I left Boston and now wonder if I can ever get back? (section 8, rental)

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by scoobydew

Boston is an extremely expensive city now. It's been overrun by trust fund babies and parent-subsidized yuppies beyond belief, who drive up costs dramatically. These consumer whores up-bid rents, spend mindlessly and create a commercially-driven cookie-cutter culture. Boston is losing its flavor so much I don't even know if I want to go back. Most of the flavor and real people are in the outlying suburbs and cities now.

There are a lot of chain stores in Boston now and that is possibly at the expense of losing unique shops.

[scoobydew]

Originally Posted by AtkinsonDan

There are a lot of chain stores in Boston now and that is possibly at the expense of losing unique shops.

Yuppies bring chains. Yuppies are flavorless and replace diverse cities with bland, homogenous, and flavorless societies. What is happening to our big cities is that they are essentially becoming highly populated suburbs.

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by scoobydew

Yuppies bring chains. Yuppies are flavorless and replace diverse cities with bland, homogenous, and flavorless societies. What is happening to our big cities is that they are essentially becoming highly populated suburbs.

Yeah, I think Tom Menino had a lot to do with the Yuppie transformation. Yuppies seem to adhere to more of a herd mentality which would be easier for the politicians to manage and control.

[Cliff Clavin]

Originally Posted by scoobydew

Yuppies bring chains. Yuppies are flavorless and replace diverse cities with bland, homogenous, and flavorless societies.

Yes, I've noticed an abundcance of yuppies over at the Olive Garden. The vallet is always so busy now, I have to park my own car.

[Woof]

Yuppies are mostly conservative libertarians nowadays, sort of tea partyers in training.

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by Woof

Yuppies are mostly conservative libertarians nowadays, sort of tea partyers in training.

They're all limousine liberals.

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

They're all limousine liberals.

Agree.

[funlol]

I've lived in NYC for the past few years and I am beginning to miss Beantown more and more. It was cleaner, more scenic, and the people were friendlier. Boston dreaming..

[Woof]

Everything in Boston is available in any other big city, with the exception of the specific history. It doesn't offer much of anything really unique. Even the weather is crappy.

I actually like Boston and would consider moving there if it weren't so expensive ...... it's just not worth the high price of housing.

You can never go back. The young friends, the old watering holes ..... most of them are gone.

[pookybean]

Originally Posted by Woof

Everything in Boston is available in any other big city, with the exception of the specific history. It doesn't offer much of anything really unique. Even the weather is crappy.

I actually like Boston and would consider moving there if it weren't so expensive ...... it's just not worth the high price of housing.

You can never go back. The young friends, the old watering holes ..... most of them are gone.

i was born and raised in boston but have lived in philadelphia for about 14 years now. boston is still home and i miss it like crazy. i am always looking for jobs there and an affordable place to live should i get a job and be able to move back.

however, i know it would not be the same as it was when i left. i go back 1x or 2x a year to visit family and it isn't the same then either. the family that i love to see on a visit is not going to be the same family when i live there! my friends who i all have on fb, it will be hard to rekindle what was in high school...we are all different people. when i start to get really homesick i force myself to take off the rose colored glasses and see it for what it would really be like.


Buuuutttt...i would move back given half the chance! lol