Is Boston a hellhole?

Pond Scum wrote:

Boston is terrible. Awful.

Stay away at all costs if you are a reader of this message board.

THIS

in other words, if you're a big letsrun poster, boston doesn't want you.

Grosss wrote:

John Utah wrote:

Beats places like Houston? ha! are you kidding? Is that why everyone is moving to Houston?

New Orleans and Seattle on the same level? What? Seattle is absolutely fantastic and New Orleans is one of the worst places in the entire country by almost any metric imaginable save the awesome food. If there ever where shithole city, it would be New Orleans.

All I have to say is that Houston is a horrible, horrible sprawl of highways, bad architecture, and humidity that should be avoided at all costs. It's everything that's wrong wtih a modern city.

Yet people keep moving there in droves. Also, Houston winters are fantastic. Most of the Midwest has awful winters AND awful summers.

Co mofo wrote:

CO people aren't as impressive in the job market so you stand out more. If you have a brain your skills are highly valued since the people generally aren't as bright and competitive as in the Northeast.

Ha. Folks in the northeast love to think that. Everyone else chuckles.

Dril wrote:

John Utah wrote:

Beats places like Houston? ha! are you kidding? Is that why everyone is moving to Houston?

New Orleans and Seattle on the same level? What? Seattle is absolutely fantastic and New Orleans is one of the worst places in the entire country by almost any metric imaginable save the awesome food. If there ever where shithole city, it would be New Orleans.

John Utah has made some terrible posts but this one takes the cake! You’ve managed to be one of the most moronic posters on LetsRun which is quite a feat!

You are likely one of the low-IQ race baiters on this site that can’t seem to formulate and intelligent thought. Do better, bro.

notveganboi wrote:

Pond Scum wrote:

Boston is terrible. Awful.

Stay away at all costs if you are a reader of this message board.

THIS

in other words, if you're a big letsrun poster, boston doesn't want you.

You don’t need to “scare” people away from Boston. Boston’s population has steadily declined since the 50s.

According to that logic here are the greatest cities in the world:

Fuzhou, China.

Ankara, Turkey.

Xiamen, China.

Hangzhou, China.

Kunming, China.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Bursa, Turkey.

Istanbul, Turkey.

Keep in mind that many of the people who write this type of thing who actually have experience living in Boston are ethnic NY'ers who have moved there for education or employment.

Also if you think Atlanta is the greatest place in NA which many AA's do then you'd probably agree Bos is a hellhole. But it isn't. Just tough to find parking.

rnrrnr wrote:

Being a racist is called racism these days?

there, fixed it for you

I don't get the hype of the big cities unless you have an amazing job with huge pay.

I get all of the diversity I need here on let's run....

I spend less that 2 minutes per day in traffic...I can run for miles with zero cars. My dog doesn't need a leash or a poop bag. My mortgage is lower that most people's property taxes in Boston.

I just don't get it.

Big cities silly wrote:

I don't get the hype of the big cities unless you have an amazing job with huge pay.

I get all of the diversity I need here on let's run....

I spend less that 2 minutes per day in traffic...I can run for miles with zero cars. My dog doesn't need a leash or a poop bag. My mortgage is lower that most people's property taxes in Boston.

I just don't get it.

Where do you live what do you do for a living?

I actually prefer Philadelphia to Boston

vahappydays wrote:

Grosss wrote:

All I have to say is that Houston is a horrible, horrible sprawl of highways, bad architecture, and humidity that should be avoided at all costs. It's everything that's wrong wtih a modern city.

This is why I love and miss Houston. The weak and the lazy are weeded out and you don't have to deal with them messing up your parks, festivals, restaurants, ball parks, museums, etc.

As far as Boston goes, they put on a good marathon and have some really good food and bars. And despite not being a Red Sox fan, the ballgames are pretty awesome too.

Hilarious. Houston is in the top 20 in terms of fattest cities in America.

John Utah wrote:

Co mofo wrote:

CO people aren't as impressive in the job market so you stand out more. If you have a brain your skills are highly valued since the people generally aren't as bright and competitive as in the Northeast.

