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4 hours ago, Boston said:
I'm apologizing now.. Yes.. I was brought up a little north of Boston. NO, I do not talk like John (my dad was from Baltimore - my mother, meh.. she still says baathroom). Please don't lump all of us in that BAWSTAWN category. Some of us want to make it out. And did.
I've lived in South Boston/Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston my entire life. I like my accent and have had many people tell me they love my accent. I never wanted to get out. I went to UMass Boston and worked in a Boston hospital. I understand that a lot of people listening to John make fun of his accent. That's fine. I laugh at the Boston guy on the Sam Adams commercial too with his accent.
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I am so tired of Emily whipping out her boob in just about every scene. She is a total bitch and I feel sorry for Kobe who just wants to be a dad. Cara is also a bitch for popping the balloons that G wanted to save. So, according to the old boyfriend, she is a cheater and a control freak. She acts like she is still a mean girl homecoming queen cheerleader. Not buying her forgetting why they broke up. Not gonna waste space commenting on Bilal. He's just asshole who won't admit he doesn't want kids. Ari's hair was filthy and looked like she hadn't washed it since leaving Africa. Yves' friends were rude asking those personal questions. Yve wearing the black thong and see- through dress had to be done on purpose. These people are all unlikeable but I will continue to watch this trainwreck. lol
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15 hours ago, For Cereals said:
No really Erika, shut up. That look she gave Diana felt like Erika wanted to make a skin suit out of her and take her life probably minus the baby.
I noticed that look too. Erika is so jealous of Diana cause she married a rich guy like Erika did but the endings were certainly different. Erika is living in a 3 bedroom house hanging with Mikey. Diana has multiple houses, celebrity friends and millions. I'm looking forward to how this plays out between these two.
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9 hours ago, Welshman in Ca said:
I'm surprised nobody here has mentioned it already as it was driving me crazy when I watched.
I didn't notice it. I was watching what an asshole he was being. I read this forum and realized no one had posted it. Points to you for noticing it (unlike me, lol).
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Someone on Reddit posted a screenshot of Shaeda holding the pool stick upside-down with the chalk end on the carpet. I'm sure Bilal wasn't happy about the chalky carpet.
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7 minutes ago, Pepper Mostly said:
This. Clearly Bilal is the golden child, spoiled and cosseted by his whole enabling family. Who are, to a person, breathtakingly rude. No welcoming words or kindness shown to a woman who is probably disoriented, exhausted, and feeling alone. Just the third degree. Bilal is giving the whole ghoulish lot of them the guidelines on how to treat Shaeeda. Belittling, gaslighting, demeaning. She should run for her life. He probably won't let her get a job, or have friends. She'll have to take his mother to doctor's appointments, keep that stupid McMansion spotless, and help his kids with their homework. Those kids will take their cues from the rest and treat her like a servant. She will always be a second class citizen in that family.
Agree. The whole family sucks. Pepper, I was thinking of you yesterday when I saw the fires in Salem. I hope it wasn't in your neighborhood and you are okay.
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On 5/3/2022 at 6:39 PM, Sox03 said:
Is anyone watching that are local to the Boston area?
After last week with O going on and on about his upbringing in The Hood, the ghetto, the projects -I decided to find out where he’s from. He grew up in Milton, a fairly nice middle class town and then played football at Framingham State, where I went.
Is anyone else here from the Boston area? Is this story completely ludicrous? Is there a piece missing from his story? Did he live somewhere before Milton?
I also saw that Michael is from Hyde Park, my old neighborhood. Interesting.
I live in South Dorchester which shares a border with Milton. Most of Milton is very affluent. I think that O was showing K Allston/Brighton public housing. If his family made the move from the projects to Milton, that is a huge accomplishment.
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On 4/27/2022 at 11:54 PM, CrinkleCutCat said:
Can someone wipe that SMUG look off Gina’s face: where I’m from “put a pin in it” means shut up/stop/pop the balloon.
Ya, I don't know what Gina is so smug about. I liked her when she first came on. Now I can't even look at her without feeling stabby. Here, in my part of Boston, we said "put a sock in it".
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10 minutes ago, Jeanne222 said:
Katina never corrected him ! To her credit or detriment?
K has so little self-confidence she probably doubted herself figured he was doing the right thing.
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4 hours ago, Cancun said:
I laughed and laughed at that. Ignoramus indeed!
