Stare @ walls & keep face str8 wrote:
Why do people in Boston seem depressed, act so unfriendly and hardly talk on the "T" train?
I couldn't figure this out during the year I lived there. I'm from Colorado
I live in Boston, I ride the T, and I'm from Colorado! Wish you had said hello when you were here. I agree. Everyone looks and acts like their dog just died.
I don't want to change the subject or anything, but the wife and I are heading to Boston in a few weeks for a mini vacation.What's the best hotel area? We're studying the travel sites, and there seems to be a bunch of good options. Waterfront? Back Bay? Etc. We'd like to be near a body of water with some nice views, but man hotels seem expensive in that city. It'd be nice to be walking distance from a fairly hip/trendy bar/restaurant area too.Also- Any activities that you Bostonians would consider a "must do" for tourists?Thanks in advance!
Testing wrote:
m@sshole wrote:Mostly liberals? Only about 1/3 of registered voters are Democrats.
Gotta agree. Although Boston has a liberal image, the citizens by and large don't have the "we hate America and are entitled to free stuff from people who work for a living" attitude that's so prevalent in the liberal community. Rather they have a strong sense of independence, personal responsibility, and they love their law enforcement officers.
It's a great town to visit.
Old and in the way wrote:
There's light rail. C, D, E, F, G and W lines are running. The line to the airport is about 2 years out, and the gold line to Arvada is about 3 years out.
The W line is like the Riverside line, except free parking and no a$$holes on board.
Lived both places. Denver by a mile.
Oh yeah, Tom Brady's a pretty boy cheater and the Red Sox suck.
Totally agree. As soon as I retire (5 years) I'm moving back to CO. Boston is the pits.
[quote]Miman wrote:
I don't want to change the subject or anything, but the wife and I are heading to Boston in a few weeks for a mini vacation.
What's the best hotel area? We're studying the travel sites, and there seems to be a bunch of good options. Waterfront? Back Bay? Etc. We'd like to be near a body of water with some nice views, but man hotels seem expensive in that city. It'd be nice to be walking distance from a fairly hip/trendy bar/restaurant area too.
Also- Any activities that you Bostonians would consider a "must do" for tourists?
Thanks in advance!
Anything around Copley is great. Pricey, but great. Boston Park Plaza is one of the more reasonably priced but still decent downtown hotels. Take a Duck Boat Tour. Totally touristy, but a lot of fun. Eat at the Union Oyster House. Walk the Freedom Trail. Go to a Red Sox game....naw, skip that. They suck this year.
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West of Boston.
Ask someone who lives on Marlborough Street if the believe that Roxbury, Mattapan, Hyde Park are...in reality and in the minds of the residents...part of the same city.
Go ahead and split hairs.
I live outside 128 and rarely go in Town.
Too crowded, too expen$ive and too dangerous.
West of Boston wrote:
West of Boston.
Ask someone who lives on Marlborough Street if the believe that Roxbury, Mattapan, Hyde Park are...in reality and in the minds of the residents...part of the same city.
Go ahead and split hairs.
I live outside 128 and rarely go in Town.
Too crowded, too expen$ive and too dangerous.
How is correctly noting that Roxbury is part of Boston "splitting hairs"? Do you know that Boston Police headquarters is right across the street from the Reggie......in Roxbury?
And my brother used to live on Marlborough Street and he certainly will tell you that Roxbury, Mattapan, and HP are part of the great city of Boston.
Even in big cities in the South, strangers say hello to each other as a rule. It's no fake friendliness.
Just so you know this place called in Bay State has the lowest divorce rate in the US and perhaps the lowest in North America. It isn't because residents can't be friendly or lack communications skills.
If you want to compare Ma with the family life in GA,MS,AL,La fine. CDC and FBI statistics will show that they really don't compare in any way.
Why, you ask OP? Because it's a lousy place to live.
I grew up there and couldn't wait to leave. I visit once a year. And always ask myself "what am I doing here?".
Here's a secret...
80% of the people live there because they don't know any better. I swear this is true . Or are too scared to leave.
because that's what people in flyover states do! a big smile and fake "hello!" or "good morning/evening!" makes them feel better about themselves when they talk about you behind your back later :)
this is humerus wrote:
Why do people who aren't from the East Coast expect everyone to constantly engage in shallow displays of fake friendliness?
Busta Nutt wrote:
Why, you ask OP? Because it's a lousy place to live.
I grew up there and couldn't wait to leave. I visit once a year. And always ask myself "what am I doing here?".
Here's a secret...
80% of the people live there because they don't know any better. I swear this is true . Or are too scared to leave.
+1
This hits the nail on the head.
Good video on Boston
Roxbury MA analysis
The Mattapan MA massacre:
A GREAT Analysis of Mattapan crime scene and proximity to churches, liquor stores & Boston Police
The nice part of Roxbury
jjjjjjjjj wrote:
This isn't a big city issue. If you have lived in a New England small town for forty or fifty years, and you go for a walk around the neighborhoods after Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner and happen to encounter any other long-term residents, do not say hello or Happy Thanksgiving or Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, because they will not respond or even look at you. They will proceed on their own way, stuck in their own proud New England bubble.
Even in big cities in the South, strangers say hello to each other as a rule. It's no fake friendliness. They brighten each other's moods and recognize each other's humanity through standard forms of social interaction.
Disagree - I sometimes say hi or get said hi to when out on the street (running or walking)
This is not Colorado. Boston is hard core.
Every friggin person from the Midwest and south tells everyone that their area is friendly and that "yakees" are un-friendly.
Ok, so leave.
you2 wrote:
This is not Colorado. Boston is hard core.
Every friggin person from the Midwest and south tells everyone that their area is friendly and that "yakees" are un-friendly.
Ok, so leave.
Yeah, it's hard core. No doubt. But why put up with that cr*p if you don't have to? Bragging rights? I mean, what's the point? I'm job hunting for positions out of state. I'd LOVE to live in Colorado.
I notice the people of Boston were quick to support terrorism in other counties as they were the main contributors in financial terms to the IRA terrorists though Noraid.
That terrorist campaign culminated by a bomb in the main shopping area of a town in Northern Ireland, (Omagh) that killed 29 people and injured about 220 others.
Those killed included Catholics, Protestants, a Mormon teenager, five other teenagers, six children, a women pregnant with twins, two Spanish tourists and ironically, other tourists on a day trip from the Republic.
I notice Boston went into melt down and panic when a minor terrorist incident happened in their own territory - then acted as if they’d bravely faced up to a couple of cowboy jihadists.
They can give it - but can’t take it
Busta Nutt wrote:
Why, you ask OP? Because it's a lousy place to live.
I grew up there and couldn't wait to leave. I visit once a year. And always ask myself "what am I doing here?".
Here's a secret...
80% of the people live there because they don't know any better. I swear this is true . Or are too scared to leave.
Where specifically did you grow up?
Boston is one of the GREATEST places in America
They probably thought you were a local & had an annoying Bahston accent. Who wants to listen to a Bawston accent all day?
