The seafood is top notch. Fresher too, especially things like lobstah. And don’t forget about the clam chowdah. Try the schrod.
The people are very nice they just have thick shells to deter assholes. Compare to the rest of the country, where the people are “nice” but secretly want you to fuck off.
Boston has better food than your average city. It’s a relatively rich city, which helps. More importantly, it has something like 40 universities in and around that area, and many of them cater to international students. So, you get all kinds of interesting ethnic foods from around the world. Boston also has a small Chinatown, but it has great food. It also has a lot of Brazilian immigrants, so it has restaurants catering to Brazilians.
Some of my favourites:
- Muqueca is Brazilian, but not typical exported Brazilian like meat on swords.
- Peach Farm Seafood in Chinatown
- Penang Malaysian Cuisine in Chinatown
Speaking of my town just outside Boston ……
The food is just like the British: we have great Indian food
People who think British food is bad have never had a pie or a fry
Just came back from a long weekend in Boston, and I loved it. It reminded me very much of Dublin where I live:
- Expensive as hell.
- Weather forecast is never right.
- You can understand the locals only when they are drunk.
But the food was great, and the T was lightyears ahead of the Dublin metro system.
the T was lightyears ahead of the Dublin metro system.
Wow, Dublin’s metro must suck. Boston’s subway is good by US standards, but it’s one of the worst of any major city I’ve been in elsewhere. The Green Line is more a tram than a subway line, and has that horrible tight turn under Park Street. For a city the size of Boston it has a decent number of different subway lines, but the whole system is old and poorly maintained.
Dublin metro was first planned in the 1980s. A definitive plan was finalized last year, and the construction was supposed to start next year, bur at the last possible moment a group of residents near one of the planned terminuses blocked it in court because the construction would “cause them undue stress”. So, if we’re lucky, the metro construction will begin within 50 years of the original plan. Ireland is thus remaining one of the very few European countries with sizable population, without a metro. Despite running such huge budget surpluses that we sometimes refuse to collect taxes from the multinationals.
In Boston, I stayed close to Alewife. The red line was decent to get me to the city centre, and I had two good bus connections to Lexington where I also had some business to attend to.
Did people start cheering and weeping tears of joy when they heard your accent?
Haha, no. I was tempted to visit Paddy’s Lunch, but being in Boston I opted for clam chowder, a good burger (where you actually get to specify how you want it made), and some Italian. I was mildly amused when I walked by a pub that advertised a band called The Gobshites. Certainly won’t help to dispell Irish stereotypes.
Traffic actually worse after the Big Dig. Aside from Helmand in Cambridge, the food is not good.
Literally spending Christmas there because of parter’s family in a few weeks. It’s not the worst place I have been to, but it is expensive, the people shout at each other mostly in heavy accents, and there is nothing to do. The food?
Somehow they messed up seafood.
I always loved visiting Baastin as a poet visit.
But then again, I was from Halifax.
‘Channels the inner Bostonian’
- Expensive? Hell ya.
- Freezing? Gimme a break, don’t be a pussy.
- Difficult to navigate? T is always fuckin broke and late, driving blows. Don’t know where you’re going - just ask dipshit, we’ll set ya straight.
- Unfriendly? Fuck you. We’re wicked nice.
- Food? You must be fuckin blind son. Food here is pissa!
- Did you mean the original Boston? I think your tea is done brewing in the harbor.
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Unfriendly? Fuck you. We’re wicked nice.
First time I visited Boston, I was lost somewhere in downtown and walking in circles. Must have passed a postman one too many times because he just briskly walks up to me and, gesturing with a handful of mail, abruptly asks, “whadaya, fuckin lost?”
He then proceeded to give me very clear and accurate directions to where I was going.
One of the interesting things about Boston is that the average person you bump into doesn’t have the typical Boston accent. There are too many immigrants, international students, etc. for that accent to dominate. But, certain jobs: postal worker, cop, firefighter, public transit worker, etc. that mostly hire locals. So, your announcements on the T are mostly always done with a strong Boston accent.