I don't drink wine but I do know the difference between a carafe and a wine glass. Those huge chunks of meat he was shoveling in was, as above posters said, disgusting.
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I saw posted above that Noella has a daughter. I didn't know this. I must've missed it mentioned in the show. Totally agree with above posters that going to the mine was stupid. They are surrounded by beautiful scenery and go underground. I used to like Gina. She has changed into an asshole this season. I have watched the RH shows since the beginning. I am now down to OC and BH and I'm not sure if I'll even keep watching these two. Oh, forgot about Miami. I am enjoying that franchise. The rest of them have unlikeable cast members and producer-driven fakeness. I remember when there were 20 pages of posts the day following the airing of the shows. Now, lucky if there are 2 pages. I read and like posts now but don't post myself too often. Bravo needs to get rid of most of the cast members and start fresh. But we all know they won't and will continue to lose viewers. I am sad because the HW shows were my escape from my day-to-day life but now not so much.
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16 hours ago, Thumper said:
Gina’s exorcist thing was toooooo weird! 😂. Funny when Emily covered her face. I thought it was because she didn’t want to breathe in Gina’s breath (Covid related).
I also thought she didn't want to breathe in Gina's breath, but I thought it was because she didn't want Gina to blow the bad spirits into her. lol
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On 3/13/2022 at 12:24 PM, kristen111 said:
Anytime we go anywhere out of State, as soon as I open my mouth, people know I’m a New Yorker. Originally from Queens, then Long Island. We definitely tawk different.
Same here as I'm from Boston. I have been asked many times to say, "Park the car in Harvard Yard. lol.
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I didn't think the animal print shirt? and dog-wear were very romantic anniversary gifts. He said that he looked in her closet and she didn't have any animal prints so he thought she would like them. That sure didn't make sense to me. If she didn't have them in her closet, then she probably doesn't like them I would think.
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Too much of the guest. She took over and talked more than anyone. Think I'm also done with Afterparty.
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14 hours ago, Mercolleen said:
I am watchin on delay and fast-forwarding through all the friend conversations. Ugh, why do the producers give so much time to people talking about how they feel about the EXPERIMENT instead of showing the getting to know each other?
Katina and O are in Providence. I recognize all the scenery around the gonDUla.
Thanks for the gondola info. I was trying to figure out where they were and didn't recognize any Boston landmmarks.
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This is my first time watching MAFS. I saw it an ad saying it was in Boston. Since I live here, I wanted to check it out. I'm not sure what the concept of the show is. Do they always put couples together, like these folks, that seem destined to divorce? I watch 90 Day Fiance and other reality shows. At least on 90 days, some of the couples make it, although there is a lot of manufactured drama. MAFS, to me, seems like their "experts" are just putting couples together who are totally opposite in their views and producers are directing the couples like a fictional t.v. show.
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5 hours ago, Yeah No said:
@Racj82, here are links to some articles ranking the top ten states with the highest cost of living in the US. In the first two, New Jersey is not even on the top ten list. On the second, it is tenth on the list while CT and MA rank with higher costs of living.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/most-expensive-states-to-live-in
https://www.insure.com/cost-of-living-by-state.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/15/these-are-americas-most-expensive-states-to-live-in.html
This one below, based on the government cost of living index places MA as 5th on the list, while CT is 8th. NJ is 12th!
https://meric.mo.gov/data/cost-living-data-series
So this is why I don't agree with you. Some of what you may be experiencing may be because NJ is very expensive in some areas and not as expensive in others. Bergen County is very high compared with other counties. The people on MAFS are living not only in one of the most expensive states in the nation, but they are living in one of the most expensive cities in the entire country when cost of living is factored into the equation. Here is an Investopedia list of the top 10 most expensive cities in the US. Boston is number 4 on the list under NY, San Francisco and Honolulu in that order.
CT is also extremely expensive. Sure, we have areas that are less expensive, but especially in the cities and their suburbs it can be very high. If an admin. assistant can make upwards of $65,000 per year 6 years ago in Hartford (which is when I stopped working), I can't imagine what it must be like now to live on that as rents and housing prices, plus groceries (all thanks to the pandemic) have gone way up. I was living alone on $55,000 ten years ago and struggling, and I didn't have a lavish lifestyle either. I was lucky and had a comparatively cheap apartment in not such a fashionable neighborhood. And even THEN it was hard to get by. And believe me, I'm the queen of budgeting. I cook for myself. I shop in off price places.
