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Old 06-07-2021, 01:02 PM
 
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I know some high maintenance single/coupled bostonians without kids who could not survive with just a backpack for the weekend.

We can keep going back and forth on this if you want...I get it...you and people you know could rough it for a weekend with a back pack. Many people I would need more than one bag for a weekend.
I don't understand why anyone is making this out to be an either / or argument. There are minimalists, there are hoarders and there are people everywhere in between those extremes. Travel habits will be no different.
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Old 06-07-2021, 01:04 PM
 
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I know some high maintenance single/coupled bostonians without kids who could not survive with just a backpack for the weekend.

We can keep going back and forth on this if you want...I get it...you and people you know could rough it for a weekend with a back pack. Many people I would need more than one bag for a weekend.
roughing it? 2 days to a place 90 mins away where you will not be making meals. If you cant fit toiletries and 2 days of clothes in a backpack than you may need a new backpack.
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Old 06-07-2021, 01:22 PM
 
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well people have different shoes, different outfits, make up, heck maybe a hair dryer and a curling iron for all i know. You need clothes for walking around and doing things during the day, and clothes for going out at night. Maybe a bathing suit too.
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Old 06-07-2021, 06:55 PM
 
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2 days is like 1 pair of pants and 2 shirts for me.
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Old 06-08-2021, 09:06 AM
 
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https://www.patriotledger.com/story/...ld/7509030002/

Projects being either delayed or cut back. When you have people under a contract and prices go up sometimes contractors have to eat the costs. The other issue is when something gets substituted. So people switched from pvc to steel pipes? Hmm. I can wait for some work to get done. I'm glad I have wood taken care of for the most part. Can't see landscaping really going up in price.
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Old 06-08-2021, 11:16 AM
 
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2 days is like 1 pair of pants and 2 shirts for me.
+ sweatshirt, foul weather gear, beach towel, etc. We do a couple nights on the Vineyard or Nantucket most summers with the panniers on the bicycles. Not going to bother this summer, though. It’s going to be crazy busy.
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Old 06-08-2021, 12:23 PM
 
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well looks like there are other reasons to not take the ferry now:

https://www.boston25news.com/news/lo...ITF4RR2FOBOSM/
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Old 06-08-2021, 05:10 PM
 
Location: Massachusetts & Hilton Head, SC
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well looks like there are other reasons to not take the ferry now:

https://www.boston25news.com/news/lo...ITF4RR2FOBOSM/
WTH? How does someone get raped on one of those?
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Old 06-09-2021, 04:54 AM
 
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WTH? How does someone get raped on one of those?
You ask an 18-year-old if she wants to her high in your delivery van. Why else would a girl leave the passenger area of a ferry with someone they don’t know?
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Old 06-09-2021, 06:47 AM
 
Location: East Coast
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In western mass and CT some brag about the cape. It's OK but frankly we have plenty of beaches in New England. Sure saltwater of course is the cape but there's plenty of communities by the CT River. Heck once I heard a compelling argument on Buffalo in that you can see a sunset on water on the eastern time zone and not pay 250k+ more for it.
Is that really a compelling argument? You could do that in Florida, too. Heck, you can also do it in Michigan (they are still Eastern time.)
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