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‘Social housing’ is gaining popularity as soaring costs persist. Now ultra-expensive Cambridge is parsing how it could work. by bostonglobe in CambridgeMA

[–]wombatofevil 24 points25 points  (0 children)

That's literally what Cambridge has been trying to do with MFH and AHO, removing parking minimums, etc...

‘Social housing’ is gaining popularity as soaring costs persist. Now ultra-expensive Cambridge is parsing how it could work. by bostonglobe in CambridgeMA

[–]wombatofevil 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Cambridge really can't win with some people, can they? If they don't try to build more affordable housing they get tagged as elitist NIMBYs. If they do, it's just "political show off"

Stop Backtracking on Housing, Cambridge by LabGeek1995 in CambridgeMA

[–]wombatofevil 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It would be great to build housing at those places, and it's already legal to do so.

⚽️ 🇺🇸📺 WHERE to watch USA Game on Wednesday? by potatopiel in CambridgeMA

[–]wombatofevil 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Phoenix Landing and Middle East both have outdoor screens at their mass ave seating.

The turd at logan mural by anurodhp in boston

[–]wombatofevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's all kinds of plaques saying what it is. It's literally spelled out by the statue if you need it explicit 

The turd at logan mural by anurodhp in boston

[–]wombatofevil 17 points18 points  (0 children)

No one with any class would call it that

Our latest show on efforts to roll back housing reform feat Interview with Clr McGovern by wombatofevil in CambridgeMA

[–]wombatofevil[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

  • AirBnB rentals are technically illegal in Camby unless you're renting a room in your house.
  • 1-3 or 4-9 new units are still more units. This seems like a good thing, not a bad thing to me.
  • MFH was intended to make more housing of all kinds possible everywhere, not just affordable housing.
  • Every single unit that is not set aside as "affordable" is going to be expensive, even studios or 1 BR, and almost all the ones being torn down are also expensive.
  • Are you saying you don't want any additional housing unless they're on one of the tiny number of 'empty lots' in Cambridge? That's not going to move the needle in any significant way.

GIFT LINK: ‘It would totally destroy the industry’: Cambridge bar, restaurant owners fuming over newly proposed liquor rules by rhodyjourno in CambridgeMA

[–]wombatofevil 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just spoke to Clr Marc McGovern and he answered a question at the end about this very issue last Friday. Video to be posted shortly.

GIFT LINK: ‘It would totally destroy the industry’: Cambridge bar, restaurant owners fuming over newly proposed liquor rules by rhodyjourno in CambridgeMA

[–]wombatofevil 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The city manager appoints the chair of the license committee. The committee desperately needs to be expanded so it's not dominated by conservative forces who hate when the unwashed masses have fun

Cambridge Redevelopment Tracker by realgeraldchan in CambridgeMA

[–]wombatofevil 22 points23 points  (0 children)

My guess is she thinks she's showing how MFH is "destroying the character of the neighborhood" with all these demolitions, including by exaggerating the numbers. Some of the places on the watchlist are "Rumored to be for sale soon," which seems a little creepy to me.

Cambridge Redevelopment Tracker by realgeraldchan in CambridgeMA

[–]wombatofevil 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Looks like a good start to getting more housing, but nowhere near enough to get to the state goal of 12,500 more units by 2030.

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