Boston deserves to thrive. Our city can be more affordable, more comfortably livable, and better on public safety. This is your city, and your future. Get the facts below.
Summary
- Under Mayor Wu, Boston is the 5th most expensive city in the world.
- Residential property taxes are growing higher and higher with Mayor Wu.
- Boston has the 4th worst traffic in the nation, exacerbated by Wu’s bike lanes that largely go unused.
- Mayor Wu is taking $100 million away from BPS buildings to unnecessarily spend it on White Stadium.
- Meanwhile, four Boston public schools will be closed after the 2025-2026 school year.
- The problems associated with Mass and Cass are making it unsafe for children to play.
- The drug use and violence of Mass and Cass are spilling over to other neighborhoods, with crime now at a 7 year high in Downtown Crossing and Boston Common on Mayor Wu’s watch.
- In the last year, gun violence in Boston has doubled.
Affordability and Housing
Did you know that in 2024, Boston earned a rating as the fifth most expensive city in the world? According to popular cost-of-living database Numbeo, the cost of living for a family of four was $5,320 per month. Without accounting for rent.
When isolating rent, the picture becomes even worse. The average cost for a central one bedroom apartment in Boston was reported by Numbeo at $3,115 per month, good for the second most expensive rent in the world for a one bedrooom apartment.
The housing situation is only getting worse, considering the trends:
- The rate of new housing construction has fallen by 50% since 2022, and is now among the lowest in the country.
- Residential property taxes increased by an average 6.2% in 2025.
- As rents and housing costs increase across the board, so too do evictions.
Boston badly needs housing that regular people can afford, in places they want to live. We deserve a Mayor who can deliver that.
Livability
If the cost of living weren’t bad enough, the quality of living is also going in the wrong direction. Boston has the fourth worst traffic among cities in the United States, and ranks 12th worst in the entire world. In 2023, the average driver in Boston lost 134 hours to traffic.
Meanwhile, the rapid development of bike lanes in Boston has undoubtedly contributed to this traffic, but most go unused.
Public schools in Boston are also suffering, at the expense of our children. Four Boston public schools will be closed after the 2025-2026 school year, with two others set to merge. Meanwhile, $100 million is being taken away from BPS buildings to unnecessarily fund White Stadium.
Reducing educational access is a losing proposition, and the cost to Bostonians in traffic congestion is measurably harmful to livelihoods and the economy — Boston deserves better policies on these issues.
Public Safety
Everyone in Boston is familiar with the recurring problems at Mass and Cass. Drug usage and a lack of adequate solutions to the crisis are costing our children, with recreational areas becoming too dangerous and too unsanitary for them to play. For example, over multiple years the spillover from Mass and Cass has forced youth football out of Roxbury’s Clifford Park. The longer this problem goes unaddressed, the more our children in the area suffer.
Meanwhile, crime continues to spread in Downtown Crossing and around Boston Common, reaching the highest level in 7 years. On top of that, gun violence in Boston has doubled this year.
Public safety is critical to thriving lives for Boston residents, but these trends are all going in the wrong direction. We need leadership that will take these issues seriously, and work to improve public safety for all the people of Boston, especially our children.
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