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the best part about Boston is it’s proximity to other areas during the nice months. Unlike texas where everything is 4+ hours away, in Boston a lot of things are 1-2. Use this summer to explore, take the commuter rail to Providence, drive to Newport, drive to the cape, take the ferry to the vineyard, drive up to Portsmouth NH, or Portland, ME.
And then yes the winters absolute suck
Our winters are cold. The roads eat your cars. You need 3 different types of snow shovels. The bugs are relentless in the spring. Pollen season is now 2/3 of the year. Masshole drivers. And both the staties and the cops will ticket you to oblivion. That's my end of the bad.
Boston is walkable year round. It is small. The food is decent and some of it is outright fantastic. There are 60+ colleges within the 128 loop amd 140ish before you hit Worcester. Top talent here is interesting. Neighborhood parties are genuinely interesting. The ballet and symphony and MFA are all totally top notch. The pops is an absolute treat - including the fireworks (though plan on walking home). Boston Sailing is a great alternative. Some top comedy acts come to Boston, as well as concerts. Our sports fans are likely assholes to the world, but pretty much the entirety of new England asides from western Connecticut considers them their home teams. The Ig novels. Hell - the entire museum structure at Harvard. MIT is a riot with their pranks. Watching moving day on Sept1.
Public transportation is second rate compared to new York, but it gets you nearly everywhere including out of the city through the commuter rail. The rail trails. The minuteman trail from ailwife out through Lexington and beyond. Our aquarium is neat - mystic is better and they are both close enough to visit. The museum of science. Memorial drive is closed on Sundays so people can run bike walk amd whatever. You haven't lived on the edge until you've nearly jousted with the e line out past fenway. Fenway - yeah there's a ballpark there which - even if you don't like the Sox - is an experience to have for its age. We sometimes do collectively wakeup as a city and ask, 'Does anyone remember what we did last night?'
You can job hop, work in incubators, find colleagues outside your company. There is opportunity to succeed. Bostonians only ACT unfriendly at first, surprisingly, when you are in a jam - someone will help you out... it's a chips are down thing. Marathon Monday. Oh, and schools. They're pretty damn good. Lastly, whoopie pies.
Is it the best place? No... but it is a pretty wicked pace to live.
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OP, you’re welcome to go back to Texas. Our housing prices and traffic situation do not need any more people here.
If you decide to stay though here are a few suggestions. 1) you can learn to sail. It’s very affordable on the Charles river and you will make friends. 2) Join a club. There are a lot of soccer, ultimate frisbee, softball, etc. clubs that play at night and on the weekend. Cheap and great fun. 3) start brewing beer. New England is home to many great micro breweries and there is an avid home brewing community you can learn from. 4) Learn how to ski.
Yes these are great suggestions! I will say Boston’s oysters have ruined me forever; I’ll never go back to eating gulf oysters
This comment is very relatable. I moved to Boston 20 years ago from Texas, and also felt very disappointed. People here are much colder and aren’t the best at making others feel welcome. It took 2 years to find some friends, and eventually started to feel like a home. Sadly, still not acclimated to the rudeness, and it totally gets to me sometimes, but I recommend not giving up just yet. If you’re ready to bail after year 2, check out Providence or Portsmouth. In fact, I recommend exploring new towns and cities that are closeby since the culture varies in each place.
Interesting. I left Dallas for Boston 20 years ago. I felt that down there, people might be superficially friendly, but not necessarily sincere. Up here, they aren’t necessarily outwardly friendly, but will go out of their way to help, but you have to ask.
What do you hate about it exactly?
Learn to ski/enjoy the cold, you knew about prices before you moved here, we have all the grocery stores, T is crap I agree. Why do you face traffic regularly if you’re in the city? Don’t have much else for you. Visited Dallas and thought it was a hellscape, Austin is cool though.
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Can you leave? It really sucks when you don’t like where you live.
Agreed! I’ve only been here for several months, so giving it a little more of a shot