Future Skyline

If you removed the official boundaries, Boston and its surrounding inner suburbs (some of which happen to be denser than Boston itself) are clearly one singular city. There is no visual break between the buildup. It's all the same big urban area. It's all one city and can't be separate out from a build-up perspective. It all feeds into itself. None of the inner 'burbs are self-sustaining on their own, particularly Somerville. There is no gap of non-urban space between the boundaries. It's all clearly one big city that happens to have multiple boundaries for political purposes.
 
DZH22 said:
Well yeah, that's the only way LA becomes the densest city. Obviously go to Manhattan and that is going to curb stomp every other city.
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Not Tokyo.

Sorry i'm nit picking. In the US Manhattan beats every other city regarding size and density.
 
DZH22 said:
It's semantics. Other major cities all incorporated their suburbs. Some of them are literally 10x+ the "size" of Boston in square miles. On a national scale, Cambridge is Boston, period.

So Cambridge/Brookline/Somerville resisted having their borders officially be part of Boston. BFD. Are they all part of the same heavy rail transit line? (without needing to use the "commuter rail" part) Yes? Boston.

Considering we are talking about a SKYLINE perspective, who gives a crap about voting rights? A 1000' tower in Kendall is a 1000' addition to the "Boston skyline." PERIOD, END OF STORY.
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i basically concur.
 
Justin7 said:
Most of you find this hilarious right? It's not just me?
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The thread is called Future Skyline. From that perspective, it's relevant. From the "I hate DZH22 because he doesn't agree with me politically" perspective, eff DZH22 and let's all laugh at his expense. Hilarious, dude!
 
MODS! MODS!!!!!

Help rectify my mistake of criticizing Stick for saying the tallest building in Boston should be built in Cambridge (which I sort of agree with).
 
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stick n move said:
Jersey city is basically a part of New York. Its connected by multiple subways and tunnels. Were nit picking here. Its not New York but its more a part of NYC than 90% of the actual state of NY is. The same way that Cambridge is by all intents and purposes Boston when you are walking/driving/taking a train in real life. Its only not Boston when you look at a map and get technical. Same with chelsea, revere...etc. If you dont pull up google maps and go about your life Chelsea is as much a part of Boston as Mattapan is. Brooklines annexation refusal made the shit more complicated than it needed to be.
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Jersey City most certainly isn't part of NYC, and I don't think many New Yorkers would think that it is - same with Oakland. Very well connected to NYC, though. Also, the only parts of NY State that are NYC are those parts in the 5 boroughs that make up NYC.

As for Chelsea - yeah, I would say Mattapan is much more Boston as it is literally part of Boston, whereas Chelsea chose receivership by the state than to join the City of Boston in the early 90s. As a friend of mine once said if you wonder if you are in Boston or not, look to see if the police cars say Boston Police on them.
 
So since were off topic as fuk I might as well throw this thread in the dumpster to get a mods attention. What do you guys think about the pats trading Jamie Collins to the Browns? Our D already sucks and bill is generally aware of what hes doing, so I guess I trust it.
 
stick n move said:
So since were off topic as fuk I might as well throw this thread in the dumpster to get a mods attention. What do you guys think about the pats trading Jamie Collins to the Browns? Our D already sucks and bill is generally aware of what hes doing, so I guess I trust it.
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Every time Belichick makes a trade like that I think WTF?? However there are countless examples where Belichick let a player go and it ended up being a great decision. Randy Moss and Wes Welker are two examples of this.
 
stick n move said:
So since were off topic as fuk I might as well throw this thread in the dumpster to get a mods attention. What do you guys think about the pats trading Jamie Collins to the Browns? Our D already sucks and bill is generally aware of what hes doing, so I guess I trust it.
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If Cleveland threw in either the Key Tower or Terminal Tower into the mix I'd say it's a pretty good deal. At the very least, we should be able to trade the defunct brutalist courthouse in Cambridge for the sleeker Cleveland Courthouse.

So in this pic it would be either the tall building with the triangle crown (and key logo) on the left, the tall gothic looking one in the back middle, or the tall one on the waterfront to the right. So, just one of those please, plus a 3rd round pick and we are rolling!
http://clevelandphotos.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Cleveland-Skyline-2.jpg

Key Tower would be a hell of an addition to our skyline! (as an aside, it was originally slated to be built as the 700' Society Center in HARTFORD)
 
These 3 around the DTX area of the skyline for Jamie Collins would actually be a great trade.

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Did anyone else see when the Bills fans threw a dildo on the field and the referee refused to pick it up.
 
Have to agree with you on the trade being WTF-ish, but, at this point, I have to go blind in-Bill-we-trust. While the Terminal or Key tower would be nice, Bill isn't Ainge who could have gotten both of those for only our City Hall.
 
So what do y'all think about question 4?

I'm thinking that the Boston Common on 4/20 of next year will be an interesting place if this passes.
 
Boston common was interesting a month ago too. People are going to smoke regardless. Why give people only 2 vices (alcohol, tobacco) which happen to be the worst for you. -although I partake in both. Im more interested in the hemp and taxes. Hemp is a waste product that can make literally anything I think that is too big to pass up.

Cleveland were coming to collect. You don't need this anyways. Well just throw it on top of a 747 and land it at logan and then barge it over.

 
i don't see MT with that... generally hate too pointy buildings..... but a slender-er version of 1 Liberty Place would have been killer over Back Bay Station. i think there's a BIG chance we can go WAY taller there. i think that is THE PLACE to do a pointy needly thing. Data Dyne would probably back me on this.
 
odurandina said:
......but a slender-er version of 1 Liberty Place would have been killer over Back Bay Station. i think there's a BIG chance we can go WAY taller there......
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Well use your sway to get it done. We need something taller now at this spot to make up for losing the Copley Tower. That 400' giant wall of stacked/toppling blocks isn't going to cut it.
 
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