I am from Boston and have been living here for almost 20 years. It is the worst and most boring city in the entire world. People are rude and simply unpleasant, and I grew up this way, I was taught by default, in a second hand sort of manner to not spark up random conversations with people, to not smile or put myself out there, it created this anti social character within me which made it difficult to have a social life because everyone else here is the exact same. I thought this behavior was normal until I visited Montréal for the first time and other parts of Canada and let me tell you, Montréal is exactly what Boston should be. Here there’s no fun to be had, no clubs, no nightlife in general, no sense of community, nothing. The “historically rich” aspect of Boston is overrated, the streets are horrible and congested, the drivers are trash, there is no local art scene, no music/underground scene, the people absolutely suck and are not interesting, and it’s damn near impossible to make friends unless you go to school, and even then. I haven’t even mentioned how expensive this horrible piece of trash city is. The price of living in a city that closes at 11 pm is genuine highway robbery. At least you can have a good time in NYC and find cool people and things to do whether you are a night owl or not. I regret ever spending a dime in Boston and living here, my early 20’s went to waste living here and I hold disdain towards this place. If you choose to live in this city you are basically signing up to be a wage slave until you retire, because all this city is is work work work work work. No balance between work and life, no character, no personality, I hate this city so much that it’s hard for me to root for the celtics, bruins, red sox, etc., even though I grew up loving these teams. The Celtics literally won their first title and the streets were empty, city was dead, just a few cars honking but that’s it, no parties, no celebrations, nobody getting together, nothing at all. I absolutely hate this place.