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Boston Globe Magazine: Boston kinda sucks, doesn't it?
By adamg on Sun, 03/22/2009 - 8:30pm
Based on what seems not to be a particularly scientific survey of REALTOR-brand real-estate agents, the Globe declares that, except for the South End for foodies, Boston neighborhoods just don't cut it as a "top place" to live. Even Quincy is rated higher on public transit than "Boston" (in quotes, because the other categories mostly mention specific neighborhoods rather than the entire city).
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Ahhhhh well........
It's the sign of the times, as the famous mid-1960's Petula Clark song puts it.
However, I do like Somerville, Cambridge and Brookline.
but while we're on the subject of Petula Clark ....
"Downtown" didn't get a single mention in the whole article.
LOL!
n/t
Lots of honorable mentions, though
Jamaica Plain, South Boston, and South End all get an "honorable mention" in "Top for Singles-Friendly Activities and Night Life" (winner is Cambridge).
JP also gets one in "Top for Hipsters" (winner is Somerville)
"Boston" gets one in "Top for Arts Lovers" (winner is Provincetown) and "Top for Fitness-Mined Folks" (winner is Lexington) and "Top for Public-Transit Fans" (winner is Quincy)
Back Bay, North End, and Roslindale all get one in "Top for Foodies" (winner is South End)
You're right....I forgot about all those.
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True, but I don't get the Roslindale one
I mean, I treasure our little collection of restaurants, especially because I remember the days when the culinary choices around here were basically pizza, tacos and Chinese stuff in brown sauce, but Roslindale on a par with the North End or even Arlington? We've got two Italian restaurants.
Don't sell our little hamlet
Don't sell our little hamlet short! Himalayan cuisine is on the way!
So they finally decided to move into the NuVo place?
If so, I can't wait!
Oh?
Oh?
Worth the Label
I used to question that sort of label, too, but if you start to consider not just the restaurants, but also the bakeries and specialty food shops (ie Tony's, Dhroubi Brothers, Cheese Cellar, etc.), we really do have an astonishing variety of interesting food options. I'll put in a plug now for El Chavo, which is really authentic Mexican goods. Best chorizzo I've found anywhere!
That's an excellent point
I take back what I said. Foodies: Move to Roslindale!
Since when has the Globe
Since when has the Globe Magazine been good for anything other than showcasing designer homes in the suburbs that nobody without a trust fund can afford? Sure the city is great to play around in, but Gawd, I would never live there, would you Muffy?
I did love the selection of Brockton as "most affordable"
There's a reason for that, by golly.
They did their voting
with bullets.
I really do not understand
I really do not understand the metrics they are using in this story. Brockton comes in as most affordable and honorable mentions go to Salem, Plymouth, Lowell, and Framingham. I see no mention of communities closer to the city that are just as afforable as Lowell and Framingham, and a little less affordable then Brockton. Revere is right on the Blue Line and has easy driving access to the city (as does East Boston) and Chelsea is right over the Tobin Bridge from Downtown. The same thing goes for the "Looking for a Profit" category. The writer seems to be in love with Lowell, Quincy and Cambridge.
oh, c'mon now
That feature is such guano. I'm not gonna unload on some of the places listed, but there aren't many of them that appeal to me. (Okay, for some I'm a few trust funds short of being able to live there, but that's another story...)
Sounds like the Globe is playing to its suburban base again...
This;
has been the case for quite some time now.
And another thing - South
And another thing - South Boston for nightlife? There about 5 or 6 six good bars, none of which are within walking distance of each other.
Top for Car Commuters category
I'm scratching my head at the inclusion of Melrose and Winchester as honorable mentions, since no major highway goes through either one.
I-93?
I-93 is an easy hop from just about all of Winchester. I used to live there when I worked in Andover, and it was a 10 to 15 minute trip. 128 is within easy reach, too, and there are also two commuter rail stops.
Missing category
What about diversity? It's way up on the list for me when choosing somewhere to live. (I'm thinking racial diversity primarily, but also including religion, gender, family composition, sexual orientation, class, etc.) A number of my friends feel the same way, and most of the families I work with cite it as a consideration when they're debating whether to move before their kids start school. A number of people I know who've moved to Boston also cite it as a reason for leaving the suburbs. But leave it to the Globe to do their usual one-person's-opinion pieces.
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yes for diversity
Great point. It's why I like JP. For me, too much of the rest of this city and the surrounding cities, towns, and burbs are divided up, diversity-wise, like TV dinners. JP isn't one big happy melting pot, but most people make an effort to be accepting, and often welcoming, of its various diversities.
Parts of Cambridge are
Parts of Cambridge are simultaneously diverse and generally welcoming, like Cambridgeport 10 years ago (I don't have as much experience with it lately). Other parts are diverse, but more on edge. A few parts are decidedly non-diverse, but you can walk a few blocks and be in a different neighborhood.
Stupid and Useless
That was one of the most stupid, shallow, and useless articles I have seen in a long time. There could be so many multiple "answers" to each category. Their choices just seemed completely arbitrary.
I still subscribe to the Globe and will miss it when it's gone, but I tell you, it is getting worse and worse and thinner and thinner every day.
globe sucks
Does anyone still read the Globe? Is it still published? The Globe is so 80s. Their tv commercials are pathetic. My fav is when one of the globe hacks actually says we hold the gov accountable. The globe is in the pocket of the dweeb gov and the Dems. i'm sure the pathetic globe "reporters" check with the Dems on Beacon Hill before they write anything.
What a sorry institution--The Globe, come on --time to fold that rag.
Get with the times!
'Dems?' I'm pretty sure you guys are calling them "moonbats" now.