Are there any "hip" neighborhoods in Boston?

[brattpowered]

Weird.

[snatale1]

Originally Posted by Flasket

When I say "hip" I mean lots of cafes, art galleries, restaurants and museums and young people.. ect....

Boston has all of that, but spread all over the place, Cambridge would probably be a better fit.

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Originally Posted by sm4269a

Columbia hires 25 year old professors ?

Originally Posted by Cantabridgienne

Is this in addition to being a financial advisor in Seattle?

Originally Posted by Cantabridgienne

Wait, you also have an online business! And work as a real estate broker! You are a true renaissance man/woman.

Originally Posted by Cliff Clavin

Busted.

Ah poo, look at me putting in time and effort on my response to this thread! Well, maybe a legit person will stumble upon it in the future....

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Originally Posted by sm4269a

Columbia hires 25 year old professors ?

Originally Posted by Cantabridgienne

Is this in addition to being a financial advisor in Seattle?

Originally Posted by Cantabridgienne

Wait, you also have an online business! And work as a real estate broker! You are a true renaissance man/woman.

You guys are wikkid smot!

OP, go back to Phoenix. But leave the glue here.

[mdovell]

Originally Posted by Flasket

I'm actually a new yorker. I've found a high paying job in Cambridge. I'm 27 and I've been a professor of PoliScience in Columbia Universety for 2 and a half years now. That's really the main reason why I might relocate to Boston.

The numbers here are a bit fuzzy for me. A four year degree brings it to 22 years of age..then two and a half years to get a ph.d ?

The vast majority of the professors in the department are older
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If you really have two and a half years experience in teaching there shouldn't you be on a tenure track? Columbia is pretty high ranked so I don't see as to why someone would leave it if they are and especially with two and a half years in.

If you are not tenured the policy there is they give you eight years.
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Eight years is pretty long in if you look at some policies in Mass. UMass boston has NTT (non tenured track) and the contract is three years. Then again some have been on NTT for 20 years!

I'd recommend taking a few years to publish something. If you want to go to Boston maybe try during a sabattical.

[mmyk72]

Some people call themselves "professors" just because they teach in an university - could be some sort of teaching assistant or part-time teaching a lite course. ..... Just saying.

[mdovell]

Not all places of higher education have teaching assistance. Part time teaching is still teaching. I won't put someone down if they are adjunct or not. I know someone who teaches at four places part time (two institutions normally, one in the summer and one occasionally). I've met another one that would love to pick up more class hours but the union said he would then monopolize the subject and thus they deny him. Academia can get very political.

[Cantabridgienne]

It's different at Columbia "Universety".

Confidential to mdovell: read the OP's post history.

[vanitycase]

Even though OP is a troll, this is a genuinely good question - shame he/she had to lie, but anyway, here's my answer: there is no direct equivalent of New York's Williamsburg in Boston. So, sorry to any Brooklyn hippies reading this thread. But as a grad student who has some similar interests to what the troll wrote, there are some similar neighborhoods here.

Allston and Brookline fit this the closest (though keep in mind, Brookline is not technically part of the city of Boston). Brookline especially fits this profile: eclectic shops, interesting bookstores, some of the best restaurants in the Boston area, and a lot of students who bring in the ironic, too-cool-for-labels hipster vibe - especially the BU kids (and surprisingly enough, one or two BC kids). There is plenty of live music around these areas too.

Allston is very much a student's neighborhood, while Brookline is a mix of yuppie, student, and retired old money. Yes, believe it or not, there are a lot of wealthy, established people in Brookline. Needless to say, they do not frequently appear on the hipster scene.

Cambridge also fits this, although again it's not a part of Boston. But Cambridge is definitely hip, eclectic, and full of interesting things to do and see. It's my favorite part of the Boston area.

[Braunwyn]

Originally Posted by mmyk72

Some people call themselves "professors" just because they teach in an university - could be some sort of teaching assistant or part-time teaching a lite course. ..... Just saying.

He's also a professor at Berkley and will be moon-lighting in Seattle. lol