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[choco_frosh]

I am - reluctantly - back to thinking about moving out of Somerville.

Basically, the landlady crunched the numbers and found out that the new solar panels aren't paying for as much of the electricity bill as she'd expected, and so she's gotten nervous about finances. (I guess?) So she'd going to talk - next month, which for reasons that I'll explain, is inconvenient - to a financial advisor; if the financial advisor is remotely worth his fee, he's gonna tell her to hike the rent.

Now, we're planning to negotiate this: we can go back to paying our own electricity, say; and then there's the aforementioned fact that this apartment hasn't been properly redone in like twenty years, and the plumbing's getting dodgy as well; and she may just decide to continue in her policy of not wanting anything to do with the ridiculousness that is Boston-area rental prices. But if this doesn't work out...

< Additional details to be added when I have more time >
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The key issue is leaving Somerville. Hey Somervillians! What do you think? Should I move out to Waltham, or should I actually stay in the same town as you guys? 'Cause that's really the deciding factor.

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[sovay]

Hey Somervillians! What do you think? Should I move out to Waltham, or should I actually stay in the same town as you guys? 'Cause that's really the deciding factor.

Would I see you even less often if you moved out to Waltham?

[choco_frosh]

Almost certainly. There's commuter rail, but as we all know, it's kinda made of bobcat, at least outside of peak hours.

[sovay]

There's commuter rail, but as we all know, it's kinda made of bobcat, at least outside of peak hours.

Vote against, then, even if you still have to move out of your current place.