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Who says Revere Beach can't be a year-round destination... Dubai has an indoor ski slope, why can't Revere have an indoor beach?

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That is cool! (But probably have to post grape smuggler hazard signs on the door.)
 
Revere beach (and the majority of the north shore) is a dump. Plus it's right in Logan's runway path. Limited potential.
 
^^ Makes you wonder why I just invested two years net salary in mt home.

I must be a real idiot. Or a scumbag.
 
BB,
I think you are safe from the shame of reused rubbers! Eastie probably doesn't fall into the ScuBze (scumbagzone) as defined above.
Toby
 
and the majority of the north shore) is a dump.
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The folks of Nahant, Swampscott, Marblehead, Salem, Beverly, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, Ipswich, etc. will be surprised to learn this.
 
Very surprised indeed Ron. In my opinion the North Shore is more scenic, historic and has a better cultural experience than the South Shore. The North Shore is dense and developed while everything on the South Shore is sparse and spaced out. Two totally different histories.

But you're generalizations do come from someplace:

Peabody, Lynn, Everett, Saugus, Chelsea, Melrose, Malden and yes Revere.

I think you can catch the future cast of Jersey Shores in most of these places.
 
I think Revere is getting a lot better. The waterfront has been cleaned up, Wonderland and Revere Beach stations have been renovated and new parking lots constructed... When I was younger it used to be a lot worse. Little things have been done over the years, but

I was in favor of the casinos before Sal shot em down. Wonderland would've been a perfect location. It's close to Boston, well served by public transportation (commuter rail and light rail), tons of land (away from the city's dense downtown) and waterfront beach access ..
 
^ Unless you're willing to have casinos in your own town, I don't think you should be able to suggest other people have to put up with them. Salem Willows, perhaps?
 
Riverworks said:
But you're generalizations do come from someplace:

Peabody, Lynn, Everett, Saugus, Chelsea, Melrose, Malden and yes Revere.
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Everett, Saugus, Melrose, and Malden aren't North Shore because they aren't shore towns. Also, what's Melrose doing in this list? It is quiet, tree-lined suburbia with a very pleasant town center.
 
When referring to the north shore and the south shore plenty of non coastal towns are generally in the conversation. While technically you're right, people use the 'shore' denomination to indicate whether they live north or south of the city. I grew up in Milton and it was widely considered a 'south shore' town.
 
JohnAKeith said:
^ Unless you're willing to have casinos in your own town, I don't think you should be able to suggest other people have to put up with them. Salem Willows, perhaps?
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Salem Willows could maybe be a resort destination but nothing as big as a casino. It lacks public transportation .. unless there was a water taxi perhaps. It's pretty much on a peninsula and has one decent roadway going in and out. It's a lot harder to get to than Revere. There was a plan in the 70's to construct a connector highway from 128 to downtown Salem .. maybe then would such an attraction be considered.
 
sidewalks said:
When referring to the north shore and the south shore plenty of non coastal towns are generally in the conversation. While technically you're right, people use the 'shore' denomination to indicate whether they live north or south of the city. I grew up in Milton and it was widely considered a 'south shore' town.
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My thoughts exactly. I was raised in Beverly, Peabody and Salem and those are clearly coastal towns. Growing up I've always heard places like Melrose, Saugus, Everett, etc., referred to as part of the North Shore ... it's more regional than coastal.
 
Danvers, Wenham, Hamilton, Topsfield, Boxford, are considered North Shore, though only Danvers has a tidal connection to the ocean.

I think the coastal North Shore begins with Nahant, then Lynn, Swampscott, Marblehead, Salem, Beverly (including Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing), Manchester (by-the-sea), Magnolia, Gloucester, Rockport, (Annisquam), Essex, Ipswich, Rowley, Byfield, Newburyport.

I don't believe Salisbury, Amesbury, Groveland, Georgetown, or Lynnfield are considered North Shore.
 
stellarfun said:
I think the coastal North Shore begins with Nahant, then Lynn, Swampscott, Marblehead, Salem, Beverly (including Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing), Manchester (by-the-sea), Magnolia, Gloucester, Rockport, (Annisquam), Essex, Ipswich, Rowley, Byfield, Newburyport.
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I don't think Byfield has any shoreline, but Newbury (which you omitted) does.

I don't believe Salisbury, Amesbury, Groveland, Georgetown, or Lynnfield are considered North Shore.
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Salisbury is certainly a shore town; the others are not.
 
Ron Newman said:
I don't think Byfield has any shoreline, but Newbury (which you omitted) does.

Salisbury is certainly a shore town; the others are not.
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Ron, you are correct re: Newbury and Byfield.

I think the term (cachet?) North Shore basically encompassed those cities and towns where the gentry lived, summered, or sailed, as well as some contiguous communities tied to the coastal cities by rail or trolley.

I never thought of Salisbury being part of the North Shore, nor Middleton.
 
stellarfun said:
Danvers, Wenham, Hamilton, Topsfield, Boxford, are considered North Shore, though only Danvers has a tidal connection to the ocean.

I think the coastal North Shore begins with Nahant, then Lynn, Swampscott, Marblehead, Salem, Beverly (including Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing), Manchester (by-the-sea), Magnolia, Gloucester, Rockport, (Annisquam), Essex, Ipswich, Rowley, Byfield, Newburyport.

I don't believe Salisbury, Amesbury, Groveland, Georgetown, or Lynnfield are considered North Shore.
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I always grew up with hearing Lynnfield as part of the North Shore. One time, I even heard Reading as a part of it too. Who knows where the line is really drawn.
 
Riverworks said:
I always grew up with hearing Lynnfield as part of the North Shore. One time, I even heard Reading as a part of it too. Who knows where the line is really drawn.
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I think that it's defined differently, the North Shore seems to consist of costal towns plus one town in, wheras the South Shore seems to be anything between Brockton and the shore.

I grew up in Burlington and would be surprised when my friends from South Boston said that I lived on the North Shore (Burlington is about 17 miles as the crow flies to the ocean), but I have a good friend who grew up in Hanson (~13 miles form the ocean) who refers to home as being on the South Shore.
 
I think I-93 NORTH might be an acceptable dividing line between the North Shore and what is considered MetroWest. I grew up in Lynn (accurately derided in this same post!) but I always considered Reading as North Shore. So is Lawrence and certainly Salisbury qualifies.
 
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