RumSwizzle508

RumSwizzle508 t1_j91oo7t wrote

Reply to A new place to call home by payter_m8r

I might be crucified for this, but also look at private schools. Some of the best schools (private or public) are in MA. From what I understand, they don’t have the same licensing requirements, but the pay is less.

I would especially look at the ISL boarding schools as students are highly motivated and very smart. Also, those schools have housing for teachers.

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RumSwizzle508 t1_j7mc4t0 wrote

Reply to comment by Meflakcannon in These housing numbers are insane. In some towns the cost to buy a house is 10x the average salary. by LopsidedWafer3269

According to MLS, 33 homes (3 bedroom homes) have sold in Scituate in the last 6 months.

Average list price: $824,060 Average sold price: $840,245

Median list price: $775,000 Median sold price: $765,000

Of these 33 sales, 8 were over $1m and 4 of those were over $1.2M. Of those 8, only 2 sold for less than list price.

So, at least some $1.2m houses are selling in this town.

Lastly, there are only 7 houses on the market, the most expensive is $1m (which is really the waterfront lot value).

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RumSwizzle508 t1_j6519k7 wrote

Reply to Bars in Barnstable by sulfuricZoologist

Not a ton of live music this time of the year. Sadly BBC doesn’t have the night life scene like it did before the pandemic.

For nicer bars

  • west end (city pricey by good drinks)
  • anejo (probably the best nicer bar in the mid cape)
  • embargo (the closest thing we have to a nightclub, but still a bar)
  • five bays (if you are up for a trip to osterville)
  • Finn’s (great beer bar)

Dive-ier

  • 19th hole (classic nicer cape cod dive bar)

Music if you will travel

  • O’shea’s olde inn (great Irish music)
  • hog island brewing (great live bands on the weekend)

Unfortunately, your conference is in the slowest part of season and some great bars are closed until the spring.

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RumSwizzle508 t1_j0vc8qt wrote

Reply to Hello! Never been to Massachusetts but I’m possibly of planning to go in May I have two questions! 1. I was wondering if there will be a JFK birthday celebration event for his birthday? 2. What Kennedy locations should I visit? by NotMarilynMonroeXO

JFK library in Boston. Though he isn’t that big of a deaI anymore.

Don’t try to visit the compound in Hyannis Port. It is all private homes, set back from the street, in a residential neighborhood. There is nothing to see.

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RumSwizzle508 t1_iyfb38t wrote

Reply to Living on Cape Cod without a car by AnonymousPigeon0

It’s really tough. Best is to live in downtown Hyannis and work close by. Use the ccrta bus for trips up and down the cape and have a bike.

The honest truth is the cape is car centric and the are places you simply won’t get to (at least easily) without a car.

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RumSwizzle508 t1_ivfvp87 wrote

Reply to comment by Potato_Octopi in Why is National Grid increasing rates by 64% by oceansofmyancestors

We are also at the end of the gas pipeline and any attempts to add pipeline capacity (ie new pipelines) have been fought and defeated by environmental groups and other states. Therefore the existing pipelines can’t properly supply New England and we must import gas (to the region) via ship.

However, due to the Jones Act (and corresponding lack of domestic ship capacity) we can’t import gas from terminals elsewhere in the US (ie the gulf). Therefore, the region must buy from the global market and compete with Europe, Asia, and other areas for that supply of gas. This drives up the price of natural gas in New England higher than other parts of the country.

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