I find it difficult to navigate in 2287 as well. Food's still not too good either.
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There's plenty of good food in Boston.
"Established Before You Were Born"
Suuuch ass?
There's no need for name calling just because you disagree
Maybe they like big butts and can not lie?
Biggest mistake in my life was leaving Boston. People weren't unfriendly, they just had busy lives and didn't have time for BS, but if you were waiting at a T stop you could easily strike up a conversation. I lived in Brookline and I can easily think of 5 different places with great food (at reasonable prices) in that area alone. Sure, it was kinda cold in winter; okay it's not as easy to navigate as Manhattan, but it's got character. There are ways to live cheap there but yeah the biggest killer is rent, either you'll be commuting a lot or you'll be living cramped. Still, it's one of my 3 favorite cities in the world.
Boston is my favourite city in the US (that I've been to). Everyone was super friendly.
I've been to cities where people are "warmer" and more outgoing, but it's that fake American facade everyone wears. Boston was a little rough in places but way more genuine.
if you were waiting at a T stop you could easily strike up a conversation
Horrifying.
If you tried that in the part of England I'm from you'll end up getting sectioned for your own good.
I find the further you get from London, the friendlier people tend to be with strangers in England. If you go west far enough and end up over the border in Wales, the difference is even more pronounced.
When I lived in Aberystwyth, cigarettes were basically a communist economy!
I visited Boston from the UK and found everyone to be super friendly. Had lots of conversations with folks who just started chatting to me, and would go out of their way to recommend things to do. I also found the same in NYC. And Paris. I think friendly people are everywhere.
what are the other two?
Rome and LA.
‘Channels the inner Bostonian’
- Expensive? Hell ya.
- Freezing? Gimme a break, don’t be a pussy.
- Difficult to navigate? T is always fuckin broke and late, driving blows. Don’t know where you’re going - just ask dipshit, we’ll set ya straight.
- Unfriendly? Fuck you. We’re wicked nice.
- Food? You must be fuckin blind son. Food here is pissa!
- Did you mean the original Boston? I think your tea is done brewing in the harbor.
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Unfriendly? Fuck you. We’re wicked nice.
First time I visited Boston, I was lost somewhere in downtown and walking in circles. Must have passed a postman one too many times because he just briskly walks up to me and, gesturing with a handful of mail, abruptly asks, “whadaya, fuckin lost?”
He then proceeded to give me very clear and accurate directions to where I was going.
One of the interesting things about Boston is that the average person you bump into doesn't have the typical Boston accent. There are too many immigrants, international students, etc. for that accent to dominate. But, certain jobs: postal worker, cop, firefighter, public transit worker, etc. that mostly hire locals. So, your announcements on the T are mostly always done with a strong Boston accent.
Difficult to navigate? The roads are designed entirely around the premise of “FAHK YOUU!! You don’t know how this road works? Moron!” Source: lived there. Want to go to Salem? Nope. One of my favorites is the tollway from the airport to downtown. If you miss the last exit or go the wrong way on 1, guess you’re going downtown because fuck you. Downtown is a mess of one-ways, turn only lanes, and no, two rights will NOT have you going in the opposite direction. Fuck you, you’re now going to Worcester on the Masspike. Have fun.
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That tea would be disgustingly weak. We did the maths. Of course we did the maths.
Don't forget the public transport, which is underwhelming.
By US standards it's pretty good.
That's like saying your underwear is comfortable compared to being made of barbed wire.
LOLZ ya got the Boston attitude, pal. I'd buy ya a bacon-wrapped shrimp at Faneuil Hall.
You're not even deep-frying it? Barbarian...
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Boston is awesome for it's green spaces. Probably my favorite city to walk a far distance. So many parks. So many huge parks.
My one visit to Boston (American) was for part of a day. The people were nice, food was good, and the harbor was very accepting of the loose tea I threw in it.
But I'm glad it was during summer.
Just came back from a long weekend in Boston, and I loved it. It reminded me very much of Dublin where I live:
- Expensive as hell.
- Weather forecast is never right.
- You can understand the locals only when they are drunk.
