Downtown SF has 18.4M square feet of empty office space. We mapped every vacancy

Re:Downtown SF has 18.4M square feet of empty office space. ... by helen___keller on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @04:17PM (#35879833)

Unfortunately this isn’t true in all of greater Boston or even within the whole metro core. If you live in Watertown, Quincy, Waltham, Newton, etc etc you are going to have a very different experience

My main complaint with Boston is that even if you’re happy with just the walkable city center, it’s still tough commuting if you can’t walk/bike and you aren’t going to/from downtown Boston.

For example if someone in Somerville takes a job in Boston Landing they’re looking at a multiple seat commute over an hour most likely, to effectively travel maybe 5-10 miles. Driving still ends up winning.

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Re:Downtown SF has 18.4M square feet of empty office space. ... by Gravityloss on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @07:29AM (#35885968)

If you're going 5 miles, biking sounds like a realistic alternative?

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Re:Downtown SF has 18.4M square feet of empty office space. ... by helen___keller on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @11:02AM (#35888400)

Yep, the drive and bike times for my example are roughly the same at rush hour according to google. For someone interesting in biking as a commute, Boston/camberville is probably one of the best places to live+work. If you can deal with the winter anyways

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Re:Downtown SF has 18.4M square feet of empty office space. ... by klysm on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:21AM (#35886304)

Somerville to Boston landing is kind of a tough example, but I agree it’s annoying that there’s no way to go “sideways” on most public transport in Boston - everything goes to the center

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Re:Downtown SF has 18.4M square feet of empty office space. ... by ghc on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @11:36AM (#35888921)

This is true of even the most public-transit-centered cities like Tokyo and NYC. It's easy to find commutes that are short as the crow flies but cover a much longer distance on public transit.

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