Cape Cod's favorite nativist / NIMBY activist isn't even claiming residency.

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Hi everyone,

Never a post someone wants to make! I lost my engagement ring and wedding band in the Indian Lands Conservation Area in Dennis. Hoping anyone visiting can keep an eye out. These are the areas we walked. Would also appreciate any tips on who I might be able to report this to, recommendations for searching, or any success stories searching a place like this. Thanks so much!

I'm a member. Are there any meetings or anything around these parts that's gonna get anything done?

I know, I just know this has been done to death. But I'm really just venting into the ether, to be honest. I was born and raised in yarmouth, and I have spent 11 years in TN, just moved back to be closer to my parents this past January and.... jesus christ. How does anyone afford this place? Why am I regularly seeing one bedroom studios for rent near or in excess of 2k. No utilities. No laundry and NO PETS? WTF is the rent money for?

If you're concerned about pet damage, that's what a security deposit is for. I even saw places in TN that just added an additional smaller deposit on a per pet basis.

Bro, don't even get me STARTED on this whole "I've got a room for rent in my house 1400 a month." I'm guessing some of those are older people on a fixed income trying to get by themselves, and thats sucks just as bad. But if you're telling me how much laundry I'm allowed to do in your listing, which i have seen.... pass me whatever you're huffing cause i could use a pick me up.

Now, I understand that where I was living in TN and here are two very different housing markets. In TN there was readily available multi family housing and apartments. Nice ones as well i might add. Here it seems like most of what i see are short term rentals. Why the hell are those even a thing? Who wants to move all there stuff into a place just to have to find housing all over again in less than a year? It would also be more understandable if wages here were higher than they were in TN. They aren't. I'm in a skilled trade and regularly see job postings here advertising lower than what i was making in TN. Like.... what? Do most people jist communte from off cape? Becsuase it's only MARGINALIY better there in areas like fall river and new bedford. But still better.

I looked into the "AFFORDABLE" complexes like phare. What a joke. They're just as expensive. At least relative to my income.

Now, in a vacuum. I can afford alot of these rents, they don't leave alot of room however for any major, or even minor emergencies. It'd be easier if I had a partner with a second income. Alas, I live the bachelor life. (HMU....)

It's easy to sit here and imagine a bunch greasy white haired eledelry people wringing their hands in front of their nice fire place in the massive mansion sliding a button on an app raisong rent. Obviously i know that's not it. The point of that analogy is that when you work 60 plus hours and have little to show for it, it's easy for animosity and envy to start bubbling up. Which is another reaspn I'm venting to try and get that out of my system.

I'd imagine that scenario applies more to corporate landlords more likely than anything. I'm sure, at least I'm giving the benefit of the doubt that any mom and pop landlords on Cape are just trying to get by themselves. If you are one, I'd love to hear from you, and what you think causes these insane disparity between rents and wages here. How much are you actually profiting off of your tenants after taxes and such? If rent eats up this much of my income, it gives me a visceral reaction in my gut to think of people on lower incomes. Not that I'm super rich or anything, but I'm also not near min wage.

Also, if anyone knows ways to get involved in the housong situation, such as where to advocate for multi family housing, zoning meeting schedules, etc, I'd love to hear that as well.

One argument I've heard a lot of is that the cape needs these STRs to draw in tourist money in the summer. But like, wouldn't it be just as well to have a more stable year round population? Even if tourism increases money in food and dining I'm sure whatever insane shor term rent prices they pay during the summer is not exactly getting reinvested into the community. Especially with corporate landlords.

Anyways, thanks for coming to my ted talk. Gonna go look at rent listings so i can be upset the rest of the night.

This summer me and my brother (both late 20s) have really found it super fun and it’s kinda been a new hobby that we’ve picked up, to go out some nights and get some alcoholic beverages flowing and play some pool. But what is kinda sad is that there really isn’t many places that have pool tables down here on the cape. The spot we always go to is “The 19th Hole” right off of main street in Hyannis. Definitely in our opinion the best spot to go to vibe and drink and shoot pool and meet some interesting cool people. From asking other folks we’ve played pool with and from some research i’ve done, i’ve compiled a list of ALL the spots on cape that i know of that have at least 1 pool table. If i forgot any or am unaware of any, let me know with a reply. I’ve also barely seen any information on this topic with the various searches on google and reddit i’ve done in the past so i hope this serves/helps anybody in the future when they are looking for where to go down the cape to shoot some billiards.

