<p>Hey guys! I know some of you may think this is a pointless thread, but this is actually something that matters to me when I think of where I am going to be living for 4 years (at the least) of my life. </p>
<p>So, if you go to BU, or are familiar with the campus, can you please tell me if there is a lot of good shopping in the area (for girls specifically)? How far is the nearest mall, and how would you travel to the shopping area? Are there any cool, free-standing stores (not in the mall)? Thanks!</p>
<p>Seriously? Um, I don’t know how to answer this without sounding like a jerk, but BU is in the middle of everything in one of the best cities in the US. A mall, for example, is the least interesting place to go, given all the stores around. The closest mall is in Back Bay, a short walk from the Kenmore end of campus.</p>
<p>You should be asking yourself what cant you do at BU.(LOL sorry for rhyming) But seriously, i visited the surrounding area is AMAZING, i could never see myself bored there. ever.</p>
<p>yep, Newbury street has some of the best shopping in the country, and if you’re looking for a traditional mall you can head to the Cambridgeside Galleria. there are also really cool vintage shops everywhere and independent boutiques</p>
<p>I’d say Faneuil might be a little bit closer, but I think there’s better shopping at the Galleria. You’ll probably want to take the T anyways if you don’t want to walk 2 miles with your bags, so distance isn’t as important.</p>
<p>Cambridgeside Galleria is a bit far but with the T you should be fine. When I went there the T was unbelievably crowded, which probably made the trip feel even longer.</p>
<p>CG has stores like American Eagle, Guess, Club Monaco, etc. I know lots of people go to Newbury Street. I usually go there to window shop and walk around.</p>
<p>It’s Faneuil Hall - pronounced Fannel - in Quincy Marketplace. This is less a shopping destination than a tourist spot, though it does have a lot of restaurants.</p>
<p>No, it’s pronounced fannel. That’s the actual Bostonian pronunciation. New people to the city say fan-u-el and tourists say fan-u-ill. Fannel is actually how Peter Faneuil would have said his name. (Like Leominster is Lehminster and Worcester is Wuhster.) </p>
<p>BTW, Quincy Market is named for Josiah Quincy III, who was mayor when it was built in the 1820’s. It used to be right on the water. He was part of the extended (and extensive) Quincy family, which most famously includes Abigail Adams, whose mother was a Quincy - and thus John Quincy Adams. Quincy, MA is named for her grandfather. I suggest visiting her house and both the Adams houses, the little cabin where they lived and then the more impressive house and farm to which they moved.</p>
<p>Also btw, the oddest true local pronunciation used to be Filene’s department store, which of course is mostly no more. It was Fuh-lene’s, not Fie-lene’s. The name was actually Wilhelm Katz, so he made sort of a joke and became William Filene, which was a version of Fee-line but said Fuh-lene, perhaps to make it less obvious.</p>
<p>No, it’s pronounced “Fan-U-el”. With just a light “e” before the l. The only way you would say “Fannel” is if your Boston accent is ridiculously bad, and then you might just sound a bit silly. I live right outside of Boston and I am in Boston or Cambridge usually at least once a week.</p>
<p>Newbury street is so close to BU and that’s where you’ll find the best shopping. There’s an Urban Outfitters, 2 American Apparels, Marc Jacobs, ****, Lucky Jeans, Johnny Cupcakes, American Eagle, H&M, among many others. On Boylston (runs parallel to Newbury St) there are a few more stores, primarily Anthropologie. There is also the Copley Mall on Boylston which I believe has a Free People and maybe some other stores, but it’s far more boring compared to Newbury Street, at least in my opinion. There are a ton more stores around the city, including a secret shop that celebrities frequent (such as Ludacris). If Abercrombie is more your style there is one at Faneuil as well as another American Eagle.</p>
<p>It’s funny that the software censored you. But the correct pronunciation is fannel. You can say fan-u-el if you want and that is becoming more common because people don’t know the right way. I don’t have a Boston accent, btw. This isn’t an accent issue, like adding an r at the end of words.</p>
foolish me.</p>