Cause of Big Dig Ceiling Collapse known issue since 1999.

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

I dont doubt it. But since I've started working at UCLA, nothing makes me more miserable then going 100 feet in 45 minutes

Try certain stretches of Houston like I-10 across the city, making it maybe 15 miles in 2-3 hours.

SI

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

Ugh - I raise you the green line. The B line in particular - evil. If you lined up every BU student and pushed em off a bridge, it might get better though.

Never rode the train ride. Sorry if I mis-judged.

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Originally Posted by MrBigglesworth

If you have crippling traffic and demand creating enormous housing costs, maybe it's a good thing that you have a population downturn. A lot of Northeastern cities, including Philly, Baltimore and DC, have been losing people over the past couple of years.

If you are able to maintain the tax base (and increse it) and maintain a core business environment, then it might not be a bad thing.

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Originally Posted by BishopMVP

True, there is always going to be that base of high finance businesses and professionals in the Boston area who can survive the high overhead. Plenty of people want to move to/stay in Boston, and there are more than enough upper middle class/rich people to populate the surrounding area out to 95/495 (a migration process started nicely by busing and racism). But contrary to what most people who live in this area (and that seemingly includes most politicians) think, the state doesn't end at 495. Go out to Worcester, Springfield, Pittsfield, New Bedford, Fall River, Lowell etc.

And in Metro Boston, it's quickly turned/turning into haves/have nots due mainly to housing costs. Either you have the money to live in a nice neighborhood/suburb or you're forced to live in an area with skyrocketing crime rates, including a doubled murder rate this year alone. If you're not loaded, by the time you can get affordable real estate prices, you're already so far away from Boston you might as well just move to New Hampshire/Nashua area.

I think a bit of a housing correction has already started happening, but the underlying problem is that the state government focuses on Boston and inside 95 while the rest of the state falls apart. And if I had gone to school in Boston instead of Amherst, I wouldn't know or care either.

One thing I noticed the development of Boston is going very upscale (Regent and Mandarin Oriental hotels; luxury condo towers; designer boutiques and restaurants moving in).