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On Boston Common, the cows have been replaced by WWI naval mines:

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re: Common

should be commin not common

murph412 (not verified) | Tue, 07/06/2004 - 12:16pm

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I'm from Hyannis, and we used to call it the green...

Rachal (not verified) | Wed, 07/21/2004 - 10:02pm

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I'm from Hyannis, and we used to call it the green...

Rachal (not verified) | Wed, 07/21/2004 - 10:15pm

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Most towns in Massachusetts have at least small commons left from the same era.

Adam Stanhope (not verified) | Thu, 11/11/2004 - 11:36pm

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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.

Matt (not verified) | Sat, 02/25/2006 - 7:29pm

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We called them The Commins, (plural)

Jean (not verified) | Mon, 04/30/2007 - 8:16pm

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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."

Mike (not verified) | Mon, 05/26/2008 - 5:54pm

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