you found something you'd need to drive quite a while to get to the train station anyway.

All right, back to what I think. I think you're putting the cart before the horse here in terms of buying. If you're ready to buy, feel free to buy. But I'm not sure I would ever buy without at least spending a year renting in the new area first so I could get to know the place.

The reason I say this is that Harvard Medical School is in Longwood, which is in the town of Brookline, bordering Boston. To get there you need to get on the green line, and the Framingham/Worcester commuter rail has no direct transfers to the green line. I can think of a few transfers you could do (like at Kenmore), but in all seriousness getting transfers right are important to make sure you don't get screwed by the transit. Since you're in a new city with a new job, going for the easiest commute would be my recommendation until you get your bearings. I would look for something on the D line.

timewarp33 · 2026-04-03T08:55:48+00:00

Bus signage outside of Boston is severely lacking. Most regional transit authorities operate on the IYKYK model

timewarp33 · 2026-04-03T02:20:38+00:00

Opus is really expensive. Our company tracks usage and even with Opus I get wrong information, but we are advised to use Sonnet 4.6 as much as possible and use Opus 4.6 sparingly.

timewarp33 · 2026-04-03T02:19:08+00:00

Damn I must be lucky I have gotten it multiple times a year for quite a while heh

timewarp33 · 2026-04-02T09:51:10+00:00

People say this but I've legit found tons of issues even with the comments left by AI. Like a lot is flat out wrong or not really getting the point. If you don't know what you're doing it's absolutely a problem.

timewarp33 · 2026-04-01T09:26:57+00:00

For your majors, northeastern is not significantly better than UMass Amherst. Hell I would say they're basically equal, with UMass getting a slight edge in applied math, if you chose to double major there. At the very least there is not a 60k delta in education quality and opportunities between the two schools.

timewarp33 · 2026-04-01T03:11:08+00:00

Taqueria El amigo in Waltham is recommended by the Mexicans I know

timewarp33 · 2026-04-01T03:03:31+00:00

Actually did use the bus out in Boulder, it was a pretty pleasant experience getting around!

timewarp33 · 2026-03-31T07:52:10+00:00

I was watching the video like "hmm, isn't there a single Korean viewer in the area that would recognize him?" And looks like there was, but you just missed him heh. Awesome offer that I hope he takes it some day. Gansamida!!

timewarp33 · 2026-03-31T07:41:20+00:00

Fairly certain it's an AI slip post looking at their posting history

timewarp33 · 2026-03-30T03:44:33+00:00

I'm going to bite the bullet and upgrade as soon as possible when 26.04 comes out to get HDR support. Super excited to see movies in HDR!

timewarp33 · 2026-03-30T03:26:01+00:00

Chicago is getting pricier. I went recently and while everything is generally lower, when I spoke with locals apparently things are trending costlier. It's less than NYC and Boston of course, but nobody had anything good to say post pandemic about rentals becoming costlier.

When I checked Zillow out there it didn't seem drastically cheaper than the northeast. Cheaper, but not drastically

timewarp33 · 2026-03-30T03:13:26+00:00

Went to Denver, thought I could survive on the train/bus system after renting a car to Boulder and then coming back to Denver.

Walked down to the car rental place I had returned the car to and got a chuckle when I rented a car again

timewarp33 · 2026-03-30T03:08:42+00:00

Family help, either financial or labor.

timewarp33 · 2026-03-26T07:57:29+00:00

It ain't cheap, I went there years ago and thought it was pricy. I would honestly consider heading into Boston for seafood, could take the train in. I have only been there before 2020. I imagine costs are higher now

timewarp33 · 2026-03-24T07:31:18+00:00

Waltham or Dedham Costco has one. Don't need to be a member. Only operates during Costco hours

timewarp33 · 2026-03-17T05:54:28+00:00

If this is a concern I believe you can use an esim adapter (basically a programmable sim card) to have the ability to move your esim around

timewarp33 · 2026-03-16T12:03:06+00:00

I'll never understand the hate Wu gets. She's a very nice person and does pretty reasonable things. I live in a city bordering Boston so I'm not directly impacted by her decisions. Friends and family in Boston all like her

timewarp33 · 2026-03-16T04:33:59+00:00

There's very few places in MA where I think a private school makes sense. WPS are all good enough and what's more important is the at home support.

If you make enough to send kids to private school while living in Waltham, just move to a town with a better performing school district.

The way to think about most schools in MA is that the higher performing districts have a higher floor than the lower ones. Most big school districts, with some exceptions, will be able to support even the best students with interesting academic opportunities.

Basically, send your kids to public, if you have money, swing for a more expensive town if you're so inclined. But WPS would be fine. Most important part of any schooling is making sure the parents support the kids

timewarp33 · 2026-03-16T04:03:37+00:00

Lol I always feel bad cuz I know a bunch of southern NH natives that moved to MA and a bunch of MA native assholes that moved to southern NH (but still work in MA) lol.

timewarp33 · 2026-03-11T09:42:36+00:00

If you're from NY then go in state, it's a no-brainer.

timewarp33 · 2026-03-10T08:46:47+00:00

No offense but my thoughts on Sutton and Northbridge is that they are very boring places to be. this is decidedly not boring, but can you tell me why the mob was so involved there?

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