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Anonymous wrote:Bostonites, for all their world-class institutions, are incredibly insular and parochial. Same with Boston suburbanites. Not from the area but every time I visit it's palpably noticeable. Even NOVA feels less monotonously provincial.

I think it's made all the more obvious because people from the Boston area think oh so highly of themselves.

+1 (for the “insular” comment)

I grew up in Lexington, went to college in Boston, and left the area after law school never looking back. Boston and its suburbs are laughably overrated, as is the city’s perception of itself, especially on the global scale. It has a few excellent schools. It has a few well-respected cultural institutions. Some select parts of its economy are doing well. But Boston also has a lot of baseless arrogance, close-mindedness, and racism — all of which runs deep through its history and identity.

Massachusetts loves to proclaim itself as a liberal utopia. In reality, it segregates people better than the South ever did — conveniently using 400 year-old colonial boundaries that pen most minorities and low-income earners into specific cities, towns and neighborhoods.

Add in an exorbitant cost of living, infrastructure that is ancient and falling apart, and mind boggling traffic congestion that just gets worse and worse (without any meaningful capacity improvements), the decision to never move back was an easy one.

I agree with all of this - Boston suburb transplant

Have lived in both VA suburbs and Boston suburbs and would choose Boston any day. NoVA burbs are beige soulless expanses full of people From Somewhere Else who move every few years, with the exception of Old Town, Alexandria and a few other pockets.

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Anonymous wrote:Bostonites, for all their world-class institutions, are incredibly insular and parochial. Same with Boston suburbanites. Not from the area but every time I visit it's palpably noticeable. Even NOVA feels less monotonously provincial.

I think it's made all the more obvious because people from the Boston area think oh so highly of themselves.

+1 (for the “insular” comment)

I grew up in Lexington, went to college in Boston, and left the area after law school never looking back. Boston and its suburbs are laughably overrated, as is the city’s perception of itself, especially on the global scale. It has a few excellent schools. It has a few well-respected cultural institutions. Some select parts of its economy are doing well. But Boston also has a lot of baseless arrogance, close-mindedness, and racism — all of which runs deep through its history and identity.

Massachusetts loves to proclaim itself as a liberal utopia. In reality, it segregates people better than the South ever did — conveniently using 400 year-old colonial boundaries that pen most minorities and low-income earners into specific cities, towns and neighborhoods.

Add in an exorbitant cost of living, infrastructure that is ancient and falling apart, and mind boggling traffic congestion that just gets worse and worse (without any meaningful capacity improvements), the decision to never move back was an easy one.

I agree with all of this - Boston suburb transplant

Anonymous wrote:It's unfortunate the premier suburbs in flyover country don't appreciate like the coastal, Rocky Mountain and Sun Belt suburbs are. Chicago's north shore suburbs are truly gorgeous, but those homes often sit forever and/or sell at a loss. Brutal weather, high taxes, and economic and population trends have the $ and masses consolidating in the same few places.

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Anonymous wrote:Bostonites, for all their world-class institutions, are incredibly insular and parochial. Same with Boston suburbanites. Not from the area but every time I visit it's palpably noticeable. Even NOVA feels less monotonously provincial.

I think it's made all the more obvious because people from the Boston area think oh so highly of themselves.

+1 (for the “insular” comment)

I grew up in Lexington, went to college in Boston, and left the area after law school never looking back. Boston and its suburbs are laughably overrated, as is the city’s perception of itself, especially on the global scale. It has a few excellent schools. It has a few well-respected cultural institutions. Some select parts of its economy are doing well. But Boston also has a lot of baseless arrogance, close-mindedness, and racism — all of which runs deep through its history and identity.

Massachusetts loves to proclaim itself as a liberal utopia. In reality, it segregates people better than the South ever did — conveniently using 400 year-old colonial boundaries that pen most minorities and low-income earners into specific cities, towns and neighborhoods.

Add in an exorbitant cost of living, infrastructure that is ancient and falling apart, and mind boggling traffic congestion that just gets worse and worse (without any meaningful capacity improvements), the decision to never move back was an easy one.

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Anonymous wrote:US suburbs are all equally soulless and boring.
Flame away.

Exactly. Why would I visit them?

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Anonymous wrote:The problem with this thread on a DC board is many haven't gotten out much to other areas out west so they are limited to judging the burbs of the East Coast cities and FL.

Why is this a problem? It's a DC-based Forum.

I think the larger problem is too may people "out West" posting in this Forum about things that are irrelevant to D.C.

Anonymous wrote:US suburbs are all equally soulless and boring.
Flame away.

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Anonymous wrote:US suburbs are all equally soulless and boring.
Flame away.

Agreed. I love big cities and small towns, but suburbs? Ugh.

The Boston suburbs are not soulless. There are too many charming ones to choose from.

Yes, and your choice of “charm” becomes notably limited if you’re a POC.

Np. Yawn. Stop making everything into the race issue.

You clearly have no knowledge about metro Boston.

It is very racist

No it's not

Maybe you’re talking about Boston, England, because you’re certainly not talking about Boston, Ma.

No, talking about Boston, MA, where I grew up

PP must be a troll.

Because they grew up in Boston?