I remember reading that every wealthy town needs three not wealthy towns to support it.

That was fifteen years ago.

If you don't want to give Amazon money you cannot use a lot of websites. They don't just sell stuff, Amazon Web Services is their most profitable division. You are using it by using reddit.

Have you lived in LA? I have. People feel exactly the same. They want to own a home and have places they want to live.....to be close to friends and family.

> I also didn't tell anyone to move so I don't know what the fuck you are tired of......

Please don't pretend the spirit of your previous comments in this thread were not "well just do what I did and your can have a house." That insults the intelligence of everyone reading, and is obnoxious pedantry.

I actually don't live in Boston. I live pretty well outside of it but no town near me has sub-500k houses either.

I too can afford a house in a place that I don't want to live, offers no work in my field, is hours away from my family and friends, and requires my children have their lives turned upside down.

So tired of this. The market should be able to bear some level of choice from consumers. The solution of "move far away" is not a good one, and definitely does not work for everyone.

> We'll just paint every wall gray....super cool and modern

I am an avid hiker and I have never known the appeal of Blue Hills.

It sounds like a highway everywhere in that park.

No you ahhh

My wife works in the industry and yes, this is pretty dumb. 4/20 is a huge day for business. Just close the day after or something.

Me too. Like in the next four years. Since that is when it will affect me.

> \1. They don't have enough high-speed internet

Valid point.

> \2. Less populated towns have small town office staffs that can't complete the paperwork the state requires them to complete

A problem of every state in this country is absolute shit systems for this kind of thing. Major investments in technology and data engineering should be enacted to make everything online and streamlined like in other countries.

They live in a small town and it makes sense they can't keep up. That isn't going to change, the towns are small. The systems need to be updated and training done to make it work better. That isn't likely to change either unfortunately.

That's a tiny AA meeting. Every one I've been to has at least 10 people.

Also, if you're out there, feeling like you're at rock bottom....go to a meeting. You don't have to commit to AA, but it may be the crutch you need for awhile.

Edit: Also want to point out of you are young, most areas have a young person's group once a week at least. It really helped me when it comes to support.

Every casino I've been to has free parking. Casinos have a lot of little perks like that because they are fleecing you.

Rare better be good it costs like $200 to get two steaks.

The coach is overpaid, not corrupt. The police are corrupt. There is a difference.

That is literally the going rate of a coach for that level of play. Or for a college that wants to elevate their play. Many colleges pay outrageous coach salaries. You can blame the investments in college athletics for the ridiculous salaries. Consumers are driving that, not corruption.

I am much much much more concerned with corruption in the police than I am a basketball team. Since police actually matter and basketball does not. A cop getting cheating $50k is much more dis-concerning to me than someone who is overpaid. That is the difference here.

Its being marketed like crazy so a lot of people are like "yea I guess." Just like the first one. The marketing also includes the "spectacle" of the effects and 3d.

It is such an incredible disappointment that James Cameron, who has the talent, money, and sway to make anything he wants, after making so many incredible and landmark films.....has devoted all that power to Avatar.

How dare you? It's space Fern Gully.

My family loves the original so we are pretty excited to see it.

> go outside the city

Why can't they put the riffraff out of sight and away from easy access to centralized resources and services?

The cartels would overrun it.

I have always found that slogan ironic since their most well-known historical event is a battle they lost. Like I get it riled them up and a month later they were back to it, but, c'mon, its funny.

I get what you are saying and I agree completely.

BUT, having lived in other states and traveled this country extensively....MA is way above its peers. New England and New York in general is so far ahead of the rest of the country. Even when things are bad they don't touch the rest of the country.

I don't think it's looking for anything, just collecting survey data.