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UltravioletClearance t1_itlorez wrote

That's what happens to cities that add tens of thousands of new jobs then blocks the construction of housing for said new workers. You can't afford a home within 30 miles of Boston on the median household income of the city. So everyone lives 30 miles away and clogs highways, causing that 30 mile commute to turn into a 2 hour drive. Except upper management who can afford a $600k condo next to the office building, and are completely bewildered at why their employees hate their commutes.

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paceminterris t1_itnj28t wrote

Bro, upper management isn't living in 600k condos, try 800k-1million. Either that or they're living in a single family home very close-by that goes for like 3mil.

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_catkin_ t1_itoxxy5 wrote

Commuter railways into Boston would help, surely. Americans are mental.

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kor_the_fiend t1_itnelwa wrote

Boston has good public transit though so that helps

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greatkat1 t1_itnnktu wrote

As someone who lives in Boston that’s more true in theory and less in practice - the transit here is literally and figuratively a dumpster fire

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ShakotanUrchin t1_ito8gsq wrote

Where is this good public transit of which you speak? Living in Boston suburbs vs NJ/CT commuting to NYC is like night and day

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