Recent content by KCasiglio

Not only is the state as a whole growing, it’s with looking at the county data. The growth of Nantucket’s and Martha’s Vineyard’s populations would seem to run counter to the idea that the rich are fleeing. The only areas that are shrinking are the rural parts of the state (Berkshire and...

Thanks! Just to clarify, these were in-service cars right? Not just moving equipment when they theoretically could have accounted for making sure the cars weren't passing each other at the same time?

Weymouth wants to change water source to MWRA. What this will do to water rates Water rates might get the clicks they need, but of more interest to folks here:

Deeply buried in an article otherwise about a Re-Zoning to Allow a Senior Center:

Had a conversation where a detail I don't believe I've seen addressed before came up about green line reconfiguration. Modern green line cars are 4 inches wider than PCCs and the Tremont Street tunnel is allegedly too narrow for a stretch to facilitate trains safely passing each other in...

I’ve been taking the CR during the red line shut down and…wow the Quincy center CR station does not impress. Dark, dank, very univiting. Would it kill them to add some lighting? Edit: I feel obliged to add that the riding experience was superior to the red line in every way.

What's your point? Demand for the cheapest housing rose during a recession, why wouldn't it? What is even the relevance of this entire sidebar to the thread?

K-12 enrollment is plummeting and state funding is tied to enrollment. Districts are begging for kids. We already covered this. This thread is about a policy designed to lower housing costs. It's not about net migration to/from MA (which, as I'd hope you know, continues to be only in the low...

I suppose you're looking to say that me believing sprawl is worth fighting makes me hypocritical here? Let's look at Sudbury at the time: and compare that to the Sudbury of today If the farms want to sell to developers to build homes, making that illegal would seem to conflict with a...

Trees getting cleared out at the corner of Centre and Intervale. 345 units slated to go up. The derelict blue home in the background as well of the other small structure will be demolished as well.

Ok, but...I'm not. Do I need to go through town by town and explain it in 173 different ways? Something only becomes a regional issue because it is impacting a significant number of localities. That doesn't suddenly mean it's no longer happening at the local level, in fact just the opposite...

Will do my best to correspond paragraph by paragraph here: The evidence thus far does not bear this out. Nor is your point about number of bedrooms/occupants very convincing. Developers are going to build what the market will bear. Anything bigger than 4 bedrooms is already a rarity. Almost...

Oh wild I had no idea that college grads weren't going to move to a municipality that has a share of adults with a degree 13.4 percentage points higher than the state as a whole. Oversimplifying how the market works isn't proving your point, it's putting your own ignorance on display. Sure, very...

No, I'm saying that the character of individual towns has changed over the past couple decades and continues to do so because of the status quo of zoning. Though I agree with and appreciate your observation that this is a region-wide phenomena. The tea analogy would be more appropriate if it...

Passing by Quincy Adams this morning and saw new trains stopped at the station in each direction at the same time! What a world.