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There's also additional benefits from the fact that moving the highway underground made the area more desirable. There's no longer a massive concrete snake spli
by genocidicbunny 4y ago
There's also additional benefits from the fact that moving the highway underground made the area more desirable. There's no longer a massive concrete snake splitting downtown into pieces, and the area is cleaner and quieter due to moving all that car traffic underground.
- wfleming 4y agoIn the specific case of the big dig, absolutely! I moved to Cambridge right around when the dig was completed and saw those improvements accrue over the next few years. I had a bunch of friends eventually move to Southie & The Waterfront, which would have been unimaginable when I moved there. I also think the dig did make navigation around Boston easier, even if it didn’t reduce overall traffic.