Comments on: Ideas Anyone? http://www.frecklegirl.com/blog/2004/07/08/ideas-anyone/ a girl. a mac. a dream. Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:43:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Allison http://www.frecklegirl.com/blog/2004/07/08/ideas-anyone/#comment-133 Allison Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133 When I moved up here last year, I found this website to be very helpful, especially in describing the neighborhoods: http://people.bu.edu/sage/survival/ Obviously some stuff has to do with going to school but most of it is related to living in Boston. I live in the Brighton area and although it's not the prettiest, I do enjoy what's around here and being close to Brookline and Cambridge. The rent doesn't seem too bad in this area either. If the person moving up to Boston is bringing a car from out of state, then they could use a ton of advice! Find an insurance company before you leave and try and work it out before you get here. You cannot get a parking permit before you get MA insurance, plates and registration. I know spots in the Brighton area that don't require a permit but there are not a lot of these and they could be hard to get. It was a pain to have a car here in the beginning, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I like not having to shop at more expensive places and carry everything on the T. I take the T when I need to and drive when I can. When I moved up here last year, I found this website to be very helpful, especially in describing the neighborhoods:
http://people.bu.edu/sage/survival/
Obviously some stuff has to do with going to school but most of it is related to living in Boston. I live in the Brighton area and although it’s not the prettiest, I do enjoy what’s around here and being close to Brookline and Cambridge. The rent doesn’t seem too bad in this area either. If the person moving up to Boston is bringing a car from out of state, then they could use a ton of advice! Find an insurance company before you leave and try and work it out before you get here. You cannot get a parking permit before you get MA insurance, plates and registration. I know spots in the Brighton area that don’t require a permit but there are not a lot of these and they could be hard to get. It was a pain to have a car here in the beginning, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I like not having to shop at more expensive places and carry everything on the T. I take the T when I need to and drive when I can.

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