a fairly large city of about 600,000, metro area something like 5-6 million, lots of
history, very cultured place. one of the oldest cities in america. known for its colleges and distinct neighborhoods and has the biggest construction project in american
history (the Big Dig). lots of
irish, italians, blacks, vietnamese, cape verdeans, and many others. neighborhoods include east boston, charlestown, north end, downtown, south end, fenway, south boston, back bay, chinatown, dorchester, roxbury, mattapan, roslindale, jamaica plain, hyde park, west roxbury, allston,
brighton, mission hill, chestnut hill. bordering cities cambridge, somerville, brookline, quincy are basically part of boston because they are so closely tied to the city itself. lots of shopping & culture downtown/back bay, tons of bars, lots of neat little neighborhoods/villages, and a decent subway system. gets ridiculous
snow in the winter and 70s-low 90s in the summer, lots of annoying-ass construction,
fire, racial tension in some areas. gets kind of overlooked at times. overall a pretty
nice & unique place to live though.
i took the T from chinatown to
harvard quare then walked over the charles
river to back bay and took the green
line to the prudential ctr
then i got drunk off my ass in southie.