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Old 12-27-2013, 08:52 AM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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SF is a lot more fun than Boston.

I would agree with that. The mild climate makes it perfect for year round outdoor activities and it is a fantastic walking city. Heck, I spent many days just walking GG park being entertained (and getting contact highs) and meandering through the city.

I didn't like the people so much though.

I don't get the shopping complaints. How much shopping and how much clothes do people need?
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Old 12-27-2013, 10:10 AM
 
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The T is staying open until 3 am on weekends in Boston starting in May 2014 i believe
which is so much better than the last train leaving at 12:30-12:45
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Old 12-28-2013, 06:43 PM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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I don't get the shopping complaints. How much shopping and how much clothes do people need?
I've always wondered this too. But apparently it's huge. One of my least favorite things of our culture.
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Old 12-31-2013, 10:54 AM
 
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Shopping is a GIGANTIC component of tourism. The largest outlet mall in Orlando -- which has a very, very sizable parking lot -- kept getting so crowded people started parking on the sidewalk so they had to build a huge parking garage. If the Wrentham outlets had been built on the outskirts of Boston it would have almost instantly changed the dynamic of the city's tourism, I can basically guarantee it. That may have been why it was built in Wrentham, Boston didn't want it (not to mention real estate prices/availability) but NEVER, EVER underestimate the American (and Int'l) appetite for shopping-as-leisure. NEVER.
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Old 12-31-2013, 11:21 AM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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Shopping is a GIGANTIC component of tourism. The largest outlet mall in Orlando -- which has a very, very sizable parking lot -- kept getting so crowded people started parking on the sidewalk so they had to build a huge parking garage. If the Wrentham outlets had been built on the outskirts of Boston it would have almost instantly changed the dynamic of the city's tourism, I can basically guarantee it. That may have been why it was built in Wrentham, Boston didn't want it (not to mention real estate prices/availability) but NEVER, EVER underestimate the American (and Int'l) appetite for shopping-as-leisure. NEVER.
I've met quite a few internationals in Boston who are OBSESSED with Wrentham. It might be even bigger with internationals. It's scary, wasteful, and I don't understand it.
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Old 12-31-2013, 11:41 AM
 
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I've met quite a few internationals in Boston who are OBSESSED with Wrentham. It might be even bigger with internationals. It's scary, wasteful, and I don't understand it.
It's usually because of the exchange rate. I routinely see international tourists in Orlando buy so much that they run out of ways to get it home and end up purchasing lots of extra luggage to carry everything back home in. What may seem obsessed, at least in the case of int'l visitors, can ironically be a form of prudence because sometimes the exchange rate is just so phenomenal that they save money on a bunch of stuff that would cost more at home -- the difference in price might even pay for the vacation itself.
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Old 12-31-2013, 02:54 PM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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It's usually because of the exchange rate. I routinely see international tourists in Orlando buy so much that they run out of ways to get it home and end up purchasing lots of extra luggage to carry everything back home in. What may seem obsessed, at least in the case of int'l visitors, can ironically be a form of prudence because sometimes the exchange rate is just so phenomenal that they save money on a bunch of stuff that would cost more at home -- the difference in price might even pay for the vacation itself.
... then they get in their Mercedes and drive home.

Most of the international students here are loaded.
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Old 12-31-2013, 04:21 PM
 
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I've met quite a few internationals in Boston who are OBSESSED with Wrentham. It might be even bigger with internationals. It's scary, wasteful, and I don't understand it.
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It's usually because of the exchange rate. I routinely see international tourists in Orlando buy so much that they run out of ways to get it home and end up purchasing lots of extra luggage to carry everything back home in. What may seem obsessed, at least in the case of int'l visitors, can ironically be a form of prudence because sometimes the exchange rate is just so phenomenal that they save money on a bunch of stuff that would cost more at home -- the difference in price might even pay for the vacation itself.
table12 is correct. I would only add to the discussion the VAT taxes that internationals are subjected to in their homelands. The VATs increase the prices of goods dramatically. Internationals are smart to conduct their shopping in the US whenever feasible.
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Old 12-31-2013, 04:25 PM
 
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... then they get in their Mercedes and drive home.

Most of the international students here are loaded.
And they are loaded because they come from fiscally prudent families.
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Old 12-31-2013, 05:47 PM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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And they are loaded because they come from fiscally prudent families.
They are loaded because Chinese parents only have 1 child and give them everything they ask for.
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