http://bostonist.com/2005/11/16/first_stoughton_then_somerville_bostonist_surrounded_by_ikeas.php All comments for First Stoughton, then Somerville? Bostonist Surrounded by IKEAs en-us 2008 cheap_robv Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:00:00 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rvassegh@gmail.com rvassegh@gmail.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2005/11/16/first_stoughton_then_somerville_bostonist_surrounded_by_ikeas.php#comment-151437 http://bostonist.com/2005/11/16/first_stoughton_then_somerville_bostonist_surrounded_by_ikeas.php#comment-151437 Comments Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:18:21 -0500 <p>In the various news coverage, I thought it interesting that IKEA was offering public transportation from a T station. Did people actually ride the bus and buy stuff?? Have fun dragging your box(es) of furniture home! This big-box argument has been used to highlight the supposedly silliness of building an IKEA in Somerville with the promise of a new Orange Line station at Assembly Square. It *would* be dumb if IKEA was going to be the only store there, but it's not. There will be other shopping. Anyway, traffic will die down after the new-store smell wears off. The NIMBY folks should just chill. Still, I don't see how the land-swap proposal will help. They seem to be very different land footprints.</p> http://bostonist.com/2005/11/16/first_stoughton_then_somerville_bostonist_surrounded_by_ikeas.php#comment-151432 http://bostonist.com/2005/11/16/first_stoughton_then_somerville_bostonist_surrounded_by_ikeas.php#comment-151432 Comments Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:14:45 -0500 <p>Please god no! I want to be able to drive again!</p>