So Mark, selling gym memberships? Not a lucrative career.
I agree. I was reading on Boston.com earlier that Boston has the second highest rents after San Francisco. Average rent for one bedroom in South Boston is $2375/month, well above the national average of $1688. This is why there are not many working class folks left in Southie. Mark's friend had on a Brockton t-shirt. If Mark lives there, the rents are a lot less so he is probably living well with his salary as the average rent is $1400. .
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1 hour ago, cardigirl said:
Ha ha, I was saying last episode that Mark the Shark seemed more like Southie than the South End, which is where I think Lindsey's apartment is. Do keep us posted on your research.
I moved to Boston in 1995 and had no idea what candlepin bowling was until my kids went on school trips to go bowling. It is very regional.
Lindsey said she was going back to South Boston. I had also thought she lived in the South End. Mark's friend had on a Brockton t-shirt so maybe that's where he's from?
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South Boston is the perfect place for Lindsey. There are bars within walking distance of anywhere you live. Sadly, Southie is not the working-class neighborhood you see in the movies any longer. It's been gentrified and is full of students and young professionals. I'm sure Lindsey is known in some of these bars. I'm going to show her pic around to see if any of my daughter's friends recognize her. I'll keep you posted. Candlepin bowling is the bowling we all grew up with in Boston. It's more difficult than the larger balls but is easier for kids. Most bowling alleys have large and candlepin alleys. It's a regional thing and I didn't realize it was exclusive to us until I had friends from out of state point it out!
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54 minutes ago, Maccagirl said:
I used to work in Cambridge, sister city to Boston. Boston is indeed expensive. The listing you showed is for Mattapan, which is about 1/2 drive from Boston. Every city has it's cheaper neighboring areas, so this is not really an accurate example. Here are two other neighboring areas, closer to Boston. Brookline and Dorchester. https://www.trulia.com/p/ma/brookline/356-clyde-st-brookline-ma-02467--2002121194
https://www.trulia.com/p/ma/dorchester/16-athelwold-st-dorchester-ma-02124--2001486324
Mattapan and Dorchester are part of Boston. I live in Dorchester and have been a Bostonian all my life. Brookline is a town next to Boston. Athelwold St is in a high crime area of Dorchester that is trying to gentrify. Longtime residents are being pushed out for a new transient population or empty nesters from the suburbs. I do think Lindsey's apartment is either in the South End or Back Bay in one of the historic brick buildings.
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1 hour ago, Yeah No said:
Exactly! I live in the Hartford, CT area and go to Boston often. My husband is in Boston for work on a regular basis. We are originally from NYC and we know how Boston mirrors it when it comes to cost of living and housing prices (although NYC is even worse of course). It's no wonder the apartments these people have are more humble and that most of them have roommates to afford them. When we have watched MAFS in the Southern states we have marveled on how these young people can afford nice looking houses all by themselves with no roommates. You'd have to come from some real money to be able to afford that in most big Northeastern cities.
Yes. Lindsey obviously didn't want a roommate so chose a tiny apartment she could afford by herself. I do like her apartment with the fireplace though. That ugly box building that the apartments are in are being put up everywhere in and around Boston. I'd rather live in Lindsey's place although without the cats because I have nightmares about cats. lol. Off topic, my grandson just called and said he was accepted to the University of Hartford while I was replying to your post! Small world.
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9 hours ago, Yeah No said:
It also depends on the cost of living in an area, not just housing prices. The price of groceries and salaries are both factors that go into this. Boston routinely makes the top 10 list of cities with the highest cost of living in the US.
You are right. Everything is more expensive here in Boston. Housing prices are through the roof and taxes are ridiculous. I can see why the apartments these folks have are tiny because they want location and pay more for that than space.
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11 hours ago, Gator Stud said:
Boston is not expensive.
https://www.trulia.com/p/ma/mattapan/35-goodale-rd-mattapan-ma-02126--2001508466Mattapan is not a place most Bostonians who are familiar with that area would want to live. It's an inner city neighborhood with high crime.
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S09.E08: Get Off Your High Horse
in 90 Day Fiancé
Have to admit I've said cawfee. lol. I've also been asked if I'm from New York.