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eli_gottlieb 9y ago
I live in the Boston area, and the only things that are world-class here are the Ivy League universities and Massachusetts General Hospital. This place doesn't deserve anything remotely like the ego it actually has. (Take note: I'm originally from New York. There is a rivalry at work here.)
- sremani 9y ago
  As a person who had the misfortune of taking Public transport from La Guardia to Manhattan, I would not label entire NYC "world-class" unless I get to append it with "mess".
  - mirimir 9y ago
    Jamaica LIRR station, right?
    - gipp 9y ago
      That's JFK. Considerably easier, despite being considerably further away.
  - greglindahl 9y ago
    You should have taken the private express bus, and instead you complain about your poor choice? Eh?
    - greglindahl 9y ago
      Uh, thanks for the downvotes? My point is that there is no express public transit service from LaGuardia to Manhattan; there's a express private service, and most people know about it. If you look on the Internet it's pretty visible.
      - sgift 9y ago
        This kind of makes the point. A world-class city, but no good public transportation from airport to city center? World-class mess.
        greglindahl 9y ago
        So NY would be a better city if they started an express bus service that competes with the existing, popular private bus service? Either way, I take the bus.
      - la_oveja 9y ago
        If a city wants to be truly world-class it needs to have a good public transportation system.
- L_Rahman 9y ago
  @eli_gottlieb: You're being downvoted for what reasons that should seem fairly obvious, so here's some support from a fellow native New Yorker :) @sremani: We have really fucked this up. The lack of a direct rail link from any one of our three airports to Manhattan is shameful.
- rayiner 9y ago
  Boston is a fine city, but not world class. First time I flew into Logan I looked around thinking I must've flown into the small secondary airport.
- tacomonstrous 9y ago
  I found Boston to be super provincial (outside of the university crowd), and way overpriced for what it offers. Moving there from a city like Chicago was really quite a shock for us. A fraction of the culture and food scene for a multiple of the price. We spent a year there and ended up moving to Providence, which is much better value for money and also has better food.
- vostok 9y ago
  There's a world class non Ivy League university just outside Boston too.
  - eli_gottlieb 9y ago
    I was including MIT in "Ivy League", even though it doesn't play football with the rest of them.
    - MarkMMullin 9y ago
      They do have an excellent reputation for participating in the games under their own rules, tho :-)

eli_gottlieb 9y ago

I live in the Boston area, and the only things that are world-class here are the Ivy League universities and Massachusetts General Hospital. This place doesn't deserve anything remotely like the ego it actually has. (Take note: I'm originally from New York. There is a rivalry at work here.)

sremani 9y ago
As a person who had the misfortune of taking Public transport from La Guardia to Manhattan, I would not label entire NYC "world-class" unless I get to append it with "mess".
- mirimir 9y ago
  Jamaica LIRR station, right?
  - gipp 9y ago
    That's JFK. Considerably easier, despite being considerably further away.
- greglindahl 9y ago
  You should have taken the private express bus, and instead you complain about your poor choice? Eh?
  - greglindahl 9y ago
    Uh, thanks for the downvotes? My point is that there is no express public transit service from LaGuardia to Manhattan; there's a express private service, and most people know about it. If you look on the Internet it's pretty visible.
    - sgift 9y ago
      This kind of makes the point. A world-class city, but no good public transportation from airport to city center? World-class mess.
      - greglindahl 9y ago
        So NY would be a better city if they started an express bus service that competes with the existing, popular private bus service? Either way, I take the bus.
    - la_oveja 9y ago
      If a city wants to be truly world-class it needs to have a good public transportation system.
L_Rahman 9y ago
@eli_gottlieb: You're being downvoted for what reasons that should seem fairly obvious, so here's some support from a fellow native New Yorker :) @sremani: We have really fucked this up. The lack of a direct rail link from any one of our three airports to Manhattan is shameful.
rayiner 9y ago
Boston is a fine city, but not world class. First time I flew into Logan I looked around thinking I must've flown into the small secondary airport.
tacomonstrous 9y ago
I found Boston to be super provincial (outside of the university crowd), and way overpriced for what it offers. Moving there from a city like Chicago was really quite a shock for us. A fraction of the culture and food scene for a multiple of the price. We spent a year there and ended up moving to Providence, which is much better value for money and also has better food.
vostok 9y ago
There's a world class non Ivy League university just outside Boston too.
- eli_gottlieb 9y ago
  I was including MIT in "Ivy League", even though it doesn't play football with the rest of them.
  - MarkMMullin 9y ago
    They do have an excellent reputation for participating in the games under their own rules, tho :-)