Boston a boring city? (Harvard: stores, nightlife, food)

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by georgecostanza1472

You asked whether I am from Boston and whether I have lived there. Yes to both. No, Andover is not Boston, I did not grow up in Boston, but I spent literally 90% of weekends in spring summer and fall in Boston and then I spent a lot of time in Boston after college because so many of my friends moved home or were already there because they went to school there and then I lived there for one year. DEFINITELY enough time to pass judgment on a city, from childhood, to college, to adulthood, experienced the city at every age and from many angles.

You ever been out of New England? Spent time in other american cities?

LOL you picked the wrong dude to accuse of not having lived elsewhere... lived in Russia, Cleveland, Columbus, and now Boston. If you could read, you'd have seen me say "I'm not a native Bostonian" in my earliest post on this thread.

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by georgecostanza1472

Boston's personality is "curmudgeon," and you may like it, but it's anti-progress, anti-fun, anti-pleasant. I was used to it and relied and felt comfortable with it for a long time too, until I went elsewhere and thought "wow, hostility, rudeness, close-mindedness, those things suck."

I actually think Boston is more stodgy and traditional than curmudgeon.

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by georgecostanza1472

Boston def isnt a "playground for the wealthy." Theres no "play" in boston. Think Miami, Vegas, NYC, London, Vineyard, Nantucket, Aspen.

Sorry if my intent with that statement was not clear. I was trying to say that wealthier Bostonians consider northern New England to be their personal playground and in the process they interfere with the economic and social activities of the northern New England locals.

I would never imply that Boston is a playground for the nation's wealthy, that is ludicrous. Boston is just too stodgy for that.

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by georgecostanza1472

We are listing Hospitals as interesting businesses? Seriously? Every city in America has one, and they aren't innovative. Pharma, Biotech, Medical devices, all suppliers to hospitals are interesting, but no, hospitals are not interesting, and every city has one. No points there.

I do not find hospitals interesting but I also acknowledge that the workday for staff would never be boring and uneventful. I put them on par with fire departments and police forces.

[georgecostanza1472]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

LOL you picked the wrong dude to accuse of not having lived elsewhere... lived in Russia, Cleveland, Columbus, and now Boston. If you could read, you'd have seen me say "I'm not a native Bostonian" in my earliest post on this thread.

Did I accuse you? I asked you a question about whether you have lived elsewhere and yes you have.

[georgecostanza1472]

Originally Posted by AtkinsonDan

I actually think Boston is more stodgy and traditional than curmudgeon.

Yea, those are better descriptive words for what I'm trying to get at. Definitely stodgy.

[georgecostanza1472]

Originally Posted by AtkinsonDan

I do not find hospitals interesting but I also acknowledge that the workday for staff would never be boring and uneventful. I put them on par with fire departments and police forces.

I did not say boring or uneventful. Even google I am sure can be boring and uneventful, but there is no doubt it is innovative. Hospitals are not innovative, they will be pretty much the same in 50 years; all the industries that supply hospitals and whos services are used by hospitals, are innovative, amazing things happening in biotech, genomics, med devices, etc. Greater Boston has some of these companies, but not the city.

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by georgecostanza1472

I did not say boring or uneventful. Even google I am sure can be boring and uneventful, but there is no doubt it is innovative. Hospitals are not innovative, they will be pretty much the same in 50 years; all the industries that supply hospitals and whos services are used by hospitals, are innovative, amazing things happening in biotech, genomics, med devices, etc. Greater Boston has some of these companies, but not the city.

I agree with this assessment.

[bjimmy24]

Hospitals aren't interesting? Yeah, screw curing cancer.

[georgecostanza1472]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

Hospitals aren't interesting? Yeah, screw curing cancer.

Someone is stumped and reaching. Hospitals don't cure cancer, that's biomedical research institutes, pharmaceutical companies and the like. Hospitals may administer your chemo, and no, administering your chemo is not innovative, if you took a short nurses course, you could do it at home. Hospitals not being innovative has nothing to do with "screw the cure for cancer."