Posted on SSP by a student now living in Boston:
From what I heard Boston (MBTA included) in the 1960's/early,mid 1970's used to be like a very big city with one of the tallest building in the world (Pru. & John Hancock top 20), an world class subway system. Then after the 1970's it just stop and didn't move froward much. Was this true in anyway?
Boston used to be a world class city, now is just a city with college in it. I remember the Custom House used to be 6th tallest in the world back in 1915.
Is because of all these law, and some people in the city that still thinking in the 1970's. Who thinks the Pru is "too tall" and never went outside of Boston to see how the world looks today. People really need to update them self, and get back to sync with the world...