Common
The green in the center of a town (Boston Common is perhaps the most famous). So-called because it was land held in common for residents for uses such as cow grazing; however, one rarely sees cows meandering about Boston Common these days.
On Boston Common, the cows have been replaced by WWI naval mines:
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should be commin not common
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I'm from Hyannis, and we used to call it the green...
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I'm from Hyannis, and we used to call it the green...
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Most towns in Massachusetts have at least small commons left from the same era.
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Also, underneath the common is perhaps the best pahkin laht in the city. Not sketchily narrow parking or anything. My friend fits his f-150 in pretty easily. And reasonably priced at $10 for the night, and never totally full even on game nights. Within walking distance of lots of fun stuff such as my main destination, the fanueil bars district.
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We called them The Commins, (plural)
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If you hear people talk about the "Boston Commons," it's a dead give away they are not from Boston. All Bostonians know there is only one "Common."