A significant portion of Boston apartments have gas ranges. I mean its gotta be nearly half anyway I would argue even more. I dont think it is by any means a needle in a haystack situation you are in

I agree. However, I’ve toured 15ish properties in Medford, Malden, Waltham and Burlington but couldn’t find one. Maybe the condos or independent houses still have it but unfortunately that doesn’t work for me :(

Lots of properties still have gas stoves.. You should ask them before you tour. Most of the luxury buildings and new construction will probably have electric though.

Anything remotely new will likely only have electric cooktops.

The last 2 apartments I had in Brookline both had gas as well as in Malden. Honestly I have electric now and don’t miss it. Especially the fumes

You can ask realtors/managers before you tour I guess. It’s not an unreasonable question, just not a common one. I ask weird questions that are relevant to my search all the time, like is there a tub because I don’t like standups. If you know what you want, they’ll appreciate not wasting time showing you things you don’t. Hopefully.

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Make your broker earn their fee. Tell them what you are looking for and make them find you places that tick all the boxes. Every triple decker I've ever rented had a gas stove and heat/hw.

They are going to be phased out though, so maybe expand your search to include induction cooktops if you are looking in luxury apartment buildings. You may find they are the best alternative.

out of curiosity, was this on your must-have list a month ago?

Induction>>>>gas>glass top

I have yet to find a place that doesn't have a gas stove and I'm hoping for electric. Maybe we need to exchange listings.

My building in the South End does. They're actually pretty common bar in recently renovated places

Depends on the cook. Even the pizza joints and most restaurants are resisting the change in NYC.

I was thinking the same thing. This reeks to high heaven of some sort of idiotic conservative thought process. I'm willing to bet OP would turn down a unit with an induction stove like a moron.

Real world advantages of a gas stove: you can cook without electricity…..and that’s it.

The watson

My man has spent weeks looking for a place with a gas stove instead of an electric one, a decision that has absolutely zero impact on the day to day life living in his new place. Weirdo stuff

Lol not at all. I’m originally not from this country and there are some things that I cook in need a gas stove and cannot be done on an induction cooktop. For eg. cooking a sandwich in this: https://a.co/d/6voti1n

I have been eating sandwiches cooked in this growing up and I want an option to cook one when I like once in a while.

Also definitely not a conservative. So much that I was fortunate enough to be offered a job in California but I chose one in Boston because this city (and state) is more liberal than the likes of SF & LA.

Good call, real cooks and Chefs cook on gas. Much quicker and more even heating, responsive temperature changes, and instant cool down if you need it.

Not sure home people cook things like eggs on electric coils or ceramic? I feel like it always burns that way and induction is great, but expensive, so unlikely unless it's a pretty high end apartment.

Anyway, good luck! You might be able to see gas meters on the outside of the building, which would be a good hint that the Apartment Complex likely has gas stoves.

> Make your broker earn their fee.

Make a Massachusetts apartment broker earn their fee challenge, difficulty: impossible

Induction stoves are rare for rentals, also the normal typical electric stove found is trash If you like to cook a lot

Great for power outages, but do you get that many in the city proper?

No. We get almost none. Power seems to go out on the south shore & the cape every time a kindergartener sneezes. Outages in Boston are minimal and tend get fixed fast. (Electricians up here do get bat signals that they need to rush down to the cape... again... to do line work.)

Yeah that's what I thought. I never remember losing power in Brighton or Cambridge. Very rare in quincy too. Annually in Weymouth 😆

They heat up faster and they don't retain heat when you turn them off. Don't think those are big enough reasons to dictate where I want to live though.

As much as I prefer a gas stove you might be huffing to much of it if you've skipped 15 properties based solely on that reason.

I'm not sure that the extra time to get initial heat matters overall. The time difference thing matters for quick cooking stuff, but if you're doing something like boiling a pot of water, cooking chicken in a frying pan, or something like that? The more efficient option is electric by a wide margin.

More efficient yes, but gas are still better for cooking in terms of even cooking and timing. Feel like you shouldn't be arguing that they're the same, you should be arguing that the benefits don't outweigh the negatives.

I'm not saying they're the same. Gas stoves are inferior. By a wide margin before you factor in..

50 year old appliance technology that's been slowly replaced for decades being a culture war flashpoint is among the dumbest things I've seen in my life and we've been living in exceptionally dumb times.

They are not inferior for cooking, that's the whole point. Why would every new restaurant be using gas stoves if they're inferior?

I’m surprised you aren’t finding any. Something to keep an eye out for, if an ad specifically says “tenant pays gas”, there’s a good chance it’s a gas stove. Two places I’ve lived were “tenants pay gas,” which was like $12/mo because it was only for the stove (gas heat was included in rent).

You should also be able to tell from pictures… gas stoves will not have a smooth flat glass top.

Resisting the change doesn't make induction cooktops worse efficiency wise. It's just a matter of familiarity and bias.

Im not so sure it’s about efficiency. It’s about properly cooking food. I myself have not tried a good induction stovetop so I’ll not make an opinion yet. But my understanding is that you need a really good one to have the same ability to control the heat and very specific cookware.

A majority of the apartments in eastie have gas