Comments on: More Reasons why Boston sucks

By: Gabbo

Gabbo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:31:55 +0000

The first thing to notice about these posts (except for the handful who would like to say Boston isn’t really that bad) is the lucidity they all display. It doesn’t take years (Ive been stuck here for 6 and have another to go) to get the picture. If you are looking for a vibrant, colorful city full of interesting activity and a sense of the possibilities of this short life, you have REALLY made a fucking wrong turn if you have ended up here. Boston/ Cambridge is the most irredeemably boring, sour, and sullen “city” under the creation sun. My friends warned me long before I moved that everyone here was miserable, that no one had a stray thought that wasn’t directly related to career track or social status –and still, of course, all of them struggling, and thus frustrated to the Nth degree and blisteringly defensive– but did I believe them? The fact that the weather is ghastly (four month heat wave, six month deep freeze, and two long rainstorms is what passes for seasons) is nothing compared to the embedded (as in in-grown nail) culture that basically sets the quest for professional status as a life-long punishment for having been born. You might think I’m exaggerating, but I’m not. Leaving aside the blue-collar stratum –I can’t stand the accent either, but I would rather kiss a Pats fan on the lips than have to share a day with the typical grad student/ professional from this city, balling up his or her little fists and shrieking “I’ve been writing code in this little room with the blinds drawn for twelve years… I should be the happiest person in the world!” The people of this city have an active hostility to anything enjoyed for its own sake– believe me, its true. They would rather stay home and masturbate with a copy of their academic record on the monitor.

Two words: Amy Bishop. When her lawyer came to see her for the first time, as you might have read, she managed to turn the conversation to scores she had gotten on IQ tests in the recent past. If you can sum up this city more succinctly I’d like to hear it.

For God’s sake don’t move here! You have so much to live for!

By: Colt

Colt — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:41:07 +0000

Boston is the WORST city in the U.S. Where else can you say hello only to be snubbed by snobs. The only thing that matters here is money, the type of clothes you wear and status. Massholes are everywhere. God, I hated it there and am so happy to be out. I would rather make $9/hour is some rural nowhere than make $80,000 a year in that God forsaken, rude, miserable hellhole.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:49:01 +0000

These posts made me sad. I have lived in Boston my entire life, and have always had this ache to leave. However, I am afraid, not of other places not being safe, but of being an outsider. Growing up here, it has been difficult to make friends. All of my high school friends live in either New York or San Francisco. The job market isn’t good and I just got out of school. I have a job here but can’t find one in NY or San Fran and these are the only places where people I know live. At this point, all of my friends are actually transplants from out of state. They are wonderful and different, and it’s strange to think that the people I’m closest to, my friends for years now, are people I met in college and grad school who aren’t from the area.
Is it as hard to make friends in other cities as it is in Boston? Frankly I AM miserable. The winters are horrible, and the rudeness is worse. I can be rude myself but it’s not in my nature, it’s reaction to people cutting me off in traffic, nearly slamming my car, and then having the nerve to flip me off. Or nearly being run over in crosswalks only to have the drivers roll down their windows to flip me off, spit on the ground or ream me out. This has been the norm, and my fear of going anywhere else is what if I’m just as unhappy but then lonely on top of it? Then I would move back, more defeated than when I left. This area is pretty terrible, I am a part of the culture but don’t understand why it is the way it is, and desperately want to move. Unless the job market improves, it is looking more and more like moving will be through higher education, and California looks like heaven. Is it easier to make friends there?

By: HatedBoston

HatedBoston — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:26:00 +0000

If you think Boston is bad, then you need to know the rest of Mass isn’t much better. Things that are against the law in Massachusetts:

1. Being positive.
2. Renting a decent apartment for a good price.
3. Being friendly.
4. Having a good accent.
5. Being pleasant.
6. Public transportation that arrives on time.
7. Being well-traveled.
8. Having a sense of humor.
9. Being socially accepting of individuals on a personal level, not on a political level.
10. Being likable.

Seriously, anyone considering moving to this place from somewhere else should really think twice. The majority of transplants leave bitterly regreting the time wasted in Mass. Those that don’t leave degenerate into Massholes and end up hating themselves, other people, and life in general.

By: david anderson

david anderson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:28:31 +0000

Wow! I was born and raised on the south shore and I can agree about the snobby miserable people in Boston. However I have traveled the entire country and have gotten more woman than I can shake a stick at with the way we talk so you cant go there. Every one in Boston are not from Boston and yes the mayor is in a permanent guaranteed position like kennedy was and should go away. Boston has the best of the best location. You have north of us New Hampshire,vermont , maine,to the south cape cod ,rhode island ,to the east marthas vinyard etc. One thing is for shoe is the people who are rich they got it from their parents and were given a silver spoon. The middle class are pissed because they were brainwashed that the union was going to take care of them. So Im torn I have lived in the south and people love yah and here my friend from school will knock you out if you catch him on a bad day. Dont blame the city blame the kennedys and the cold god less democrats.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:44:47 +0000

I left Boston over 2 years ago, and I still haven’t morphed back into the normal human being I once was. Living in that disgusting place fucked up every single person I knew at the time.

I have never seen such a gigantic collection of assholes. Boston truly does take the cake.

My last girlfriend told me that she’s “never heard of anyone hating a city” like I hated Boston. I am quite proud of that.

Oh, and yes, I’m highly educated (Ph.D. MIT), and yes, I am extremely liberal (currently living in California, which is ACTUALLY NICE).

And as an educated, extremely liberal person…I am completely and 100% disgusted with what I saw during the 7 years I lived in Boston. I hope the place falls off the map.

By: tyler

tyler — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:16:51 +0000

I live here now. I hate it. Sometimes when I drive down storrow or memorial, i imagine myself as a 50 story, city-destroying robot that takes big metal shits on this ridiculous city and leaves it in flames.

honestly you know you have a weird sort of fetish for new york when you chant “Yankees suck!” AT A CELTICS PLAYOFF GAME. THEY WEREN”T EVEN PLAYING THE KNICKS.

I recently stopped using the T, and i noticed that i don’t get sick anymore.

by the way, the gentleman that mentioned that the salem which trials were a source of historical pride, well that’s fantastic, you are aware that witches have never existed, so basically a bunch of bostonians killed women for being able to swim and tie their shoes.

By: cmhguy

cmhguy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:07:42 +0000

this city blows….i have never met a more racist, insular bunch of people before….i have been here since mid 1995 and am leaving in two months….about 8 years overdue….and that goddamn accent is enough to give me shingles!

By: truthbtold

truthbtold — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:59:33 +0000

Didn’t the 9/11 hijackers leave from Logan…juuust sayin’

By: Poidog776

Poidog776 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:57:00 +0000

I have to admit a few things: “The Departed” was a badass movie; but “The Godfather” was better. Fenway is pretty cool; but Wrigley is much cozier, has much nicer fans, easy public transportation, great restaurants, and is in a beautiful area. The celtics blow this year, and the Lakers are 3-0 in the two teams’ last 3 games and won the title. The red sox were a disaster this year, and the Yankees won the title. The patriots can have Tom Brady if they want; Peyton got to the Super Bowl. And bout boston’s history; go to philly. You get to see the historical landmarks and Rocky. Fuck boston. They are New York’s Napoleonic little bitch brother