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The Boston limit on liqour license is higher than any other town. The whole “They made an exception to spite the Irish” is not true because Boston’s special status is actually a upward and not a downward one.
I never said it was higher (Idk about that) just that it was put in so that James Curley couldn’t extort people via licenses.
I’ve also heard other cities in the state don’t have caps (Cambridge being the main one)
Yea I’m not wrong :
“ It started in 1981, when a state bill was presented that allowed municipalities to opt out of a quota system for on-premise, or "pouring," licenses, which is what the then-City Council decided to do, according to Murati Ferrer. Cambridge was one of just 25 municipalities out of 351 Massachusetts communities (roughly 340 of which allowed on-premise alcohol service at the time) that opted out, according to Ralph Sacramone, executive director, of the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC). Newburyport, North Adams and Worcester were communities that also lifted their quotas.”
Yea I’m not wrong :
“ It started in 1981, when a state bill was presented that allowed municipalities to opt out of a quota system for on-premise, or "pouring," licenses, which is what the then-City Council decided to do, according to Murati Ferrer. Cambridge was one of just 25 municipalities out of 351 Massachusetts communities (roughly 340 of which allowed on-premise alcohol service at the time) that opted out, according to Ralph Sacramone, executive director, of the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC). Newburyport, North Adams and Worcester were communities that also lifted their quotas.”
A gritty white metropolis is really appealing to the average middle American white person. Makes for nostalgia and makes it easy for them to see themselves as urbane or as underdogs. It doesn’t matter that it’s not a reality in Boston anymore so long as Hollywood can sell tickets off it and Hyundai can sell cars. It’s marketable to middle/white America and to change that would make Boston lose some of its “brand” or uniqueness in the minds of many. Then Boston boosters/actors and Hollywood excel would have to find other ways to be unique and attractive to the masses and compete with other cities. Will be interesting to see how long they can keep the lie alive though .
Simple as that.
Yes, even Good Will Hunting was anachronistic when it came out. Southie is yuppie heaven and it’s been that way for more than 20 years.
When The Town came out I would imagine the people of Charlestown were thinking “Bank robbers? In Charlestown!? That happened in the 80’s
I hope this is a joke...and btw both the Harvard Medical School and the School of Public Health are within Boston city limits.
I think that thanks to its schools Boston has a lot of new immigrants (of different origins) that keep coming and going, this alone makes it much more cosmopolitan than cities with mostly second/third generation immigrants (no matter their race). Tourists don't make a city cosmopolitan, if that was the case Venice and Cancun would be incredibly cosmopolitan (they are not).
I'm gonna attempt to encapsulate the diversity of Boston in a few google street view images. Dorchester is Boston's largest neighborhood ~120k people in 6 square miles. In those 6 square miles, the ethnic diversity is huge, its not recent arrivals or flashy, new, sterilized, americanized, restaurant in its approach. These are genuine mom and pop restaurants that represent communities that have all been around for ~40 years or more.
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