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The cost of shutting Boston for a day: $333 million

By adamg on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 6:27pm

Businessweek gets somebody to calculate the costs.

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By roadman on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 6:42pm.

Although Dunkin Donuts remained open at police request ....

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By anon on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 6:58pm.

So a third of a billion dollars gone so the cops could NOT find this guy.

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By Margie on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 8:58pm.

I mean, it took 9,000 cops, but they found him.

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By avjudge on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 10:23pm.

Yeah, they found him after they let people out of their homes so a civilian could locate him.

(Assuming current reports are correct, of course.)

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By anon on Sat, 04/20/2013 - 2:51am.

what an asshole.

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By anon² on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 7:10pm.

Worked from home and I'm sure plenty of others did (If you call it work with the distractions today)

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By redheadGrrlie on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 9:29pm.

cost of shutting Boston for a day: $333 million
cost of catching a live suspect, within 4 days: priceless

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By redheadGrrlie on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 9:32pm.

...

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By Liam Maguire on Sat, 04/20/2013 - 6:35am.

in alcohol sales alone.

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By Nancy on Sat, 04/20/2013 - 10:17am.

to go to the Back Bay and give a few businesses my money today.

I did not get paid for my unexpected day off from work yesterday and not one single f--k was given in my house. I'm fortunate that a day's pay won't affect my ability to pay my bills.

Establishments of the Back Bay with liquor licenses, get the gin ready. I need a drink.

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By anon² on Sat, 04/20/2013 - 11:51am.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/04/19/shu...

300 million is high too.

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By laurence_glavin on Sat, 04/20/2013 - 1:16pm.

OK, not to be frivolous, but look on the bright side of yesterday's coverage: four broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) and 2 1/2 cable news networks (CNN, MSNBC and Fox when Shepard Smith is on) spent all day commenting on how great the people of Boston are on a mostly-sunny day when people who were seen wore light clothing as befits 70-plus-degree temperatures. You couldn't BUY advertising like that. I wouldn't be surprised if hundreds-of-thousands of people formed a positive view of Greater Boston and would consider visiting here.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Sat, 04/20/2013 - 2:14pm.

1. schools were not in session
2. many people were on vacation elsewhere anyway (see #1)
3. people have developed ways of working from home during major storms, etc.

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