street performers in Faneuil Hall

[choo]

I don't know about you, but I think this is pretty ridiculous and a horrible move by the city on many fronts.
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[Pierce]

Welcome to downtown Readville!

 

[JimboJones]

The street performers are terrible. It ain't a guy with a guitar, it's more like a circus. It's just horrible.

 

[tobyjug]

Solution to noise issue: designate the area as the "Menino Mime Zone".

 

[statler]

Mimes! Yea!

Who doesn't love a good mime show?

 

[statler]

The street performers are terrible. It ain't a guy with a guitar, it's more like a circus. It's just horrible.

I can't imagine what your perfect city would look like.

Maybe something out of Gattaca or Brave New World.

 

[Ron Newman]

The street performers are terrible. It ain't a guy with a guitar, it's more like a circus. It's just horrible.

Circuses are good! We should have more of them (though without lions, tigers, elephants, and other such wild animals that get mistreated).

 

[Beton Brut]

From a design buff's point of view, the Predock and Wright buildings that were set-pieces in Gattica served their purposes pretty well. Alas, in the future, there's apparently no room for good grit.

Could be worse -- you didn't reference Children of Men. Now that's a street-scene!

 

[tobyjug]

A wild movie!

 

[Chris]

I'm not really surprised the empty bucket-drumming guys ruined it for everyone else. They are very loud, not very good, and very annoying.

 

[Ron Newman]

But decibel meters would be sufficient to deal with that problem. No need to put up metal fencing or shoo away other less-loud performers.