A guide to Davis Square

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Hey,

I'm a student at Tufts and I've created a guide to Boston organized by Square, with the most data currently available
for Davis Square. Please Check out the site and spread the word!

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health club in the area?

[jftb.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone,
I'm new to Davis Square and I'm looking for a gym. Any recommendations? I'm looking for someplace with a good variety of classes (including spinning, if I can find it). I know there's a Healthworks in Porter; anyone here a member? Or is there anything right in Davis?

Looking forward to getting to know the neighborhood -- this LJ community seems like a great resource.

NSTAR Utility Rates

[laklare.livejournal.com]

From looking at NSTAR's recent press releases, I assumed that electric rates would be going down starting Jan 1st. However, just the opposite has happened.

I live in Somerville (Davis Sq. area) and today witnessed on my bill that the transmission rate doubled, the transition rate went up, but most importantly, the basic svc fixed charged went from $0.07694/KWH to $0.1266/KWH. That's a hefty increase and amounted to nearly $40 on my electric bill.

Has anyone else observed this abrupt change in their electric bills? How can this be reconciled with the supposed "$20 million rate cut for NSTAR Electric customers" effective January 1st? Also, how can I actually get to a real human being on NSTAR's phone system? I've tried several times and each time I get "heavy call volumes, call back later". The automated call back option isn't even coming up. Perhaps they are being overwhelmed by people like me who are wondering what's up with their electric bill?