brufleth

brufleth t1_j0lu4r4 wrote

Reply to comment by MainRaspberry4465 in He’s Back. by Hugh_Jeynus

They're balanced and the weight is good for stopping and turning (less inertia to overcome). With the winter tires to keep you going, it was more controllable than my WRX on snow.

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brufleth t1_j04xikj wrote

Then find a different list with different metrics. There was another one I saw recently about the transit times and again Boston is near the shortest.

I travel quite a bit and Logan is close, quick, and easy to Boston. Most places are not at all.

https://i.redd.it/zv0nz7jmpcn91.png

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brufleth t1_izk1bl2 wrote

I mean, you just take a cab/uber. People just don't want to bother though. You can also have a designated driver. It isn't like other places don't have similar (or much worse) transit issues.

I think people on reddit just often greatly overestimate the demand for all night drinking. This isn't a party town. We've mostly got work in the morning.

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brufleth t1_izk0rc5 wrote

They asked why bars aren't for these motions. I stated why.

I won't argue that the bars shouldn't be allowed to do whatever. I don't care, but the reason bars aren't pushing for these is because it makes it more difficult to compete.

People should keep in mind that making it even harder to run a successful bar here will mean even fewer local places and more Buffalo-Wildwings-esque places.

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brufleth t1_izjvhjc wrote

It is a weird thing that only a handful of people on reddit seem to care so intensely about. Just like sports betting. Who the fuck actually cares?

I don't want to go out drinking with people after work. If I go out for drinks a happy hour isn't going to change the decision one way or another.

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brufleth t1_izjuuab wrote

There aren't that many people who would go to the bars later and staffing is already a shit show.

Selling booze for less money isn't a desirable "opportunity." It is just selling product for less. If they choose not to do it then they'll lose business. When they do it to compete, they make less money on the business they already had.

Lose lose for bars.

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brufleth t1_iycwgpd wrote

May well be someone else, but the "hell is real" guy that people occasionally post about here lives in Chelsea I think. At least when I lived in Chelsea I saw him get on/off the bus there.

Also, after living in Chelsea for over a decade, this wouldn't rank anywhere near the worst car related incident I experienced there.

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brufleth t1_iycum3j wrote

What does the other side look like?

I've posted about it many times, but one morning when we lived in Brighton I came out to my car to find people parked against the front and rear bumper. I had to "wiggle" the car out of the spot using the give in the suspensions of the other cars to get free. My car was a manual too, so it was extra fun.

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