u/hiddentap

Someone told me today that a homeowner called police last night after masked men fired shots through the front of her house near Sheridan Ave. Is that true? Terrifying if it is.

Let me start off with: I am pro development. Even with the boom in infrastructure, there’s still not enough housing. I think a huge first step that needs to happen, though, college campuses need more quality dorms and housing. There are approximately 200,000 students in the Boston Metro area. About half of the students live in off campus housing. This means that anywhere between 80,000-100,000 college age kids are engaged in the private housing market. Even as little as a 10-15% decrease in that number would widely soften the strain on neighborhoods like Allston, Cambridge and Somerville… It’s a burden that many colleges don’t want to undertake, but when there’s colleges that have expanded enrollment by 50% since 2013, it’s something that should be seriously considered.