great article. i'm a renter in cambridge, ma and i would kill myself before buying a house. yes, i'm pretty lucky that my rent is affordable, but really i see my parents as the true reason. you see, they are ex city dwellers who bought a small house in the burbs 20 years ago. the first year their entire basement flooded from a bad rain storm so they had to spend thousands of dollars to install a sump pump. the 2nd year their pipes backed up and filled the shower with poop so they had have their pipes replaced. around year 5 they were told that carpenter ants had eaten through a section of the bedroom walls. by year 10 they needed all new windows because the old ones were rotting.

my dad soon realized during their first year that he didnt like mowing or raking his half an acre, although he begrudgingly did both for 2 decades. he also paid someone to chop down every tree to cut down on the leaves he'd have to rake.

i'll take renting. when my toilet clogs i don't have to pay for it. the grass gets mowed by some guys, my hot water is unlimited and free. it's stress free living.

I'm a 30 something female who is voting for Clinton. She eats, drinks, and sleeps politics. She will make the best president we've ever had.

Obama sells snake oil. I don't trust him one iota.

Funny!

I'd wipe your nose for you and bring you snacks.

I thought Clinton was fanrastic on Saturday night. She was born to run this country and has my full support.

I can't wait to see this film.

a agree with the other poster that your review was superficial. you didn't mention that it's wireless and you can download a new book pretty effortlessly. no need to connect to the internet from a computer.

the cost if prohibitive but in the future i will probably buy one. be cool if the price would come down to a couple hundred bucks.

Haven't seen the movie yet, but my neighborhood is filled with stereotypical folks with stringy hair, drugged out eyes, and bad pronounciation of words. In fact my dad pronounces the word similar as simuler. pizza is peezer, and so on.

I'm definitely going to see it.

I've discovered a lot of music from Audiofile. make it once a week. don't get rid of it. i'm in my 30's and found myself stuck in the 90's music until audiofile awakened my soul.

after the cancellation of freaks and geeks i stopped getting emotionally involved with television shows. i really enjoyed veronica mars, but i remained non-committal, as to not get my heart broken again.

Entourage has an awesome opening song. "Oh YEAH! OH YEAH!"

Even though Six Feet Under opening was instrumental it still kicked butt. Oh, and Curb Your Enthusiasm has a fun intro.

i live in the city and have never owned a car. in fact, i don't have my license. i don't need to drive when i can walk to work, take the train, or the bus. i often chuckle to myself as i walk passed the lines of cars stuck in traffic. ha ha, i think.

i get to smell the flowers, make eye contact with cute strangers, and know the locals in my neighborhood diner, all things i cherish every day.

for those who say they need a car for work, move closer to humanity and start walking into life instead of driving by it.

the new album is fantastic. omg!!!

the airlines can keep me on the plane for as long as it takes for the flight to take off. i'd rather sit in my seat for hours and eventually get to my destination than disembark just to go through the entire process again.

Cary, the solution is to start a "Rent A Boyfriend" business. Women rent a man for a flat fee, only staying with rental boyfriend until they meet a real boyfriend.

The advantage of "Rent A Boyfriend" will be that it'll take away the desperation pheromone everyone gives off as a singleton leaving women of any age free to meet the right man.

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I don't love having a roommate, however, the extra $550.00 for rent has helped me pay off my debt from my mortgage.

My house is small but my roommate is a nice person and it's worked out great.

I'm 35 years old, single, and do enjoy miss lounging around my house in my underwear, but the extra income lowers my stress level.

i love surfing and wish when dating men i could say my one main hobby was surfing. aren't most of us surfing fools?

i read salon, yahoo news, google news, and boston.com everyday. i'm not too much into reading the average person's blog, although i'll read friend's blogs.

i'm a news junkie, but if i go away on vacation i leave internet access behind. it takes a few days, but i dont miss it.

As a severely disabled 35 year old woman I can feel the weight of insignificance. I often struggle to be heard, but what's different is I'm never lacking for attention. In fact every time I roll outside into the day I'm a constant curiosity to kids and adults.

Yesterday I went to buy shampoo at the local pharmacy. As I waited in line ro pay the lady behind me asked me where I bought my wheelchair. This is commonly asked by strangers, as is what's wrong with my body or can you walk at all.

Sometimes I pretend I'm a movie star and that people's stares are only to catch a glimpse of my beautiful face and body. But when I'm in a mediocre mood I'm likely to infer their stares as pity -- as if I can read their thoughts. "I'm glad I'm not here", they're saying.

Thanks for the article.