r/JamaicaPlain

Hi there! I live locally in Boston with my partner and we are looking to upgrade to a apartment with more space. We have an opportunity to live in Jamaica Plain about a nine minute walk from the pond. I went by yesterday morning and went for a run to see how it compared to my normal running route, which is through a different part of the emerald necklace.

I was very disappointed in the amount of wildlife that I encountered. Normally on my runs through the Backbay Fens I see a ton of ducks, geese, at least one or two herons, some turtles, rabbits… and in the early hours sometimes raccoons scuttling back home for the day.

On my run around the pond in JP I saw two ducks. That was it. While not a dealbreaker, it made me sad to think about leaving my apartment, even though it’s tiny.

I’m curious to know if that was just a fluke or if that is typical for the area due to the amount of humans around the ponds at all hours? Maybe it’s just less popular for the animals?

I can't remember the name of it.

I just now remembered that there was a bad fire.

What was the name of it?

Did it reopen?

Hi all, I recently moved to JP and I live on the second floor, but I'm just one weakling individual. I'm having some furniture/boxes delivered next week (~100 pounds per box) and was hoping to find people who would take $50 to carry them upstairs. Any idea where I could find something like this? I googled and found "college hunks moving" but they chair like $300 per hour so it's way out of budget. Do you know local people to hire just for labor to carry stuff upstairs? Thanks in advance!

Stop and schlop and WF just have pathetic little amounts. Where can I get a good amount for making a big batch of pesto???