So you're moving to Boston...

September 1 is just two weeks away, and so is the giant game of musical chairs that unfolds in the streets of Boston every year. Seven in 10 leases turn over on that day to make way for the tens of thousands of students who return to the city at the end of the summer. Between the traffic, trucking your worldly possessions across town and acclimating to a new neighborhood, move-in day can be an overwhelming time for anyone, particularly the un-initiated Bostonian.

So, today on The Common, WBUR Reporter Simón Rios gives newcomers the inside scoop on how to navigate the chaos and start off your Boston chapter on the right foot.