Boston ( city )
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This website is bullshit. Is that really how long it’s been since I posted last? I doubt it. Anyways. Boston is sick. I think I should just use a top ten list format to explain why Boston is better than everywhere else.
1. Size. Boston is a 45 minute walk from end to end. That’s a really good thing. You can take a cab anywhere in the city for under 20 bucks, and you can do an actual pub crawl without a marathon number.
2. People. The people in Boston are hardworking and down to earth or college students. When you go out at night in Boston, you find people that you can actually talk to that don’t want to know what you drive or how you can help them in their “career”.
3. Education. Massachusetts has a great education program, and an even better higher learning reputation. The best in the world actually. Harvard, BU, BC and MIT are all within 4 miles of Boston Commons. 3 of the top 25 law schools in the country are in Boston. Boston is just straight up smarter than other cities. It has the highest ratio of college students in the country, roughly 1 in 5.
4. Healthcare. 2 words: Mass General. We have the 1st best Gynecology Hospital in the country (Brigham and Women’s) We have the 4th best ENT (Mass Eye and Ear), and Cancer centers in the country (Dana Farber). The 4th best heart disease and heart surgery (Mass Gen). Number 1 & 4 for kidney disease (B&W, Mass Gen), number 3 for Neurology (Mass Gen). Orthopedic surgeons are ranked 4th in the country at Mass Gen. We’re ranked 1 & 4 in Psychaitry (Mass Gen, McLean). The 2nd best Children’s Hospital in the country, maybe even the world (Children’s Hospital of Boston). And we’re the only city to have 2 hospitals in the top 10 in the country. If you need a specialist, you’re either going to John Hopkin’s or Mass General.
5. Sports. Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics. Give me a break.
6. Me. Me.
7. Rain. It rains in Boston! It snows! Then we have GREENERY! Everything is nice, and isn’t paved and stupid. There are people enjoying the weather, instead of constantly bitching about it. You can do different things based on what the weather is like. You can wear different things based on weather. You can have variety and see nature’s beauty.
8. Night life. I’m not gonna say that Boston has the best night life in the country, but it has a feel to it that is certainly unique. Granted, the bars close at 2 (for the most part), which sucks, but the bars are way cleaner and nicer and in way better locations than most any other bars in the country. Boston has a couple spots that have rows of bars lined up. We have Faneuil Hall, which is about 100 yards from Boston Harbor. It has over 25 bars in a 1 mile strip! It’s well lit and easy to access by Train, Bus, and cab. The lines outside are reasonable (except for Ned Divine’s). The prices of the drinks are reasonable. The difficulty of picking up women is reasonable. There are at least 5 other niches like this throghout Boston. Boyston St., Harvard St, Cleveland Circle, Harvard Sq., and even Tremont St. (alot more sketchy, but still). We have the restaurant areas of Charles st. and Newbury St. Comm Ave. Kenmore Sq.! I just thought of like 5 more places just like that. Rather than list them, let me tell you why the “big 3” cities in Nightlife actually kinda suck.
a. Los Angeles. LA bars are spread out ALL over the city. You have to drive everywhere, and once you’re there you’re either stuck, have to take a really expensive cab ride somewhere else, or drive drunk. The bars are trendy, really expensive, and filled with really really terrible people. Granted, it is fairly easy to have sex with a stupid whore in LA, but you have to spend about 250 dollars and feel like a real douchebag.
b. Las Vegas. Vegas is great, but it gets old, fast. You drink for free in Casinos, but when you want to actually go out, you have to either walk the 3 mile strip or take a cab that has a line just to get into it. Then you’re expected to tip the guy whose job is to literally wave his hand at cabs for you. Then once you get to the bar, there is a 800 person line to get into a place that charges 12 dollars for a well rum in coke that has a measure 1 oz jigger of Gilbert’s in it. Then you have to deal with the hordes of asian women that just want to dance awkwardly in a space that’s way too small and way too big at the same time. And you can smoke in clubs and you end up just smelling and feeling terrible. Again though, this can be fun every once in a while and isn’t nearly as bad as LA, since you can just stumble back to your hotel with a hooker for about the same price as you would’ve spent in LA trying to pick up a materialistic future porn star.
c. New York. New York night life is actually pretty awesome. And I don’t know too much about it since I’ve only been to New York city at night about 5-6 times. It’s really really big though, which I think I like at times, but might get sick of. It’s basically like 4 Bostons in one. Pretty good. I prefer walking everywhere though, so I still give Boston the cake.
9. History. Boston has the best history in the country. Besides having awesome landmarks and great things to tour and see, it has a great sense of pride that no other city can match (maybe Philly, but Philly is a fucking joke). With this storied past, we have incredible architecture and richly cultured neighborhoods. You actually get the feeling that every street has a 400 year history to it as you walk by the different neighborhoods. The way the scenes change as you take a stroll around the freedom trail is inspiring. Amazing attention to detail and incredible stories of heroic event that shaped this entire country.
10. Location. Is there anywhere in the U.S., nay, the world, that has a better location than Beantown? We are in the heart of New England, nestled along the coast of the beautiful Atlantic ocean. Surrounded by some of the most beautiful ‘burbs in the country. Within an hour you can drive to Salem to see the house of Seven Gables, Gloucester to see the site of Mark Wahlberg’s Perfect Storm, Marblehead to see really huge houses, Martha’s Vineyard, Cape Cod, Swampscott. Within 2 hours you can be in Providence, Kennbunkport, Kittery, Springfield (actually Springfield is a little farther, and sucks). Whatever though, the point is that Boston is surrounded by greatness, and you should all go there. But don’t move there, cause you would ruin it. We don’t want your kind, you’ve already been tainted by your second-tier upbringing.
