bigpicture7
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One of the things that makes Boston so special is that it is a vibrant multi-university city. Each of our several amazing universities contributes to the economic, academic, arts, and social scenes in a way that's practically unmatched in other U.S. cities. Sometimes these universities are closely involved in the development projects on this forum - sometimes in great ways, sometimes in less great ways. It is certainly understandable that discussions of posters' local alma maters will at times weave their way into development threads. As an alum of more than one of schools we discuss on here, I understand the natural tug to relate things back to one's alma mater...
BUT,
Certain poster(s) use the development threads to ceaselessly, unyieldingly tout their alma mater at every conceivable opportunity - oftentimes in ways that are tangential, at best, to the discussion about the development, urbanism, or architecture. That can detract from the focus on the project and its architecture, and can derail and squelch threads that were otherwise shaping up to be engaging discussions across multiple posters.
I nominate this thread as a space to reroute those derailed discussions. Mods, feel free to disagree and/or move / rename / delete / etc. what I started here. I simply wanted to raise this topic as an issue we may want to deal with. Cheers!
BUT,
Certain poster(s) use the development threads to ceaselessly, unyieldingly tout their alma mater at every conceivable opportunity - oftentimes in ways that are tangential, at best, to the discussion about the development, urbanism, or architecture. That can detract from the focus on the project and its architecture, and can derail and squelch threads that were otherwise shaping up to be engaging discussions across multiple posters.
I nominate this thread as a space to reroute those derailed discussions. Mods, feel free to disagree and/or move / rename / delete / etc. what I started here. I simply wanted to raise this topic as an issue we may want to deal with. Cheers!
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