I am personaly walking or biking to my office; it's three miles. There are days when I am afraid of doing it. Like after and during strong rain and after snowfall.
Also, my office has a shower which I can use when I get there. Does yours? On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Luke A. Kanies wrote: > On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Tabor J. Wells wrote: > > > Well, honestly it can be kind of hard to work in Waltham without a car. The > > area where all of the tech companies inhabit is kind of spread out and > > filled with office parks near I-95. If you're a biker it's probably not a > > big deal, but we're also coming up on the winter season which could make > > things pretty difficult w/o a car. > > I definitely plan on using my bike as much as possible, but I also > understand that it gets cold in the winter. I've ridden in the cold > before, but I might feel less confident in the middle of January. Our roads are winding and narrow, drivers are fast and furious and ice is thick and long-lasting (in winter time). Use your bike, but keep car handy. There are no sidewalks in many places. > > I definitely am not excited about the location of the company -- it > definitely complicates living without a car. Oh well, I didn't choose it. > > > The problem about wanting to live more central to Boston and live without a > > car while working near I-95 is that the public transportation to that area > > isn't really that good. Sometimes, though, the companies in that area have > > regular shuttles from public transportation points. > > > > In any case, downtown Waltham is a decent area (which isn't terribly close > > the office park areas -- its on the inside of the I-95 loop). Watertown is > > another option that lies between Cambridge and Waltham. > > It's not that I don't think Waltham would be nice, it's just that I'd be > concerned that I'd spend most of my life there because it's on the edge of > the Boston area, so it's a bit further from everything. If I instead > lived somewhere like Watertown, I'd still only be a few miles from work, > but I'd also be only a few miles from almost everything else, which'd be > great. > > > I'd recommend you go to mapquest and searching on "3rd ave" (that's > > basically Prospect Hill) in Waltham and then zoom out a bit to get a feel > > for what you're dealing with. Then look at www.mbta.com's maps schedules are > > to see what your public transportation options are and how long it'll take > > to get there from somewhere more centrally located. > > Yeah, I've been looking at the maps a lot; I guess I'll now start studying > the public transportation. Is there T in Watertown? If it is not, you can just as well live in Waltham. > > Thanks, > Luke > > -- > Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with > themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. -- Susan Ertz > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Luke Kanies | http://abstractive.org | http://reductiveconsulting.com > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > -------------- Dimitri (Dima) Shcherban Phone: 800-445-2588+3+36955 or: 508-898-6955 Westborough ext: [823]-36955 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
