Boston Loss of visitors & students will affect the local economy ?!?

[mdovell]

It doesn't matter if it's an up market or a down market as there's always going to be someone wanting to rent. It's simply a matter of what blinks first. Falling prices on the short term aren't bad. Heck we've seen gas rise and fall. I've seen $4 a gallon gas in Mass and 90 cent a gallon gas in my life in mass.

There's a few different lines of thought here. If you live with someone with covid supposedly you have a 20% chance of getting it. Ok. But rural areas are going to be the last to have herd immunity and frankly they don't have enough ICU's. I've heard people from NYC are going to Fairfield county to live..but they aren't going to the Berkshires. FFC still has rail and hospitals and can be a midpoint between nyc and new haven. Maybe Bridgeport could gentrify? You might think you are safer in a rural area but if that happens en masse that's just going to overwhelm the systems there. If you accidentally bring covid (asystematic) to the area and then you need care you probably just screwed over the system.

I think smaller urban cities shall I even say Gateway cities might benefit from this. The increased testing oddly enough is not in western mass as the numbers are pretty stable.

[id77]

Originally Posted by massnative71

Why confused? JP and Southie are quite affordable compared to a Beacon Hill or Back Bay.

If you think JP is already gentrified, what is Beacon Hill to you?