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Old 09-06-2008, 12:14 PM
 
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Hi every one i'm considering moving to Boston after visiting several times.I live in Florida right now and it is no real fashion or cool hang out spots here.I would like to know ,if their are any soulful hip places for people 25 and older to hang out?(LiveMusic,Comedy Clubs,Romantic Parks etc..) And in the winter or even summer if people dress to impress?
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Old 09-07-2008, 01:40 PM
 
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There's plenty of cool and interesting things to do in Boston for people of any age group. No problem there.

As far as being fashionable, the buildings are up to date but the people are a little frumpy. Fashion-wise, Boston (New England) isn't Hollywood, NYC, Paris, etc. We wear flannels, jeans, polartec, and Bean boots...not much Versace and Ferragamo.
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Old 09-07-2008, 08:14 PM
 
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Sounds like you want NYC. The price difference isn't as much as you think. Boston is expensive too.
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Old 09-08-2008, 11:34 AM
 
Location: Boston,MA (born and raised and WANT OUT!!!!)
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There are lots of places, esp. if you are young. Try Back Bay, Fenway, Newbury Street area, Allston neighborhood, Cambridge area..lots of live music, people in their 20s-30s.This city is full of all kinds of fashion--it is very much like any metro city. You have your punks, neosoul, hip hop, emos,Paris Hilton wannabes,etc--all types of fashion. As far as the comment made about us wearing flannel shirts, that must be waaay out on the outskirts cuz i haven't seen a flannel shirt on anyone in Boston since 1995...well except for a few construction workers.
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Old 09-08-2008, 03:03 PM
 
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For fashionable, I'd say (as a never-fashionable person) that Newbury Street and maybe the South End are the only neighborhoods that could be called fashionable. I don't think that's a positive thing, but the original poster asked.
Allston is purely college kid- nothing fashionable about it. Cambridge is distinctly unfashionable, self-consciously so, almost.
College kid does not equal fashionable, especially not in a Miami sense. I agree that only NYC might suit the OP.
I say this as someone who has never been or wanted to be fashionable. But you can feel the attitude all over Newbury Street and South End.
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Old 09-08-2008, 03:23 PM
 
Location: DisneyWorld, FL but missing Home
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yes i would consider boston as pretty fashionable and artsy. there are alotta young kids now adays that wear expensive clothing. alotta my friends wears like great china wall. juicy couture, d & g, a & g cashmere, etc, etc. kinda young hollywood type. but yes newbury st is a great place for outdoor dining and designer clothes and try brighton, brookline, fanuiel hall and cambridge for live music.....
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Old 09-08-2008, 05:14 PM
 
Location: northeast US
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As far as the comment made about us wearing flannel shirts, that must be waaay out on the outskirts cuz i haven't seen a flannel shirt on anyone in Boston since 1995...well except for a few construction workers.
Only highly qualified people can see the flannel shirts in Boston.

Flannel is invisible to kidz that say "cuz" (unless they've read "The Man In the Grey Flannel Suit" - the Sloan Wilson novel about the search for purpose in a culture dominated by business).
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Old 09-08-2008, 05:45 PM
 
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Less fashionable cities rule to me. Portland OR and Boston seem to have similar fashion taste.
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Old 09-08-2008, 07:13 PM
 
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There's plenty of cool and interesting things to do in Boston for people of any age group. No problem there.

As far as being fashionable, the buildings are up to date but the people are a little frumpy. Fashion-wise, Boston (New England) isn't Hollywood, NYC, Paris, etc. We wear flannels, jeans, polartec, and Bean boots...not much Versace and Ferragamo.
I just dropped my son off at college in Boston and I couldn't believe how stylish the Bostonians were. And I'm from NYC originally. Maybe, in the winter people get frumpy trying to stay warm but all those beautiful young college and professional women were dressed with such great style and taste when I've been there in the warm weather. Those beautiful young college kids don't do "frumpy" and they are everywhere.
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Old 09-09-2008, 08:22 AM
 
Location: Boston,MA (born and raised and WANT OUT!!!!)
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Only highly qualified people can see the flannel shirts in Boston.

Flannel is invisible to kidz that say "cuz" (unless they've read "The Man In the Grey Flannel Suit" - the Sloan Wilson novel about the search for purpose in a culture dominated by business).
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, I am sorry professor, I meant to say "because". Gee!Thanks for the spellcheck! For the record, I am not a "kid". I am 32 years old.I do have common sense, street smarts and a brain.As for your flannel style, are we talking L.L. Bean flannel or Kmart flannel?
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