Author Topic: $560,000 for 2 parking spots in Boston  (Read 4318 times)

jambongris

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$560,000 for 2 parking spots in Boston
« on: June 14, 2013, 08:50:54 AM »
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/06/13/tandem-parking-spots-sell-for/f7G3KRWmEut6K7f8OsagDJ/story.html

"Blumenthal said the auction was a unique opportunity to get more parking places for guests and workers..."

Need more space for those clown cars I guess.

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Re: $560,000 for 2 parking spots in Boston
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2013, 09:07:49 AM »
I agree!! The location is right on a train AND bus line. Walking distance to several stores and restaurants. I suppose you don't want to run too far in your Christian Louboutin shoes...Sheesh!!

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Re: $560,000 for 2 parking spots in Boston
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2013, 09:39:59 AM »
Ah, you beat me to the punch! I was just about to post this...


Absolutely ridiculous, especially when there are plenty of spaces for sale for <$200k in other Boston neighborhoods...

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Re: $560,000 for 2 parking spots in Boston
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2013, 09:40:24 AM »
Wow. Just, wow.
I guess I don't know how to make money. I wonder how much my driveway would sell for? 

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Re: $560,000 for 2 parking spots in Boston
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2013, 09:42:17 AM »
We saw that on the news this morning and wifey said "for that kind of money, you could have a chauffeur drive you and drop you off every day"

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Re: $560,000 for 2 parking spots in Boston
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2013, 10:07:53 AM »
You could buy all the homes on my street for that amount and still have money left over for window coverings and new paint.

Is this how third world countries feel when they hear about an average person the first world?

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Re: $560,000 for 2 parking spots in Boston
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2013, 10:16:09 AM »
We saw that on the news this morning and wifey said "for that kind of money, you could have a chauffeur drive you and drop you off every day"

Said thing is this might be close to being true.

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Re: $560,000 for 2 parking spots in Boston
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2013, 10:42:35 AM »
We saw that on the news this morning and wifey said "for that kind of money, you could have a chauffeur drive you and drop you off every day"

We could buy another couple hundred acres, more if it was in a single parcel.

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Re: $560,000 for 2 parking spots in Boston
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2013, 10:48:17 AM »
We saw that on the news this morning and wifey said "for that kind of money, you could have a chauffeur drive you and drop you off every day"

We could buy another couple hundred acres, more if it was in a single parcel.

just think how many cars you could park on a couple hundred acres!

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Re: $560,000 for 2 parking spots in Boston
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2013, 11:00:26 AM »
We saw that on the news this morning and wifey said "for that kind of money, you could have a chauffeur drive you and drop you off every day"

We could buy another couple hundred acres, more if it was in a single parcel.

just think how many cars you could park on a couple hundred acres!

No, thanks. We're still determining how many will fit on 25! :p

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Re: $560,000 for 2 parking spots in Boston
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2013, 11:25:41 AM »
That's about $61,000,000 per acre.

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!