This ad in boston.craigslist.org says "No undergrads please." So, does that mean, no full-time undergrads, no part-time undergrads, no undergrads who are not on track to graduate, or what? The newly approved zoning regulation is impossible to enforce.
Is any Boston advocacy group going to step up to the plate to fight this in court?
Earlier today I spoke on the phone with Eric Bourassa of MASSPIRG (Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group). Back in the day, I canvassed for NYPIRG (successfully met daily quota! -@ around $75-$100/day), and then MASSPIRG, albeit less successfully. I have become more conservative, since college, as per the conventional wisdom, and am no longer as pro-PIRG as I once was (the "toy safety" alarms trotted out by MASSPIRG every Christmas make me laugh), but I was moved to contact MASSPIRG last year because I saw an article that quoted Mr. Bourassa on the issue of T ridership, which mentioned that he, like myself, is a Dickinson College alumn. So he remembered me when I called today. According to Eric, this issue is not on MASSPIRG's radar. The MASSPIRG website shows that their "higher ed" initiatives include "affordable textbooks" and "higher education funding". Textbooks for the average college student, according to MASSPIRG, will cost $900/year. An increase in rent from $500/month, which is about what you might pay in a large 7BR house in Allston, to $650/month, which is about what my tenants pay each for a 2BR in Allston, will ultimately cost the students more than their textbooks.
Paging Small Property Owners of America...
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