This may be the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
Well, almost.
Boston.com / Business / Your Money / The Cost of Living: Commuting
I’m sure everyone in Morrisey Blvd is chuckling, nodding and winking at each other. Ho ho. What could have been a good article is played for laughs. Ho ho.
Yes, everyone in Cambridge eats Kashi GoLean Crunchy bars every day.
Yes, everyone on Beacon Hill wears out a pair $100 sneakers twice a year.
Yes, everyone from Plymouth takes blood pressure medicine (which, of course, is brought on by commuting, not a slothlike lifestyle).
Everyone in Roxbury wears cheapass boots and drinks Dunkin Donuts coffee.
Get real, bozos. Let’s perpetuate a few more stereotypes while we’re at it. Why not examine the true cost of commuting v. housing, something I just happen to be dealing wth at the moment.
March 29th, 2005 at 12:16 pm
Whaaaaa? They’re expecting me to be surprised that it’s cheaper to walk from Beacon Hill to the Pru than to drive up from Plymouth? That’s one earth-shattering revelation right there.
And THAT’s the one number they post in bold. Never mind that the median price of a house there is $1,260,000. The fact that you could buy my house almost FIVE times over for that amount is just a formality.
March 29th, 2005 at 12:25 pm
I just resent the inferences. Bikers from Cambridge are earthy crunchy and eat Kashi bars. Cagers from Plymouth are all hypertensive. etc etc.
I also see no mention of the cost of communting vis-a-vis inept MBTA service and they’re seeming inability to get anyone anywhere when they need to be there.
I’m glad I work at home.
March 29th, 2005 at 12:41 pm
Is that what I am? A “cager”? Ha ha ha… Don’t think I’ve heard that one before. ;^)
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go take a handful of blood pressure pills.