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Boston is in a mildly risky position right now. Boston's main draws are slowly becoming less appealing. We seem to have reached peak education a few years ago,
by screye 3y ago
Boston is in a mildly risky position right now. Boston's main draws are slowly becoming less appealing.
We seem to have reached peak education a few years ago, and I don't see it growing much more in the next decade. Their public k12 schools are still amazing, but that's more so a testament to the outer suburbs than the core urban area. Public transportation was a huge draw, and it's in dire straits. The 'next tech hub' thing never took off, with Austin, LIC, NJ & Atlanta growing faster than Boston. Biotech is doing great, but as it moves from academia to industry....I'm seeing a slow siphoning of biotech talent into the bay area.
The biggest issue is how well NYC is doing. Boston was always a great way to experience NYC-lite. But the mass gentrification of LIC, Brooklyn and Jersey City has now made it possible to have NYC-lite within NYC itself. So it makes Boston less appealing.
As far as cities go, Boston is still doing amazing. But I am going to change my optimism around it from 'best positioned to see massive growth' to 'good city that does 1 or 2 things well'.
Thankfully for Boston their problems seem solvable. Give incentives to MIT/Harvard grads to set up startups locally. Make it easier to build housing and fix public transport....the city will be back to #1 on my highest growth potential list.
P.S: I say this in jest, but make DeSantis ship a few more migrants up to new england. The Mexican food scene is trash and needs help.
- alephknoll 3y ago> Boston was always a great way to experience NYC-lite. Since when? Who goes to boston for the 'nyc-lite' experience? > But the mass gentrification of LIC, Brooklyn and Jersey City has now made it possible to have NYC-lite within NYC itself. What are you talking about? LIC and Brooklyn are part of NYC. It is the NYC experience. Are you confusing NYC with Manhattan? > So it makes Boston less appealing. Nobody moves to boston for a NYC-lite experience. Have you ever been to NYC or Boston? > P.S: I say this in jest, but make DeSantis ship a few more migrants up to new england. The Mexican food scene is trash and needs help. What?
- vineyardmike 3y ago> Since when? Who goes to boston for the 'nyc-lite' experience? I’ve lived in both. This is a thing. NYC fans will say that nothing compares and only NYC is NYC, but people outside it do think of Boston as a baby NYC. It has a ton of similarities to their urban fabric, but it’s just saw smaller. It has similar architecture, people, weather, etc. it’s a very walkable city, with a vibrant cultural scene. It’s just… less than NYC. Less food choice, less cultural options, smaller, less transit, less jobs, less people, etc.
- linehedonist 3y agoSomebody in real life was just saying something similar about Boston’s appeal as a mini nyc. I was genuinely pretty surprised — I think of Boston as pretty different from New York (much, much smaller, lots whiter, more educated; in my head Chicago or even Philly are closer to nyc-lite), but I can imagine a bunch of new englanders do move to Boston to get an urban experience.
- screye 3y agoIt might be reflecting my tech bias. The typical tech person only hangs out with young highly-educated transplants in NYC. Racially, those demographics are fairly similar between NYC and Boston. Philly simply does not have the high concentration of top-tier human capital that Boston or NYC offer. Good luck finding a half-decent tech job in Philly. If anything, Boston universities have ramped up their diversity hiring, so a typical highly-educated group will include a ton of racially diverse people. Intellectually however, Boston has stricter staratification between blue collar and white collar professionals than NYC/Philly.
- alephknoll 3y agoAre you some recruiter or something? Your comments have been the most bizarre I've read in a while. It reads like PR. Still wondering how LIC and Brooklyn is NYC-lite?
- screye 3y agohuh, could you elaborate ? I've been on here long enough that my authenticity is secure. But, I am genuinely curious about why my writing comes across as 'fake' ? Is it just this interaction or my comments in general ? I'm for real. I'm trying to be better in how I communicate. And clearly, I still have work to do. And no, I am not a recruiter, just a distracted engineer like everyone else on here. ______ As for the Brooklyn & LIC bit, it's from personal experience. I have moved around a lot over the last few years, and have found myself comparing these cities side-by-side. Manhattan is most people's image of NYC. LIC and Brooklyn are quieter, more human scale, have more green spaces and the pace of things slower. I didn't mention Chicago because it's a disservice to call it NYC-lite. Chicago is distinctly itself in a way that makes the comparison feel unfair. Additionally, being in NYC-lite implies wanting the same geographic advantages.