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Could Boston be losing popularity on C-D? I expected it to run away with this.
Not necessarily, we've all declared our love for Boston. Its just that sometimes its more fun to root for the underdog.
St. Louis is probably the closest the Midwest has to a Boston - a medium sized city in the region that has a ton of history and is a center of education, research, and culture. People often forget but St. Louis was the original gigantic frontier city. It was founded in the mid 1700s, roughly 50-100 years before most other midwest cities that have since surpassed it in size like Chicago and Minneapolis. Gigantic portions of the, then, wild continent was settled with St. Louis as the home base. Just outside of town, there are the ruins of the largest native american city in North America from 1,000 years ago, proving how productive the region could potentially be and its key location. There are pyramids here! It has two great universities including the oldest west of the Mississippi. It has an amazing park system. It has the country's largest monument. It has urban ruins and very vibrant urban neighborhoods, practically within view of each other. It has an active startup scene and several historical hometown companies. It has visible poverty beside unbelievable amounts of old money. It is also still remarkably affordable to live in compared to other cities with similar features.
It has fallen on hard times in the last 50 years but its finally making a comeback in terms of development, although it may take another decade or two until the population stabilizes as the Northside continues to empty out. The gentrified areas such as the central corridor, downtown, and the south city are rapidly filling back up with residents though. People have always had a hard time defining what exactly St. Louis is. Based on historical migration and industrialization patterns, its like a Northeastern city dropped into the Mississippi Valley. Its culture is influenced by its French roots and midwestern location, like a Chicago meets New Orleans. Its food culture is an amazing mix of local BBQ, influences from old Europe, american comfort food, frontier food, and ideas from new arrivals like the Bosnians. For better or worse, St. Louis has been free to hang out and do its own thing for a very long time and for that, there is much that is unique and much to love.
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St. Louis is cool as hell, though it could use more of a mix of people. Boston seems pretty overrated, I think I'd get bored there in the same amount of time as I would in St. Louis.
St. Louis is cool as hell, though it could use more of a mix of people. Boston seems pretty overrated, I think I'd get bored there in the same amount of time as I would in St. Louis.
How about we offer the victims of Fukushima a place to resettle?
Both great towns. I've only been to Boston twice but, I'm a big history buff and lover of all things baseball so I thought it was a great town. I was also a huge Pats fan when I was a kid since Baltimore didn't have a team back then and I just didn't like DC or the Steelers.
I give Boston the edge but, I think both cities are definitely worth a visit. GO CARDS!!!
Old thread and St Louis is great but except for baseball it’s not in Boston’s league. I’ve had fun in STL and some nice people but I probably wouldn’t go back way too far away from anything for me. Some prefer to be near wide open spaces and cheaper living tho and I can understand that.
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