Boston Apartments

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Originally Posted by Kuyuk

My brother took a job in boston - he's looking for apartments - going to be flying up there to check out a few on Sunday/Monday.

Figured since I know a bunch of you peeps live in Boston, any tips would be great.

a) Job currently at Harvard, but will prob move to Boston College - so he's looking for something close to the T line - or as close to work as possible.

b) Affordability without being shot

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I'll be serious for once. I enjoyed my time living in Boston and NYC. I love the people around. Nothing is funnier than someone thinking they are going to get shot in the middle of the city.

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Originally Posted by RojoDisco

The little red arrow is telling me that you live in the blue water. Mr. Mingrone is a Merman?

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I'm right in Long Wharf right now. Right off the Thimble Islands. iget wifi out here! yaay!

Medford requires a car. That shit's on the commuter rail. Fuck that place.

I've lived in Allston, and I lived in Fenway (but a nice part of it, since they've started gentrifying it). Allston's kinda a shithole, and way overpriced, but it's probably the cheapest. All of Boston is overpriced unless you're willing to go gentrify Southie. JP now is even kinda expensive.

$1000/mo is gonna be tricky for a decent place. I'm renting my condo out in NH for more than that and I'm an hour north of Boston. The place I'm renting for myself is also more than $1000 and is still 25 min outside the city. Splitting a nicer place with roommates may be the better option..but then again roommates suck.

If he's working at Harvard I second the Somerville suggestion for someone without a car. Allston/Brighton is better for BC. If he's bringing a car, you could try a little further outside the city like Arlington or Watertown?

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All of Boston is overpriced unless you're willing to go gentrify Southie.

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Yep, but it's awesome anyway! Even Southie isn't that cheap!

1. You don't need a car for Medford, I've been here since last year and have done just fine.

2. Absolutely nothing wrong with the commuter rail.

I love the commuter rail.

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Originally Posted by Showal

I just put my condo on Craigslist. It's in natick but sounds like its out of his price range. It's right on the commuter rail.

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I heard there's a Twinkie factory in Natick.

I lived in Allston for 4 years. It's like a carnival :D But not conducive to sleeping. Brighton is a better bet. If he wants to live halfway between BC and Harvard, that's the spot. The big question is, does he plan on having a car, or will he be relying on mass transit? Because the T reaches Harvard and BC, but only if you transfer downtown, which is out of the way. With a car, most places are viable, and you can focus on affordability. If he plans to have no car, it's all about living in Brighton/Allston, because when there's 3 feet of snow on the ground, walking more than 5 blocks to a T stop is a nightmare.

Keep in mind that there is also a pretty good bus system in Boston and you can take a bus from BC to Harvard Square with very few transfers (I think). ALso, bus schedules lie. They arrive when they arrive. But they do arrive.

Seen on Reddit today: Boston Apartment Prices Map

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Data from the awesome site padmapper.
Colors are $/bedroom in $100 increments starting from "under 300" (dark blue) up to $1800+ (red). Yellow is $1300-$1200, green is $1100-$1000.
Black dots are data points.
The price for a point is inverse-distance weighted average of all data points.

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Originally Posted by Eoghain

I heard there's a Twinkie factory in Natick.

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Not to my knowledge.