Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Massachusetts > Boston
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 12-07-2013, 05:23 PM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
11,066 posts, read 12,466,771 times
Reputation: 10390

Advertisements

Quote:
Originally Posted by iAMtheVVALRUS View Post


I think that New England's strength in this comparison is that, while Hartford, Portsmouth, Newport, Northampton, Manchester, Portland, Provincetown, Lowell, Haverhill, etc. might be small shrimp in comparison to Madison, but (as far as I know) Boston has many more nice small cities available to it than Chicago does.
What? You mean you're not enchanted by Gary, Indiana??
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 12-07-2013, 07:13 PM
 
Location: Medfid
6,817 posts, read 6,056,933 times
Reputation: 5262
Quote:
Originally Posted by bjimmy24 View Post
What? You mean you're not enchanted by Gary, Indiana??
This is sarcasm, right?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-07-2013, 09:37 PM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
11,066 posts, read 12,466,771 times
Reputation: 10390
Quote:
Originally Posted by iAMtheVVALRUS View Post
This is sarcasm, right?
I don't think I really need to answer that.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-07-2013, 09:43 PM
 
Location: Medfid
6,817 posts, read 6,056,933 times
Reputation: 5262
Quote:
Originally Posted by bjimmy24 View Post
I don't think I really need to answer that.
Good. Good.... (I was a little worried, what with all the hippie and El Paso post that have popped up on this thread over the last few hours. Anything was possible )
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-08-2013, 07:58 AM
 
504 posts, read 599,307 times
Reputation: 319
Boston is also extremely provincial compared to Chicago and other US cities. Also, eating-out is far better in Chicago and the COL is cheaper.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-08-2013, 08:43 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
14,483 posts, read 11,291,687 times
Reputation: 9002
Quote:
Originally Posted by Oistrakh12 View Post
Boston is also extremely provincial compared to Chicago and other US cities. Also, eating-out is far better in Chicago and the COL is cheaper.
Not really. Chicago is made up of mid-westerners who never leave the mid-west.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-08-2013, 08:52 AM
 
504 posts, read 599,307 times
Reputation: 319
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Joshua View Post
Not really. Chicago is made up of mid-westerners who never leave the mid-west.
Still, that's not as provincial as people who were born and Malden, grow up in Malden, and die in Malden, to use a previous example in this thread.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-08-2013, 09:04 AM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
11,066 posts, read 12,466,771 times
Reputation: 10390
It'd be nice if somebody actually posted statistics of native born percentages in these cities.

Even if Boston had a higher percentage, you'd still have to argue the "provincial" thing.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-08-2013, 09:11 AM
 
9,109 posts, read 6,329,862 times
Reputation: 12332
Quote:
Originally Posted by Oistrakh12 View Post
Still, that's not as provincial as people who were born and Malden, grow up in Malden, and die in Malden, to use a previous example in this thread.
Yup! Massachusetts has a large proportion of Irish Americans whose ancestors only left Ireland because they were about to starve to death. That is where the townie tradition started.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-08-2013, 09:24 AM
 
9,109 posts, read 6,329,862 times
Reputation: 12332
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Joshua View Post
Not really. Chicago is made up of mid-westerners who never leave the mid-west.
The midwest is a huge area made up of thirteen geographically large states. Someone who moves from North Dakota to Chicago shows more courage than someone who moves from RI to Boston. Staying within the midwest is not provincialism. That thirteen state region has its version of NYC in Chicago and then it has numerous next level down cities whereas New England only has one next level down city, Boston.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Massachusetts > Boston

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:00 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top