I'm surprised at the hostility of the remarks on this thread aimed at Bostonians.
People who live in small towns in middle America have little understanding of life in NYC, DC, or Boston since 9/11.
The liberals in Boston will tell you that terrorism isn't a threat, it's a White house lie, but deep down they know that during the last scare Boston was one of the first two cities to have jets scrambled over them.
Why? there's ample reason for it from Kennedy to Frank to Merino to the anti-gun sign that you see when coming in on the Mass Pike.
People who live in small towns in middle America have little understanding of life in NYC, DC, or Boston since 9/11.
What a pompous elitist attitude. I got news fer ya. The "inferiors" who live in the rest of the country probably have a better grip on reality than those who live is such completely self absorbed complacency in the big cities.
Originally, I'm from western Massachusetts, and you haven't seen hostility aimed at Bostonians until you've lived west of 128.
F Menino, screw Boston.