Ha. Folks in the northeast love to think that. Everyone else chuckles.

Yeah because there are only like 3 DECENT colleges in entire state of CO (CU Boulder, Mines, Colorado college) and easily about 20+ decent to easily better than decent in Boston area alone...

Plenty of crap schools in CO & Most of the talent we hire is coming from the "transplant" crowd since the "natives" -except for the ones from the above schools- aren't impressive

The top CO employers i know won't even hire you if you're out of Metro State, Regis, Adams St sorry...

I'm not agreeing with this. I think it's wrong but I am just telling it like it is. We hired a few out of Metro but their GPAs were basically close to perfect 4.0

Big cities silly wrote:

I don't get the hype of the big cities unless you have an amazing job with huge pay.

I get all of the diversity I need here on let's run....

I spend less that 2 minutes per day in traffic...I can run for miles with zero cars. My dog doesn't need a leash or a poop bag. My mortgage is lower that most people's property taxes in Boston.

I just don't get it.

That’s why I live in a big city. I walk to work. It pays very well. Intertia plays a part as well. It’s where I’ve been for 16 years. It’s where everyone I know lives. Some people like living around people, others don’t. I also like the endless restaurants.

People have different tastes. It’s not that hard to get.

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You don’t need to “scare” people away from Boston. Boston’s population has steadily declined since the 50s.[/quote]

If you are going to make stupid statements, make sure no one can prove you wrong.

https://www.google.com/search?q=boston+ma+population&oq=boston+ma+popul&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.6980j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Yes, with the traffic in Boston getting worse each year the population is only going up. Not saying that is a good thing, traffic in Boston is the worst, parking is next to impossible and incredibly expensive.

Been there done it wrote:

For what it is worth, I think Boston handily beats Chicago and NYC. The only place I would call a hell hole is Kīlauea.

The most appropriate analogy for the Boston-NYC relationship is the elevator scene in Mad Men where the kid tells Draper "I feel bad for you" and he immediately responds "I don't think about you at all".

Ttubffuts wrote:

According to that logic here are the greatest cities in the world:

Fuzhou, China.

Ankara, Turkey.

Xiamen, China.

Hangzhou, China.

Kunming, China.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Bursa, Turkey.

Istanbul, Turkey.

I don't understand what you mean by this. I've lived in one of these cities and travelled to some of the others. What does this list represent?

Boston has changed A LOT in the past five years. Up until about 2011, the city still had many redeeming qualities. But it has officially lost its culture thanks to expanding colleges and the massive influx of "luxury condos".

Boston is home to MANY schools, and these days, colleges are more focused on turning their campuses into opulent palaces than anything else. How else will they attract customers (students)?

What's more, you can't walk two blocks in Boston anymore without seeing a half-finished building that will soon be occupied by upper-class 20- and 30-somethings (most of whom come from money). If you're able to pay $3,000 a month for a one bedroom, you may be able to join the club.

Boston has slowly changed from a city that at least had its own character to a transitory hub for rich younger people. Restaurants and bars that were around for decades are now turning over every few years to keep up with whatever the latest trend is. Everyone who grew up in the city has moved out to the suburbs or been forced into Randolph and Brockton.

These days, if you talk to four random "Bostonians" on the street, you're likely to meet a 20-year-old undergraduate student from Hong Kong, a 27-year-old graduate student from a Chicago suburb, a 30-year-old nurse from New York, and a 47-year-old Haitian who drives 65 hours a week for Uber to keep a roof over his head. Chances are, none of these people will still be in Boston in three years. How can a city have any "culture" with that type of turnover?

Bill Rogers is a good example of the type of person who used to thrive in Boston. He had a working-class job and a desire to be great. And he was able to find success in Boston as a younger guy. These days, Rogers wouldn't even be able to afford to live in a janitor's closet in Jamaica Plain. And those loops around Jamaica Pond would be a lot less enjoyable thanks to all the college students walking four-wide across the trail and never bothering to move.