have never felt unsafe in the city or in T (pre-pandemic). post-pandemic T's hiring bar seems to have suffered and why you see so many T fiascos. 99% you'll be fine

this comment 😂 on other hand its not a bad idea until T gets it's shit together

how much do these babies screech on boylston st turn?

whale watching, so you can be in the middle of the atlantic in the middle of winter 🥶

anytime i return from a vacation, the first thing i appreciate is water

i am afraid that anything outside of boston is going to be more suburban since that's where couples in 30-40s escape to eg: quincy, nashua, framingham, burlington, waltham, worcester

city is filled with univ students and young professionals starting out, which might be more to your liking. but city has lot more older buildings than new...which means they charge substantial premium...1 bed will cost 3k or over. anything lower and real estate agents will be there

i made my peace by choosing an older building...it's affordable, didn't pay broker fee + first & last month only, in a young vibrant area, in walking distance of cafes/diners/bars.

i would recommend coming with a budget, and from there prioritizing which things you absolutely want and what aspects you are willing to compromise on

if im reading this correctly -

• more urban than suburban if you're looking for places to dine & drink in walkable distance
• newer buildings with amenities....that's luxury condos. most of the buildings in the city are old and some recently renovated
• don't like to be near families which means students or young professionals

seaport, somerville, JP, allston fit the bill best

• no brokers fee or deposit...this gonna be near impossible. you can skip out brokers fee at some luxury condos but no deposit is tall order

reading your responses i don't think Boston might be for you

what's your budget? are you against the idea of airbnb'ing? tons of places where you can stay and take T to the garden

my usual go to is dumpling kingdom in allston or dumpling daughter in brookline due to proximity

district kitchen in somerville had good soup dumplings

have you tried places in allston or chinatown?

also takeout >>>>> delivery when it comes to steamed dumplings

my go to is grabbing a shake from Toscanini's and enjoying it at Charles. i would probably grab a pie from area four and do something similar

you will be fine

that was my experience with Marliave

for some reason me and my friends were only allowed to sit at the bar and they wouldn't give us a table

There's a meetup group call "hey siri how do i make friends after college?". YMMV on people you meet

Another option is bumble bff...again YMMV

Muse paint bar in Assembly Row where you can paint, drink and maybe chat with other people

Fine dining establishment. Marliave shut down recently but they used to have strict dress code

Amazon? I ordered my nice loch ness monstah infuser from there. Any shop selling loose leaf tea will carry it. Muji on Newbury has some nice drinkware including tea infuser kettles

nah, took me forever but found a clip - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p4JBpENySIg&t=1266s

i appreciate the Braintree dude too... always got on correct train lol

i remember a driver who made funny announcements. is he still around?

yep

welp, im taking bus to nyc tomorrow morning. how bad would it be?