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Most here in the Hub know the drill on September 1st. Not moving? Get the hell out of dodge. Moving? Brace yourself for the battle. 

Moving in Boston on September 1st is a notorious nightmare. With an astonishing two-thirds of leases on an August 31st to September 1st cycle, it doesn’t take much to imagine the chaos caused by the mass migration on the first of the month. Boston turns into a temporary war zone; sidewalks barricaded by abandoned belongings, streets gridlocked by unwieldy moving trucks, and neighborhoods invaded by mobs of movers. Across the city, from Medford to Mission Hill, amateur undergrads and exasperated young professionals attempt to cram their crap into micro-sized apartments, inevitably exploding into expletives. It’s a “fun” day filled with traffic jams, parking wars, pulled muscles, and fender-benders.

If you’ve relocated before in Boston, you know the September 1st rundown: Stress. Sweat. Swear. Repeat. But if this is your first foray into the moving day fray, be warned: it’s no cakewalk. It’s a grueling process with no easy way out.

“Sept. 1st is a natural man-made disaster citywide, no matter what kind of spin you put on it. There are simply too many leases that run on the 9/1 apartment leasing cycle, and that’s unlikely to change,” Demetrios Salpoglou, CEO of BostonPads.com said. “Responsible landlords and property managers start walking through their properties quite frequently in August, and start working with their tenants to try to figure out ways to dispose of unnecessary items over the course of the month, and not wait until the last minute.” BostonPads.com provides information technologies and real time apartment data that powers the largest apartment leasing network in New England.

While moving in Boston will never be a pleasant experience, there are ways to minimize the misery. Check out these 10 tips to avoid September 1st moving nightmare.

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