I am related to the owners and operators of LaCascia's (pronounced "la-cah-sha's") bakery. My brother Chris has been the manager for over thirty years, his wife's family has owned it for about 100 years (my brother, sister-in-law, and her brothers are all part owners, along with her parents. It started in East Boston in the early 1920s, then moved to Medford. This location opened in 1980, and they sold the Medford location in the early 1990s, but they're still affiliated: Medford bakes all of the bread, and Burlington makes all the cakes, pastries, and cookies, etc) I worked there for seven years in high school and college. My brother and two of my nephews are regularly behind the deli counter. Next time you go, you definitely need to get a sub or a pastry, or both. About the Pheasant Lane Mall: if you look at the JC Penny from above, you can see that it is not a perfect square, that a corner of it is "cut off", that was done to avoid that store going into Massachusetts and being liable for sales tax. If you look closely at the sidewalk, you can see a line cut into it, that is the actual state line. It used to be visible in across the parking lots, but subsequent repaving has apparently covered it up. (the state line on Google Maps is shown about 50 feet north of its actual location) maps.app.goo.gl/8uKxutNQsUR7QZjK8
For any non- New Englanders watching this video, the store Christmas Tree Shop has closed for good. The company went out of business in 8/12/23. All their stores had a different design, the most famous one had a windmill.
Have you thought of doing a video exploring the southern NH Boston I-95 commute options - Amtrak from Dover/Exeter, commuter rail from Newburyport or Haverhill, C&J bus from Portsmouth etc? It's a major commuter corridor and it'd be interesting to see how the various options stack up especially during rush hour and compared to the experience in a car. My dad used to car commute from Portsmouth to the Hancock tower downtown during the Big Dig days and it took him like 2 hours and 20 minutes to do 59 miles southbound some days.
Maybe let's consider running the LRTA 19 year round... I had many laughs throughout the video, great video and editing as always! By the way, have you heard of the imminent doom of the trackless trolleys? They're getting permanently retired in march! (Which I am very upset about)
2:57 - If I didn't know any better, I would of thought this was a bus from my neck of the woods on the GGFT system near Glens Falls, NY. That blue and red striping nearly resembles theirs.
I never knew you did a video riding concord! I used to take them all the time from Bangor to south station. Even on those longer trips they've always had excellent service! I have a lovely memory of riding one out of Boston and running into a dear older friend of mine who was like a mentor to me. She and I sat together and watched my big fat greek wedding on the tv and chatted about her days living as an artist in Manhattan in the 70s. Very random memory to unlock watching this old video but certainly a great one!
Thanks for another transit adventure. I have never put that many different bus routes to get somewhere but if you really want to experience the local areas you are traveling through riding the local transit systems lets you see areas you would not see on the through bus. It always is an adventure when you do a trip like this as you experienced transferring between routes and systems. This can really be a problem when you run into town activities that impact expected bus routes that get diverted and you may not be knowledgeable of the local area and where to make your next connection. But it is fun to try a trip like this now and then but it would be better for you if the weather wasn’t so bad.
This is such a New Hampshirey question and quest. You are living my dreams. I made a map of all the transit systems of MA (not quite finished) and when I used to have bad insomnia, I would imagine how I would travel all over the state over like 2 weeks. It would include going up to Hampton Beach. The bit between the extreme edge of the Franklin Regional Transit Authority and the Berkshire Regional Transit Agency in North Adams has me worried about what kind of a hike that would be. Could be amazing, could be treacherous.
The T really should have a bus to Canobie lake or one of the coach buses, $15 , multiple trips a day, I think it'll make money. Boston express has a bus to Nashua.
I think it would be far more efficient and financially sensible if there was just a local shuttle bus that timed with trains from Lawrence... And probably on weekends only, they don't even run the Ski Train shuttle bus on weekdays!
NH only has two trains, and one is the Downeaster which is owned by MaineDOT and only passes through NH to get to Maine and the vermonter, which is well for Vermont :((((( People from NH seem to be allergic to transit, or at least think that trains are communism. Especially northern nh, if you're there and don't have a car, you may stay there for the rest of your life.
The NH trip really braat out the Baasten in ya, didn't it? Big F to the faar faar away Maaaaaket Basket diversion Ngl kinda just wanted a convenient bus connection to the Nashua Outlets from the T but guess this works lol but I guess LIVE FREE OR DIE