Difficult to navigate? The roads are designed entirely around the premise of “FAHK YOUU!! You don’t know how this road works? Moron!” Source: lived there. Want to go to Salem? Nope. One of my favorites is the tollway from the airport to downtown. If you miss the last exit or go the wrong way on 1, guess you’re going downtown because fuck you. Downtown is a mess of one-ways, turn only lanes, and no, two rights will NOT have you going in the opposite direction. Fuck you, you’re now going to Worcester on the Masspike. Have fun.
Yes, have fun. Worcester’s great. Check out Kelly Square.
That tea would be disgustingly weak. We did the maths. Of course we did the maths.
I visited Boston 2 months ago for a wedding. Spent almost a whole week making a vacation of it with my wife. Can confirm all of this is accurate.
And yes, I went to the famous Italian district in the North End. It was way overpriced and it was fine but not particularly memorable. Just generic american-italian fare you can find in any city in America. The only notable food I had was the absolute worst Pad Thai I’ve ever had in my life.
I’m a white guy who has lived my whole life in the northeast US, and even I was shocked at the lack of spices or flavor in everything. Even my Dunkin Donuts coffee seemed blander than how it was at home.
Well, I did get some edibles from the dispensary which included some incredible white chocolate with espresso beans. Not sure if I would count that as “food” though.
If you do have to eat in downtown Boston I would recommend the South Street Diner. The food itself was just the stuff you would expect from any diner in America, but it was executed well and almost reasonably priced.
I’m sure there’s good Italian food in the North End, but no local would go there to find it. You pay a premium because it’s the North End and you and every other tourist had the same idea.
You may have better luck in Cambridge, Allston or Brookline for food in general. Easier to park and get a table, too.
No british people there
And that’s just great.
Nah there’s good food in Boston. They have a marvelous Italian neighborhood. Them mfs cook
More than just good food. The North End alone is full of world class culinary institutions. Everything else is right enough for a meme but the food line couldn’t be more wrong.
Depends on how much of asshole you are. I had no problems the brief time I was there.
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I’m not from there so I can’t be a masshole.
Not calling you that just a misunderstanding maybe. It’s a common joke that people from Massachusetts are assholes, hence the name Massholes.
That was me being flippant.
My one visit to Boston (American) was for part of a day. The people were nice, food was good, and the harbor was very accepting of the loose tea I threw in it.
But I’m glad it was during summer.
Biggest mistake in my life was leaving Boston. People weren’t unfriendly, they just had busy lives and didn’t have time for BS, but if you were waiting at a T stop you could easily strike up a conversation. I lived in Brookline and I can easily think of 5 different places with great food (at reasonable prices) in that area alone. Sure, it was kinda cold in winter; okay it’s not as easy to navigate as Manhattan, but it’s got character. There are ways to live cheap there but yeah the biggest killer is rent, either you’ll be commuting a lot or you’ll be living cramped. Still, it’s one of my 3 favorite cities in the world.
if you were waiting at a T stop you could easily strike up a conversation
Horrifying.
If you tried that in the part of England I’m from you’ll end up getting sectioned for your own good.
I find the further you get from London, the friendlier people tend to be with strangers in England. If you go west far enough and end up over the border in Wales, the difference is even more pronounced.
When I lived in Aberystwyth, cigarettes were basically a communist economy!
Boston is my favourite city in the US (that I’ve been to). Everyone was super friendly.
I’ve been to cities where people are “warmer” and more outgoing, but it’s that fake American facade everyone wears. Boston was a little rough in places but way more genuine.
I visited Boston from the UK and found everyone to be super friendly. Had lots of conversations with folks who just started chatting to me, and would go out of their way to recommend things to do. I also found the same in NYC. And Paris. I think friendly people are everywhere.
what are the other two?
Rome and LA.
