Biggest mistake in my life was leaving Boston. People weren't unfriendly, they just had busy lives and didn't have time for BS, but if you were waiting at a T stop you could easily strike up a conversation. I lived in Brookline and I can easily think of 5 different places with great food (at reasonable prices) in that area alone. Sure, it was kinda cold in winter; okay it's not as easy to navigate as Manhattan, but it's got character. There are ways to live cheap there but yeah the biggest killer is rent, either you'll be commuting a lot or you'll be living cramped. Still, it's one of my 3 favorite cities in the world.

There's plenty of good food in Boston.

Just came back from a long weekend in Boston, and I loved it. It reminded me very much of Dublin where I live:

• Expensive as hell.
• Weather forecast is never right.
• You can understand the locals only when they are drunk.

But the food was great, and the T was lightyears ahead of the Dublin metro system.

Boston is awesome for it's green spaces. Probably my favorite city to walk a far distance. So many parks. So many huge parks.

Boston is fantastic. Yes you have the mass-holes but as long as you aren't driving it's great and when you actually look for food there are plenty of great places.

My one visit to Boston (American) was for part of a day. The people were nice, food was good, and the harbor was very accepting of the loose tea I threw in it.

But I'm glad it was during summer.

‘Channels the inner Bostonian’

• Expensive? Hell ya.
• Freezing? Gimme a break, don’t be a pussy.
• Difficult to navigate? T is always fuckin broke and late, driving blows. Don’t know where you’re going - just ask dipshit, we’ll set ya straight.
• Unfriendly? Fuck you. We’re wicked nice.
• Food? You must be fuckin blind son. Food here is pissa!
• Did you mean the original Boston? I think your tea is done brewing in the harbor.

;)

Food was killer when I was there.

Boston has better food than your average city. It's a relatively rich city, which helps. More importantly, it has something like 40 universities in and around that area, and many of them cater to international students. So, you get all kinds of interesting ethnic foods from around the world. Boston also has a small Chinatown, but it has great food. It also has a lot of Brazilian immigrants, so it has restaurants catering to Brazilians.

Some of my favourites:

• Muqueca is Brazilian, but not typical exported Brazilian like meat on swords.
• Peach Farm Seafood in Chinatown
• Penang Malaysian Cuisine in Chinatown

Don't forget the public transport, which is underwhelming.

Speaking of my town just outside Boston ……

The food is just like the British: we have great Indian food

They throw a pretty great tea party. Everything else is as described.

The seafood is top notch. Fresher too, especially things like lobstah. And don't forget about the clam chowdah. Try the schrod.

The people are very nice they just have thick shells to deter assholes. Compare to the rest of the country, where the people are "nice" but secretly want you to fuck off.

I visited Boston 2 months ago for a wedding. Spent almost a whole week making a vacation of it with my wife. Can confirm all of this is accurate.

And yes, I went to the famous Italian district in the North End. It was way overpriced and it was fine but not particularly memorable. Just generic american-italian fare you can find in any city in America. The only notable food I had was the absolute worst Pad Thai I've ever had in my life.

I'm a white guy who has lived my whole life in the northeast US, and even I was shocked at the lack of spices or flavor in everything. Even my Dunkin Donuts coffee seemed blander than how it was at home.

Well, I did get some edibles from the dispensary which included some incredible white chocolate with espresso beans. Not sure if I would count that as "food" though.

If you do have to eat in downtown Boston I would recommend the South Street Diner. The food itself was just the stuff you would expect from any diner in America, but it was executed well and almost reasonably priced.

During my visit, I heard from some locals that they prefer thin crust pizza to deep dish. Found that both funny and agreeable.

I went in January, cold but nothing I'm unaccustomed to as a Canadian.

Clam chowder was decent at least what I tried. Public transit was usable. People were nice there in your typical American sense, but NYC shops had more heart for strangers and visitors comparatively. But I was only able to really scratch the surface from my day trip there.

Bwahahahah! Yeah, I live an hour north.. most of it is fairly true, but there is some crazy good food in Boston.

There’s that mediocre restaurant chain “Boston Pizza”…but I think that’s only here in Canada.

Nah there’s good food in Boston. They have a marvelous Italian neighborhood. Them mfs cook

I've lived there and liked it. More open than NY with less BS than the west coast. Food was fine but I'm even less of a foodie now than back then.

No british people there

And that's just great.

Show me a cheap city with a warm climate on a grid system with amazingly friendly people, and I’ll show you hell on Earth.

Go Sox!

Depends on how much of asshole you are. I had no problems the brief time I was there.

Being part of America, it sure is a place to avoid aswel.

I always loved visiting Baastin as a port visit.

But then again, I was from Halifax.

Maybe they mean the original one in Lincolnshire.

People who think British food is bad have never had a pie or a fry

Literally spending Christmas there because of parter’s family in a few weeks. It’s not the worst place I have been to, but it is expensive, the people shout at each other mostly in heavy accents, and there is nothing to do. The food?

Somehow they messed up seafood.

I find it difficult to navigate in 2287 as well. Food's still not too good either.

Traffic actually worse after the Big Dig. Aside from Helmand in Cambridge, the food is not good.