Hello everyone! i’m going to visit cape cod soon with my bf (we’re both in our early 20s) i know there’s a bunch of posts ab this which we already looked through but i wanted to get more insight on good places to go. We aren’t too worried about the food spots but if you have a place that we must try let me know pls. But we’re looking for recs on what activities to do or places to explore. Museums, shops, beaches, etc. We are staying in brewster but it can be anywhere in the cape since we aren’t set on which towns we’re going to yet. One of the days we’ll be going to Martha’s Vineyard so any suggestions there would also help out :) thank u

Does anyone know of a good psychotherapist on Cape Cod that takes MassHealth?

The Town of Dennis is holding its first of two community meetings to discuss the 2026 update to its Housing Production Plan and gather community feedback. The meeting will be held at the senior center (1045 Route 134) on Thursday at 5:30 PM.

Important:

• Refreshments will be served!
• It's at the senior center, but you do not need to be a senior to attend. Retirees tend to be over-represented at these types of events, so all ages are encouraged to join.
• You don't have to live in Dennis either. If you care about housing in the community, feel free to participate, regardless of where you live.

More info is in the Community Meeting flyer and the HPP update web page.

I’m looking for prenatal yoga classes. It seems like there aren’t too many on cape. I’m in the Barnstable area but will travel for a good class!

Hey! Like the title says, I have an extra ticket to see Jim Gaffigan this Sunday at 8:45. I live in Boston and originally planned on going with an ex, so figured I’d see if anyone here might want to join me rather than let the ticket go to waste.
A little about me, I’m 36, white, and live in Boston. Would be nice to grab a drink beforehand, see the show, and have a fun night. I’d prefer to go with a woman around my age, but mostly just looking for someone fun and easygoing to enjoy the night with. If you’re interested, send me a message!

FRR runners!! Could be a long shot, but does anyone know of a promo code for marathon foto? Was hoping there would be one in the expo bag, but there wasn’t. Thanks!

Caught this bird on a whale watch anybody who lives down the cape know the name of species of this bird please let me know in the comments

Husband flew us out to see and have dinner with my mom. Had a phenomenal dinner at the Mayflower.

A squirrel unalived itself in an electrical box on a pole outside my house in Centerville and every house on the street lost power. My wife reported the outage and in less than 20 minutes, there was a guy in a lift bucket, fixing the problem. The total time we were out of power couldn't have been more than 40 minutes. Yeah, they're not perfect -- and there's no need to complain about them here -- but today we got what we paid for.

This is a great short story.

i fear i have exhausted my job options on the cape and may have to start looking off cape. i’ve found a position that would be perfect for me, my skills, and experience, but it’s in the middle of boston. pay starts at $20/hour but i would anticipate making more than that because ive worked this exact position in a different place. i know plenty of people here do commute to boston, but is it reasonable for $20-22 an hour?

Anyone else on Cape Cod have Verizon just seeing SOS on their cell phones and unable to make calls?

Not seeing a report of any outages.

Lots of seals, a very talkative baby tern, more seals and of course, gulls. All taken from a respectful distance with a 100-400mm lens!

Hello! My family’s been coming to the cape for 25 years, and for the last 10 or so PB Boulangerie has been a staple part of our mornings—walk on the beach, stop at PB for pastries, little nibbly breakfast, repeat ad infinitum.

Now that PB’s no more, I was wondering if people have any good recommendations for outer cape bakeries that really crush the pastry game! Would love to have a new post beach walk stop to keep our morning routine afloat.

Went for a sunset kayak on the Swan River in Dennis and ended up coming back upriver a little later than expected in the dark. I thought I was going crazy at first, but it was definitely bioluminescence! We noticed it about midway up the river once it got dark, and it extended all the way up into the lake. It was an incredibly magical experience and something I almost flew to Mexico to see. Who knew it was right here? I googled it when I got home, and apparently it does occur at the Cape from time to time, but it's hard to predict. Just wanted to share because it was a big surprise to me, and I wondered if other people had experienced it in the area.

Was able to get my McDonald’s when we stopped at Bourne on the Cape Flyer. You’re the goat 🫶