Because Boston doesn't and hasnt functioned like an American city. It's contemporaries are other not-very-american cities in NYC, Philly and DC proper. DC and

Because Boston doesn't and hasnt functioned like an American city. It's contemporaries are other not-very-american cities in NYC, Philly and DC proper. DC and Philly are cheap, NYC is dense. Boston has space and is expensive. It's an exception. Bostons tiny roads make driving impossible. It has actually history and protection worthy neighborhoods, so it a few towers do well to compensate for buildings that cannot be brought down. It has the infrastructure for amazing public transit (pre covid) and can easily support the extra density. All of Boston's peer cities are European-esque cities in the US or European cities. There is a good reason for that. What America calls European cities, are just called 'cities' elsewhere. Other than US, Canada and Australia....no other place has this wierd American model of car dependent asphalt sprawls.