We punch above our weight

The Irish Times gives Boston high marks - to the point of making its readers wonder if they might like to live here:

... The city is smaller than Dublin, with about 600,000 inhabitants, but, like Dublin, it punches above its weight in culture, arts, entertainment, sport, politics, food and fun. ...

Only quibble:

... The Irish, of all ethnic groups, have maintained the tightest grip on the city, both in city hall and Massachusetts State House, although the grip was loosened when an Italian-American, Thomas Menino, ended 63 years of the Irish at the city helm, in 1993. ...

Would Gov. O'Patrick and House Speaker O'Leo agree?

Via Mark O'Neill, just back from Dublin, where he reports nobody there can do a good Boston accent, either.