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Originally Posted by deng890
Are any of you familiar with the greater Boston area? Im planning on making a move to Boston soon, and was wondering what the good/ bad/ no-go areas are. On most of my trips there Ive found it to be quite a peaceful place, but have heard rumours of some very bad no go areas. Thanks!
Love Boston... Mother Goose is burried there (in the Grannary Cemetary I think)
Also the lady that wore the Scarlet letter.
Boston is really a lot of fun but I did feel a bit weird at The Whites of their Eyes museum. (It wasn't very pro Brit)
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Hey guys, thanks for all the great responses, its all very helpful and I appreciate all the views. Ive been looking at some places over the last couple of days. One thing I can't get over is driving in Boston....are they going to put street signs up anytime soon??
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Love Boston... Mother Goose is burried there (in the Grannary Cemetary I think)
Also the lady that wore the Scarlet letter.
Boston is really a lot of fun but I did feel a bit weird at The Whites of their Eyes museum. (It wasn't very pro Brit)
Also the lady that wore the Scarlet letter.
Boston is really a lot of fun but I did feel a bit weird at The Whites of their Eyes museum. (It wasn't very pro Brit)
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Originally Posted by deng890
Hey guys, thanks for all the great responses, its all very helpful and I appreciate all the views. Ive been looking at some places over the last couple of days. One thing I can't get over is driving in Boston....are they going to put street signs up anytime soon??
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Originally Posted by deng890
Hey guys, thanks for all the great responses, its all very helpful and I appreciate all the views. Ive been looking at some places over the last couple of days. One thing I can't get over is driving in Boston....are they going to put street signs up anytime soon??
Street signs, and using your signals/indicators are illegal in Boston. Didn't you know?
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Originally Posted by deng890
Hey guys, thanks for all the great responses, its all very helpful and I appreciate all the views. Ive been looking at some places over the last couple of days. One thing I can't get over is driving in Boston....are they going to put street signs up anytime soon??
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So has anybody tried the British Beer Company pub in Walpole yet?
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Originally Posted by sanj2010
So has anybody tried the British Beer Company pub in Walpole yet?
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I still not tried my local one, though it ain't that far, near Gillette stadium.
Walpole, wouldn't have a clue, bloomin' miles away from me...so whats it like up there?
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The foods pretty good and they have done a good job of capturing the British pub atmosphere. It's always been very busy when I have been in there. They certainly water down the cider though!
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Originally Posted by sanj2010
The foods pretty good and they have done a good job of capturing the British pub atmosphere. It's always been very busy when I have been in there. They certainly water down the cider though!
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Let's just say that I was surprised the first time I heard a friend offer her 3 year old daughter cider!
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I haven't posted in forever ...
As others have mentioned you definitely want to live by a T stop, you won't want to drive downtown every day if thats where you're working.
I lived in Lynn on the north shore, which is a bit of a dump, but I got lucky and was right on the border with Swampscott (lovely town) and only 3 blocks back from the beach. Loved it there, but not way could we afford to buy.
Now we're out in Templeton, which is a helluva commute to our office (in Burlington), but worth it for the house we've bought.
GPS units are great until you get into Boston, as the roads change every 20 minutes. I firmly believe this is why they have no sign posts, as it would be too labour intensive to replace them 50 times a day. Learn how to Karmic Drive. It's the art of picking the right direction and heading there, regardless of other things on the road (or off the road if they have moved a building in your path this week).
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As others have mentioned you definitely want to live by a T stop, you won't want to drive downtown every day if thats where you're working.
I lived in Lynn on the north shore, which is a bit of a dump, but I got lucky and was right on the border with Swampscott (lovely town) and only 3 blocks back from the beach. Loved it there, but not way could we afford to buy.
Now we're out in Templeton, which is a helluva commute to our office (in Burlington), but worth it for the house we've bought.
GPS units are great until you get into Boston, as the roads change every 20 minutes. I firmly believe this is why they have no sign posts, as it would be too labour intensive to replace them 50 times a day. Learn how to Karmic Drive. It's the art of picking the right direction and heading there, regardless of other things on the road (or off the road if they have moved a building in your path this week).
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GPS units are great until you get into Boston, as the roads change every 20 minutes....
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Just chiming in / butting in quickly.
Make sure you go to Quincy (pron. "Quin-zee") Market. There's a wicked curry place there.
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Originally Posted by Maz
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Make sure you go to Quincy (pron. "Quin-zee") Market. There's a wicked curry place there.
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