Cambrizzle
Long time no post. Sorry about that. I’ve been consumed with the move to Cambridge and all of the startup work. That’s progressing at a pretty good pace I think.
So far I don’t really care for this place. It’s crowded. It’s loud. It smells bad. I drove to a Whole Foods that is less than 3 miles away and that took almost a half hour, and once there I had to fight through aisles so narrow you practically had to turn your ketchup bottle sideways just to get it out.
My rent here on a tiny, very old apartment is more than I pay at home for a mortgage on a recently built house in a good school district and a new Lexus SUV. And if there’s anything about this town that makes it worth the expense, I’ve yet to find it. The restaurant situation looks pretty amazing here, but I’m not sure how much chance I’ll get to try it out.
This also has to be the worst city in the world to drive in. I take multiple wrong turns on every trip even with GPS. The road layout is just that confusing. Lots of traffic circles and six way intersections. It makes you really appreciate newer cities like Las Vegas, which are basically one giant grid.
I think that from living where I do, I’ve become accustomed to space. I like my neighbors being on the other side of an acre of grass. I like having a spare room for an office. I like having a room big enough for a 55″ TV, even though I’ll never really watch it. I like having a backyard to chase my dog around. I like having a giant driveway and a two car garage.
So while this apartment is nice for Cambridge standards, I miss my home. I’m not the sort to get homesick either. I’ve spent weeks away with little trouble, but after three days here, I want to move back.
Nonetheless, we’ll get a lot more work done here. We’re already getting stuff together. I expect we’ll have a private beta up and running in 2 weeks, and hopefully a public one not too long thereafter. I’ll keep y’alls posted.
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