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I imagine Bill Burr's commentary about Boston and Junot Diaz's account of living in Boston in his book "this is how you lose her" are both more accurate.
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If you prefer short but gray autumns, that's fine.
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Summers are decent in most of the lower 48 (even Seattle)
Really? Does Seattle really get as many summer vacationers as the Cape & Islands or the Maine coast?
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but then there's the long and cold winters where you're frequently snowed in for 3 months of the year that you also have to deal with.
Eh, we’re no lake-effect city. Does make for good skiing in the mountains, though!
I imagine Bill Burr's commentary about Boston and Junot Diaz's account of living in Boston in his book "this is how you lose her" are both more accurate.
If you prefer short but gray autumns, that's fine. But that doesn't make them "lovely."
Now, the sunny but mild autums in the Piedmont region are what I would consider "lovely."
Summers are decent in most of the lower 48 (even Seattle), but then there's the long and cold winters where you're frequently snowed in for 3 months of the year that you also have to deal with.
It's definitely great if you're in biotech and health care, and "meh" if you're in the insurance industry or defense, but fairly lackluster in other industries relative to other cities.
Boston has 0 months with the average high below freezing it’s not this artic wasteland during the winter. It’s average high in November is still 52F so that’s quite a long fall. Boston has 200 days of Sun which for the eastern part of the country is actually quite Sunny.
In terms of the delta between actual climate and perceived Climate NYC takes the cake. They have a very mild winter compared to what people think NYC winters are like
Plus if Boston doesn’t have a dynamic economy nowhere does.
The weather is generally nice here this time of year and will be until the end of October. It attracts people. Boston is a more pleasant place during the summer than most of the lower 48. How many different ways do I need to say it? How many different examples of tourist draws do I need to give to prove it? :exhausted:
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Boston has 0 months with the average high below freezing it’s not this artic wasteland during the winter. It’s average high in November is still 52F so that’s quite a long fall. Boston has 200 days of Sun which for the eastern part of the country is actually quite Sunny.
Plus if Boston doesn’t have a dynamic economy nowhere does.
The number of days of sun is less than what the big cities further south along the Atlantic Coast see. And while Boston may be sunnier than what cities downwind of the Great Lakes experience, it's still considerably more gloomy than majority of the country. That's certainly not my idea of "lovely" weather.
As far as winters, it's not necessarily the temps (although they're not ideal either), but the fact that it averages more snow than 80% of the country and sees more big/intense snowstorms than most major cities.
Also, Boston may well have a good economy, but it's not all that dynamic (dynamic = diverse). When I think of a dynamic economy, I picture LA, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and Minneapolis.
Like I said, Boston's a fine city and it has a lot of positive attributes that are appealing. That said, I've heard many people (not necessarily on this forum) make it out to be one of the greatest cities in the country with a plethora of job opportunities and a utopia for progressive-minded folks, and I don't see it. In fact, it seems like a more eurocentric and bougie Philadelphia to me.
The weather is generally nice here this time of year and will be until the end of October. It attracts people. Boston is a more pleasant place during the summer than most of the lower 48. How many different ways do I need to say it? How many different examples of tourist draws do I need to give to prove it? :exhausted:
But again, I don't see what bearing that has on whether other areas outside of Boston also have nice Summers...
Nope, that’s the whole point I was trying to make: coastal New England has great summers.
And I said most of the lower 48 (including Seattle) has "great" Summers.
The fact that New England sees a lot of tourists in the Summer doesn't change that, nor does it make Summer weather in New England particularly unique.
The number of days of sun is less than what the big cities further south along the Atlantic Coast see. And while Boston may be sunnier than what cities downwind of the Great Lakes experience, it's still considerably more gloomy than majority of the country. That's certainly not my idea of "lovely" weather.
As far as winters, it's not necessarily the temps (although they're not ideal either), but the fact that it averages more snow than 80% of the country and sees more big/intense snowstorms than most major cities.
Also, Boston may well have a good economy, but it's not all that dynamic (dynamic = diverse). When I think of a dynamic economy, I picture LA, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and Minneapolis.
Like I said, Boston's a fine city and it has a lot of positive attributes that are appealing. That said, I've heard many people (not necessarily on this forum) make it out to be one of the greatest cities in the country with a plethora of job opportunities and a utopia for progressive-minded folks, and I don't see it. In fact, it seems like a more eurocentric and bougie Philadelphia to me.
Honestly I think most American cities are underrated by Americans in a Global scheme globally. Places like Madrid, Amsterdam, or Milan would be midsized American cities. Yet nobody in America puts Boston, Dallas, Seattle or Atlanta on that level.
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