boston people the nicest people
Dec 19, 2006, 9:55 pm
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This is from my own experience, pulling almost 5 segments to BOS per year before 2004.
Perhaps there was something in my water. But you have to remember that I come from an Island state.
Dec 20, 2006, 12:27 am
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Having lived in the Boston area for 8 long, cold years, I think haniboo is being sarcastic. Must be. That's it, right?
Dec 20, 2006, 12:46 pm
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Dec 20, 2006, 1:07 pm
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I think Boston people are indeed friendly; just that some people don't understand our friendliness....
We don't say hello to random people on the street, there are just too many of us walking and that would take all day. If you stop ask us for directions, we will gladly help you.
In reality I don't think Boston drivers are bad, is that the Department of Public Works doesn't use very good paint and the lines always seem to disappear once the snow plows scrape them off. We pity visitors driving in Boston, and we understand that it may be difficult to navigate. If we see you running into some kind of problem we will gladly give you a little toot of the horn to set you on the correct path.
We don't say hello to random people on the street, there are just too many of us walking and that would take all day. If you stop ask us for directions, we will gladly help you.
In reality I don't think Boston drivers are bad, is that the Department of Public Works doesn't use very good paint and the lines always seem to disappear once the snow plows scrape them off. We pity visitors driving in Boston, and we understand that it may be difficult to navigate. If we see you running into some kind of problem we will gladly give you a little toot of the horn to set you on the correct path.
Dec 20, 2006, 1:32 pm
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In reality I don't think Boston drivers are bad, is that the Department of Public Works doesn't use very good paint and the lines always seem to disappear once the snow plows scrape them off. We pity visitors driving in Boston, and we understand that it may be difficult to navigate. If we see you running into some kind of problem we will gladly give you a little toot of the horn to set you on the correct path.
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Dec 20, 2006, 2:33 pm
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rather than quote everybody....
i grew up in boston (actually newton & then brookline) from 1970-1989 and i'm 3rd generation after goalie-mom and my (late) goalie-grandma both being born & bred in boston (n.b. i was not born in boston but moved there in '70 at the age of 11, hence my "growing-up" in boston).
my 2 "sense" on bostonians being polite is that they are not. simply put, most (not all, but most) bostonians are rude and self-centered and when people ask me what boston is like, i 'splain it this way....
beautiful scenery (beaches, moutnains & lakes) any day of the year (yes, even in winter and the last 2 weeks of august
)
a history buff's paradise
a sports nut's nirvanna
one of the last bastions of bigotry in america (i grew up during the "bus crisis" which will always be a black eye for the city)
political & religious corruption run amok
worst drivers in the lower 48 where the the "state bird" is not always the black-capped chickadee
like i said, this is most but not all bostonians and my apologies for sounding harsh (and i'll take my 2 minutes in the box) but it's painful to honestly criticize the place you call home (even tho i live in sf, boston will always be home)
my 2 "sense" on bostonians being polite is that they are not. simply put, most (not all, but most) bostonians are rude and self-centered and when people ask me what boston is like, i 'splain it this way....
beautiful scenery (beaches, moutnains & lakes) any day of the year (yes, even in winter and the last 2 weeks of august
)a history buff's paradise
a sports nut's nirvanna
one of the last bastions of bigotry in america (i grew up during the "bus crisis" which will always be a black eye for the city)
political & religious corruption run amok
worst drivers in the lower 48 where the the "state bird" is not always the black-capped chickadee
like i said, this is most but not all bostonians and my apologies for sounding harsh (and i'll take my 2 minutes in the box) but it's painful to honestly criticize the place you call home (even tho i live in sf, boston will always be home)