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UltravioletClearance t1_iwqazrh wrote

The arlington buy nothing page is a trip. It's amazing what rich people will throw away.

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Jer_Cough t1_iwrafhr wrote

Dude when I was a mover, I furnished my apartment with really nice castoffs from Newton/Belmont/Wellesley/Weston/Lexington/etc. A coworker even copped a 2 year old side by side Subzero fridge. Rich folk are not shy about shedding belongings when they move.

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noothanksreddit t1_iwrexi9 wrote

I went to Brandeis. Oh boy, when I visited my friend who grew up in Weston...

I didn't know someone so close to Boston could own so much land. Acres.

They renovated the basement with 16 fucking bunk beds for when family came over and there was a fucking wall climb wall! Shit was like only 10-12 feet, Clearly for children under teenage years.

We literally fucking made Simba jokes. "Everything the sun touches, it is yours."

I have only ever lived in apartments, and have been homeless 3 times. The shock was fucking unreal. Oh, he had a bedroom AND a playroom, fully equipped with Oculus VR (I want to say around 2018?), Foosball table, you name it. His fucking okay room was worth more than my life.

Anyways I just wanted to say I saw a ton of genuine marble furniture around those parts. The worst part is? Even if you were smart enough to resell it, shit is so fucking heavy a regular person couldn't just load it onto their car.

Edit: Forgot to add that the play room was in A SEPARATE WING OF THE HOUSE. Mother fucker had such a big house, they had to section shit off. FAFSA FUCKED me. I probably paid more for college than he did lol.

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ChildOfHeist t1_iwr2xhr wrote

It's amazing Arlington is now considered a rich people town. As recently as the 90s it was a squarely middle class, largely Catholic suburb. You had to go to Wellesley or Weston or parts of Belmont and Lexington to find the truly rich. Arlington was always fine but never considered one of the most desirable towns.

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noothanksreddit t1_iwsexv6 wrote

It's because the concept of Rich has changed.

You own a house in Arlington? You're rich.

Got 10 acres and a cranberry bog in Weston? You're rich.

You own a tiny little apartment on the 14th floor of a building in downtown? You're rich.

The concept of renting has literally caused generations of people to not be able to understand a wage gap nor actually having to provide for themselves, because again, daddy mommy money.

The shit I saw at Brandeis was absolutely ridiculous. Not even going to talk about the excessive abuse of Adderall and the cover ups of rape.

Gotta keep your image somehow!

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SuperMario17 t1_iwsg3ns wrote

Is this a Facebook page?

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HP-DocLady t1_iwumhj2 wrote

Yes there are FB groups for each locale of greater Boston area. It's moderated.

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tim_p t1_iwujxlo wrote

I've been in the Medford one for years. It's very cozy, has a great community feeling!

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