You “despise people being taken advantage of” yet you’re defending a large government entity instead of a common person. Which one of those do you think is more likely to take advantage of the other? The large government entity or the common person? I understand that many people may play games with the system; however, in this case the dude seems like he has his head on straight and we all know that the RMV can be an absolute poop show.

Holy splamoni that’s awesome

Park at the Boston Common Garage and either take the train or walk. It’s typically a breeze getting in there and it’s only $16 evenings/weekends. But it’s Boston so there’s always a chance you could be sitting in bumper-to-bumper. In that case the safest way is to pretty much hit up the closest train station to where you live and hop colors. The reason why I park under the Common is because I don’t like the trains and I have no idea how late I’ll be in the city. I’ve come very close to missing the last of the trains and having to Uber all the way back to Alewife.

You believe that the simplest conclusion is that a man is lying. I believe the simplest conclusion is that he’s being truthful. You and I see the world differently.

Why are you not able to imagine Occam’s Razor here? Young dude stays with friends in Boston for a month and random Karen calls in the out-of-state car that’s been in her neighborhood for 30 days. Not that difficult to imagine. And whether you like it or not, requesting the dude after-the-fact to register his car in Massachusetts even though he’s a permanent Virginia resident is beyond silly.

We have so many laws that it’s inevitable for them to contradict each other every now and then

It’s called irony

That would be cool to see

Yeah, even from Leominster it takes 1.5 hours. Can you imagine Springfield? You’re looking at a non-guaranteed 3-hour train ride.

Golf courses

Moved from a $1000 1 bedroom to a $1,500 3 bedroom and regretted the choice for a while. Now every 3 bedroom in my area starts at $1,800 and my apartment is now the bargain deal

Cool! Check out the Pioneer Valley and the towns and cities along the Connecticut River. Beautiful, laid back, relatively affordable, and progressive.

Anywhere in the state is good. Just know that we also have redneck towns. I would suggest living in or near an urban hub (Boston, Worcester, Springfield). Depends how close you want to be to the ocean. The closer you get to Boston the more outrageously expensive it is.

I’ll scoot up to Cumbie’s and grab ‘em a pack-a Newpwots

Nah it was a thread having to do with an Asian family moving to a town in MA and they were asking how they would be received. A legit question that the mod perceived as completely racist. Like, they said that even mentioning racial differences in any shape or form is racist and should not be tolerated. The only person in the thread who didn’t get banned was someone who made a comment shitting on everyone else in the thread for being racist. The mod banned us all, copied and pasted the same reasoning.

A couple days later I get a message from another mod apologizing for this “over-zealous” mod. I responded that I simply wanted my ban to be rescinded. But I guess I’m not allowed to message the mods for like 28 days following the ban. I’m annoyed because I spend the most time on the MA sub.

I got permanently banned from that sub for making an innocuous comment in a thread that the mod perceived as so toxic that they banned everyone who commented in said thread

$1,200 on oil so far. I may or may not have to top off the tank in May depending on how much we use it up until then. So that would put us at $1,600 for the year which is typical.

You can clearly see the mound shape in the photo. It’s probably the highest drift on their property.

That’s a stray, injured cat that’s having trouble cleaning its hide. Call the shelter

Courtland

It’s them

Bocado is next on my food bucket list. Endless great things said about it.

That was my third choice behind the tiramisu and almond torte. So good! I’ll get that next time.

Haven’t been to very many, but Mari e Monti was one of the best dining experiences I’ve had

We’re literally always directly on the line between the greater and lesser amounts. And it really depends on whether you’re downslope or upslope in Fitchburg. Massive amounts of snow up by Oakhill every time.