In my opinion, negatives include prices that seem to be very high, heavy traffic and the fact that luxury condos in the ‘burbs just don’t sound appealing to me.

I recall reading an article recently where an older couple purchased a condo and then convinced their single son to purchase one as well. It appealed to him (or his parents) because instead of going ‘out’ to a bar, he could go ‘down’ to a bar, and that it would be a great way to meet someone.

Another couple stated that they loved shopping so living above a mall made sense to them. Another individual who was considering the purchase of a unit explained she was attracted to the development because she spends too much money on Manolo’s to have people spill beer on them when she goes out in more college-student-saturated areas (this statement seemed a little ridiculous–has she ever been to the mall (or any mall) on a Saturday evening to check out the crowd?!).

Your potential neighbors should be a selling point when considering the purchase of a condo. To me, from the individual profiles they provided in this particular article, they seem more like a deterrent.

Decreasing loitering on Broadway Bridge and Foundry Street: People appear to have stopped loitering at the Broadway Bridge/Dorchester Ave intersection. There are fewer people loitering under the bridge, but there are still 2-3 people that sleep there consistently.
WBNA is working with the police and owners of the clean-out trucks to remove furniture/trash from under the Foundry St Bridge. Additionally, WBNA will contact Inspectional Services regarding the trash.
Residents can also help by removing blankets, furniture and other materials from under the bridge. The trash can be emptied into the dumpster on Foundry St.
People have been working with us to remove the homeless people from under the bridge. To date they have made one arrest.

Heaven forbid the homeless interfere with ongoing gentrification.

Glad I moved out of Southie and the SE - the Disney-fication of it all disgusts me.

p.s. - drunks pissing in the street is part of city living.

You are so off base about the homeless. After working closely with the mayor’s office, the Boston Police and the Pine Street Inn, those people refused to get help anywhere else. So after shooting up and pissing in the middle of the street enough, instead of taking a sober night at Pine Street (which came by in vans multiple times to offer assistance), the City of Boston finally came over to clean up their mess.

Since then they have inserted two new streetlights on either side of the bridge. Now it is much lighter and safer - plus it is not a home anymore for them.

I feel bad for homeless too, but if I am walking my mother-in-law to her car at night, I shouldn’t have to worry about safety or watching a grown drunk pissing in the street. So the association did the right thing and went through the right channels to have it handled properly. No problem exists anymore.

I don’t for one second disagree that the Pappases are pompous, or even the most pompous people I have ever met. It really doesn’t affect my life so I wouldn’t tell someone to buy/not buy here because of them.

Hey to each his own. Most of CSP sells for less than 750K anyway so it shouldn’t be compared with Macallen.

With regard to raising condo fees, I won’t be convinced that they won’t until all of the units are sold. As of now, both CSP and Macallen have units for sale by the developer. Contrary to public belief, CSP is not sold out.