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vanshnookenraggen said:
Travel more. Most of the country goes to bed at like 9pm.
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This point resonates, though. It wasn't until a previous job took me on extensive travel to a lot of boring U.S. cities did I realize how special boston was. When I was in my 20s, I always thought boston was boring, small, went to bed early, etc. I took for granted that we had a world-class symphony, world-class art museum, very solid restaurant/bar scene. No, we're not NY, Chicago, LA....but beyond that, we're tops of the rest of them.

It wasn't until that extensive domestic travel that I fully appreciated that. European and Asian (and beyond) cities will always be different in their own ways (and are expected to be). Those weren't in my frame of reference...but Boston -vs- similar sized U.S. counterparts is appropriate for comparison.
 
Toby's link said "14th in the WORLD," not "14th in the US" too. Boston might be active for US standards, but I think it is genuinely surprising that it ranked so high in the world.
 
datadyne007 said:
Toby's link said "14th in the WORLD," not "14th in the US" too. Boston might be active for US standards, but I think it is genuinely surprising that it ranked so high in the world.
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I agree it's surprising. Sorry my point probably wasn't clear...my point is that I would guess that a world ranking would ensure a sampling of different cultural renditions of a city (e.g., a few from each global region). And after comparing against our domestic counterparts, I am not hugely surprised Boston would be on there ahead of many other U.S. cities...

I do agree its still a bit surprising to make the global list.
 
I've never been this close to a raging wildfire of this scale..... The mountains between Oxnard and Ventura are on fire. The winds are 40-50mph. It's miles wide and moving fast. People are losing their homes here.... Losing everything.

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bigpicture7 said:
This point resonates, though. It wasn't until a previous job took me on extensive travel to a lot of boring U.S. cities did I realize how special boston was. When I was in my 20s, I always thought boston was boring, small, went to bed early, etc. I took for granted that we had a world-class symphony, world-class art museum, very solid restaurant/bar scene. No, we're not NY, Chicago, LA....but beyond that, we're tops of the rest of them.
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I've come to the same conclusion as well. I grew up in the gravitational pull of NYC so that's always been my standard for what a city should be, and during my 10 years in Boston I always thought it seemed small and sleepy. But then I started traveling and quickly realized Boston is in the top 97th percentile of places to live in the country, EASILY.

tobyjug said:
Spent a lot of happy times in Manhattan in the late 60's, early 70's. Place been whitewashed since. Some of change, it's good, some bad. Just like everything else.
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Agreed, but the totality of said whitewashing is stunning. It's hard to care for a city that no longer cares about its history.

This gem? Fuggedaboutit

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Now demo'd and to be replaced with characterless ooze

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You can SMELL old Manhattan in that picture, you know, that odd stale pretzel/hero/sausage smell that is like nowhere else. Even that is fading!

Welcome mega-block.
 
Random question.

I seem to remember hearing about a plot of land out in western Mass (I forget how far west) that was bequeathed to the city of Boston by some old rich person, so now the city is responsible for some random patch of land outside the city. I think the city wanted to sell it or give it to the state, but the will disallowed it?

My google skills are failing me, so I can't find anything about it online. Does anyone knows what i'm talking about or did I dream the whole thing?
 
I think it's in Burlington MA. and located on the eastern border of the city. East of 128 and south of route 3. Maybe Mary Cummings Park or Wispering Hills Park.
 
BeeLine said:
I think it's in Burlington MA. and located on the eastern border of the city. East of 128 and south of route 3. Maybe Mary Cummings Park or Wispering Hills Park.
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Mary Cummings Park. Which for any aviation nerd (me), has a cool RC aircraft field that's worth checking out.
 
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