But the food was great, and the T was lightyears ahead of the Dublin metro system.
the T was lightyears ahead of the Dublin metro system.
Wow, Dublin's metro must suck. Boston's subway is good by US standards, but it's one of the worst of any major city I've been in elsewhere. The Green Line is more a tram than a subway line, and has that horrible tight turn under Park Street. For a city the size of Boston it has a decent number of different subway lines, but the whole system is old and poorly maintained.
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Bwahahahah! Yeah, I live an hour north.. most of it is fairly true, but there is some crazy good food in Boston.
Boston has better food than your average city. It's a relatively rich city, which helps. More importantly, it has something like 40 universities in and around that area, and many of them cater to international students. So, you get all kinds of interesting ethnic foods from around the world. Boston also has a small Chinatown, but it has great food. It also has a lot of Brazilian immigrants, so it has restaurants catering to Brazilians.
Some of my favourites:
- Muqueca is Brazilian, but not typical exported Brazilian like meat on swords.
- Peach Farm Seafood in Chinatown
- Penang Malaysian Cuisine in Chinatown
Speaking of my town just outside Boston ……
The food is just like the British: we have great Indian food
They throw a pretty great tea party. Everything else is as described.
I visited Boston 2 months ago for a wedding. Spent almost a whole week making a vacation of it with my wife. Can confirm all of this is accurate.
And yes, I went to the famous Italian district in the North End. It was way overpriced and it was fine but not particularly memorable. Just generic american-italian fare you can find in any city in America. The only notable food I had was the absolute worst Pad Thai I've ever had in my life.
I'm a white guy who has lived my whole life in the northeast US, and even I was shocked at the lack of spices or flavor in everything. Even my Dunkin Donuts coffee seemed blander than how it was at home.
Well, I did get some edibles from the dispensary which included some incredible white chocolate with espresso beans. Not sure if I would count that as "food" though.
If you do have to eat in downtown Boston I would recommend the South Street Diner. The food itself was just the stuff you would expect from any diner in America, but it was executed well and almost reasonably priced.
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The seafood is top notch. Fresher too, especially things like lobstah. And don't forget about the clam chowdah. Try the schrod.
The people are very nice they just have thick shells to deter assholes. Compare to the rest of the country, where the people are "nice" but secretly want you to fuck off.
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I went in January, cold but nothing I'm unaccustomed to as a Canadian.
Clam chowder was decent at least what I tried. Public transit was usable. People were nice there in your typical American sense, but NYC shops had more heart for strangers and visitors comparatively. But I was only able to really scratch the surface from my day trip there.
During my visit, I heard from some locals that they prefer thin crust pizza to deep dish. Found that both funny and agreeable.
Why is that funny or surprising? Boston is not known for its deep dish; that is Chicago.
Yeah, a bit off the rails right now.
Thought Chicago was known for the weird-ass sauce on top of the cheese pizza.
That's "Detroit".
Nah, you're mistaken, making a mislabeled pasta that is mislabeled as pizza is firmly a Chicago thing!
Detroit Deep Dish is an excellent thicc and crunchy crusted cheese-carmelized indulgence born of factory workers, whist Chicago "pizza" is a shit lasagna the domain of disappointed tourists and locals too dense to realize the sauce goes under the cheese!
No, Detroit has (optionally) a couple lines of sauce on top, and most places I know that make Detroit style skip the sauce lines. Chicago style has sauce on top of the entire thing.
Though I just looked it up and it looks like there are multiple different "Chicago style" definitions.
Chicago style is a kiddie pool of a crust filled with an alarming miasma of sauce and toppings (bafflingly, placed under the sauce). It’s more of a “savory pie” than a “pizza-pie”. Great for if you want to drown a toddler in a food item; not so great for folding up and eating as you walk around town.
They can be tasty. I just object to them being classified with the rest of the pizza genus, because they’re wildly different in terms of construction to any other pizza species.
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Nah there’s good food in Boston. They have a marvelous Italian neighborhood. Them mfs cook
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There’s that mediocre restaurant chain “Boston Pizza”…but I think that’s only here in Canada.
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No british people there
And that's just great.
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