<p>How's boston? (By the way - I love cold weather and snow..)</p>
<p>Boston is awesome. I have spent every summer there since the sixth grade, and it is my favorite city. There is a lot to do - mainly because so many colleges are there. The subway system is great (the "T") so it is easy to get around the city. There is a lot of shopping. Boston is great even if you just wanted to walk around, especially the North End, which is Little Italy. You'll love it.</p>
<p>What makes Boston uniquely rich is that it is basically an indefinite pool of 18- to 24-year-olds. This year, we have been at the heart of so much--the Red Sox World Series win, the John Kerry rally, the Snow Storm of 2005 (ya for 25 inches of snow!!) I would describe Boston as a less-intense New York City. The subway system is easy to navigate (coming from someone with no sense of direction at all) and can take you anywhere you want to go. </p>
<p>FYI, Tufts has a bus "The Joey" that picks up Tufts students from several stops on campus and then drives to Davis Square, where there is a subway stop. You're two stops away from Harvard Square (movie theatre, some shopping, restuarants), and just a few stops away from much more shopping, amazing restaurants, and everything else Boston has to offer. It's very convenient. And the great thing about Tufts is that it's not actually in Boston (it's in Medford), so the cozy campus gives you have a break from the city. You can choose when you want to be surrounded by the city. </p>
<p>And even if you never left the campus, there would still be enough going on here to keep you occupied!</p>
<p>Boston is one of my favorite cities: a superlative history, in a great state, and just the right kind of people. I like the weather, too. Pretty ideal. The one downside to going to college there is that if you are not going to Harvard (or MIT), you are not top dog. It doesn't really matter though, as there are many students in the city.</p>
<p>I don't know who said Boston is a "less intense New York City" but it was easily the stupidest most uniformed comment in the history of this forum, maybe in the history of civilization.</p>
<p>Boston is an extension of Portland, Maine...its New England, i.e. extremely boring.</p>
<p>So Boston is pretty much liek another place i have heared from my friend Phoenix in a place called ARizona or Grand Canyon?</p>
<p>The citizens of Boston are the single largest source of embarrassment on this once proud nation...truly the scorges of humanity</p>
<p>hmm? reasons?</p>
<p>It's "scourge," you idiot.</p>
<p>Persons of discernment - 1
Fool who hates Boston - 0</p>
<p>By the way, the only reason our nation is "once-proud" is that Bush and his conservative goons make huge mistakes every day that sully the nation. Don't blame Bostonians...they tried to stop it.</p>
<p>Secondly, and more directly to the point of the initial question of why Boston is comprised of the darkest depths of human depravity is as follows.</p>
<p>Boston is a "city" for kids that aren't really from the city. Its an exciting place to be I would imagine for kids from the suburbs or the sticks, but if you've ever lived or grown up in the city, Boston is little more than an overhyped town...its an extension of Portland, Maine. Its not really a city culture the way New York or LA, or Philly or even Miami or Baltimore is...its New England, lots of hippies, lots of liberals, lots of people concerned about the environment and hugging trees and all the rest of that. Theres not much excitment around here period.</p>
<p>But if you like Dunkin Donuts than your in luck! You can't walk more than a few paces in any given direction without bumping into one. Theres an intersection in downtown Boston where there is a Dunkin Donuts on every corner! Thats right, in a radius of about 200 feet there are 4 Dunkin Donuts! In the words of the great Jay-Z: "Is that really neccesary?"</p>
<p>Its your typical quiet city, probally comparable to say Kansas City or Topeka...the people living here are under the dillusion that they are urbanized as are the students at Tufts who pretend as well. Its a safe place that the kids from the farm or the burbs can go, live for a few years, and come back home with all their tales of living in "the big city."</p>
<p>Boston has alot of history, but Boston is a very small city (everything is in walking distance) so by my estimates you could probally cover most of what there is to see over the course of a short afternoon. Theres not a consistancy in music venues...well that is unless you like Blink 182!</p>
<p>Good food though, good sports although Pats tickets are expensive and the Sox don't play during the school year....all around this is a hopelessly bland "city."</p>
<p>Firstly, I think that you assume that I live in Boston. I don't.</p>
<p>Secondly, I do not know why "city" is in quotation marks. </p>
<p>Thirdly, Jay-Z is not great.</p>
<p>LOL to Tore's last comment.</p>
<p>Let's just point out that something about Boston attracts hundreds of thousands of college students. You also don't have to worry about being shot or mugged unless you wear orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day. </p>
<p>It's great to be a Bostonian now, though I hear that all of the parades of championship teams are getting boring. ;)</p>
<p>"But if you like Dunkin Donuts than your in luck! You can't walk more than a few paces in any given direction without bumping into one. Theres an intersection in downtown Boston where there is a Dunkin Donuts on every corner! Thats right, in a radius of about 200 feet there are 4 Dunkin Donuts! In the words of the great Jay-Z: 'Is that really neccesary?'"</p>
<p>While I agree this is completely ridiculous, you make it sound as if this were an unusual occurance. For example, downtown Los Angeles has a Starbucks approx. every 2 blocks as far as I can tell, and I don't want to even think about what the situation must be up in Seattle. </p>
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<p>"Its not really a city culture the way New York or LA, or Philly or even Miami or Baltimore is...its New England, lots of hippies, lots of liberals, lots of people concerned about the environment and hugging trees and all the rest of that."</p>
