I had no idea Boston was like this...only have been there a couple of times. Their image used to be one of complete propriety.
I live on the west coast...think life is probably less stressful here despite being the LEFT coast.
We got to NY a lot now as my daughter lives there. I find NY’ers will talk to you and help you out a lot — but they’re really pushy. I also find the store clerks very impersonal. My daughter doesn’t dare go shopping during the busy times.
It’s very tough to get around and with so many people, you just naturally become pushy and direct. It’s survival.
We’re in DC and we can’t stand it. Not only are they rude, many are also very liberal and very snotty — esp the young people here. Can’t stand them.
I’m not sure about their image having ever been one of propriety. Or is that sarcasm? “Fun” fact: Boston once had a mayor behind bars. Not sentenced to jail while mayor. Actually served as mayor from behind bars. And if memory serves me, he was re-elected. Rumrunner Kennedy... Mumbles Menino... Whitey Bulger... it’s always been dominated by organized crime.
I’m not sure about their image having ever been one of propriety. Or is that sarcasm? “Fun” fact: Boston once had a mayor behind bars. Not sentenced to jail while mayor. Actually served as mayor from behind bars. And if memory serves me, he was re-elected. Rumrunner Kennedy... Mumbles Menino... Whitey Bulger... it’s always been dominated by organized crime.
Double-checked: Mayor Curley was elected Alderman, thrown in the slammer, elected mayor, thrown in the slammer again, served as governor, created a false identity as a Puerto Rican so he could fraudulently support Roosevelt in the 1932 convention, elected mayor again, convicted again, served as mayor while in the slammer, pardoned by Harry Truman.