Seriously though, the people are awesome in Boston. We have a score or so in our social group all within a couple block radius (and the MIT kiddies you haven't met are every bit as awesome as the Mudders you know and love), but in my various meanderings off the beaten track, I've run into scores more of really interesting, young, awesome people. I think that very few places have such a high concentration of cool, young people. I blame the bevy of institutions of higher learning.
As alluded to earlier, I do usually go climbing 2-3 times/wk. We have an amazing climbing gym 30 minutes away (15 without traffic), and I would enjoy more belay partners. I've barely scratched the surface of the outdoor stuff, but it's around and really quite good if you're willing to drive for a hour or two.
I don't know if you play or are interested in learning, but there is also a weekly pickup game of ultimate a couple blocks away that a bunch of us attend.
On the topic of making big, scary decisions that deeply affect two people. Katy and I have had a lot of luck with writing down all the factors that we can think of and scoring each alternative for each of the factors (Ex: Public Transit - Boston: 5 of 5, Seattle: 3 of 5). Then you each get 100 weighting points to divy out amongst the factors. Then, chug the numbers and see what comes out ahead.
Of course, it should inform the decision making process, rather than being the decision making process. I've always found in very elucidating to see Katy's weights, and (in my experience) knowing what they care about and how much really does help guide the discussion.
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Seriously though, the people are awesome in Boston. We have a score or so in our social group all within a couple block radius (and the MIT kiddies you haven't met are every bit as awesome as the Mudders you know and love), but in my various meanderings off the beaten track, I've run into scores more of really interesting, young, awesome people. I think that very few places have such a high concentration of cool, young people. I blame the bevy of institutions of higher learning.
As alluded to earlier, I do usually go climbing 2-3 times/wk. We have an amazing climbing gym 30 minutes away (15 without traffic), and I would enjoy more belay partners. I've barely scratched the surface of the outdoor stuff, but it's around and really quite good if you're willing to drive for a hour or two.
I don't know if you play or are interested in learning, but there is also a weekly pickup game of ultimate a couple blocks away that a bunch of us attend.
On the topic of making big, scary decisions that deeply affect two people. Katy and I have had a lot of luck with writing down all the factors that we can think of and scoring each alternative for each of the factors (Ex: Public Transit - Boston: 5 of 5, Seattle: 3 of 5). Then you each get 100 weighting points to divy out amongst the factors. Then, chug the numbers and see what comes out ahead.
Of course, it should inform the decision making process, rather than being the decision making process. I've always found in very elucidating to see Katy's weights, and (in my experience) knowing what they care about and how much really does help guide the discussion.