<p>Speaking as such a "kid" from NE, I fail to see how hippies, liberals, and people concerned for the environment make it any less of a city. You'll get all of those in any other city on this PLANET, never mind in this country.</p>
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<p>"Boston is an extension of Portland, Maine...its New England, i.e. extremely boring."</p>
<p>And since when is all of New England "extremely boring"? True, we got more squirrels per capita than the rest of the nation, and I'll admit it's no NYC, but it's hardly a "dull" area, especially when you get towards the more urban areas like Boston. </p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, where do you hail from, illmaticmindstate?</p>
<p>illmaticmindstate, I think you're confusing Medford/Somerville with the city proper. Tufts is NOT in Boston, it's in a suburb commonly referred to as "Slumerville" (I'm from the North Shore, so I'm very familiar with the area). </p>
<p>If you're bored, it's your own d**m fault - Boston is absolutely chock-full of places to go and concerts to attend (Blink 182? You know, there are other venues in Boston besides the FleetCenter, but you obviously haven't taken the time to visit them). I think most Bostonians (myself included) would resent your generalizations of the city and its residents. Perhaps you should look up the definition of "depraved" before you start using it as an insult - it seems that you don't understand the term. For the record, it means corrupt, or immoral.</p>
<p>Regarding the Dunkin Donuts issue - who cares? Every other city has a Starbucks on every corner. At least Boston has Dunkin Donuts, which actually serves decent coffee.</p>
<p>Finally - Baltimore?! Have you ever been to Baltimore? It simply doesn't compare to Boston - unless, of course, you like a city with a high homicide rate where it is unsafe to walk alone after dark.</p>
<p>You've said you're attempting to transfer to GU - as a Hoya, I'm not sure you'd like it, based on your comments about Boston. M Street and the area surrounding GU are exactly like Newbury Street and Beacon Hill. Oh, well...</p>
<p>Boston the most dull, bland, and vanilla town in America. Its an extension of Portland, Maine.</p>
<p>Don't blame me for the mistakes your parents made by raising you in such a pathetically boring area.</p>
<p>I don't know how you keep a straight face in characterizing Somerville as a haven for "slums." Clearly your just a product of an the introverted lifestyle that prevails throughout the Boston area.</p>
<p>An extension of Portland, Maine? I'd like to paraphrase Tore's earlier comments: you have no idea what you are talking about. However, it's quite apt that you made this comment today - it's the anniversary of the day that Maine was granted independent statehood from Massachusetts. If you knew anything about history, you'd know that the entire state of Maine used to be an extension of Massachusetts, rather than the other way around. Also, if you consider Portland, Maine an urban mecca, you were one heck of a sheltered child. I love Boston, and I don't regret a second of my time there.</p>
<p>If you actually went to Tufts (your spelling and grammar lead me to believe that you're actually attending a cr*ppy state school smack in the middle of a cornfield), you would know that students and long-time residents alike call Somerville "Slumerville." I didn't make it up - it's a well-known joke in the area. </p>
<p>You'll need some seriously good luck to get into GU, though... schools and potential employers usually don't look kindly upon students with multiple transfers. Maybe if you work on fixing the spelling errors, faulty logic and poorly backed statements in your writing, they won't chuck out your admissions essays with last week's trash. I'm not going to respond to any more of your asinine posts on this topic - you're not worth my time.</p>
<p>actually he goes here...he transferred in from somewhere else..and now he wants to leave.</p>
<p>I understand that, snuffles. I was just being facetious because of his poor writing.</p>
<p>Regarding the whole "Slumerville" issue: no offense to you or any other Jumbos. Tufts is a great school, and I've got quite a few friends there who love it. I would love to do the joint MA/JD program offered by Fletcher and Harvard Law when I finish undergrad - hopefully, my GPA will hold up. :)</p>
<p>lol illmaticmindstate is crazy. i agree with u on some things...mainly that JayZ is great..and so r boston sports (Ima diehard red sox fan)...but i think its crazy how much you hate boston. lol Im from Brooklyn (:-D) and i know that boston in no way compares to NYC (the greatest city in the world) but its still a city. Its definitely better than Philly...the most boring city ever, and PORTLAND MAINE?? cmon now...
"its New England, lots of hippies, lots of liberals" and THAT makes it less of a city? LOL have you ever BEEN to New York?
Where are YOU from illmatic? Because you dont really seem to know what the hell you're talking about.
:-D lata....</p>
<p>"you're not worth my time"</p>
<p>LOL!!!</p>
<p>Sweet holy Moses! It appears that allyblue has self destructed!</p>
<p>Boston is the most pathetic city in the United States, probally the most pathetic in the history of civilization. Your city is a stain on humanity. This is documented fact. I believe the Brookings Institute is conducting research on this subject as we speak. Some time next year they will release their findings and when that glorious day comes, the rest of the world will become fully conscious of just how hideous it has gotten in Boston. Immediately after the release of this evidence the suicide rate will reach a feverish pitch in Boston...probally in upwards of 75% of the residents will perish at their own hands.</p>
<p>Bush will then give the residents an ultimatum: Either committ yourselves or face the brunt of a military strike. Bush will then carpet bomb the village and we can start over again with some fresh faces and some decent people for a change :)</p>