But that is a conspiracy. A conspiracy by definition is an agreement between multiple people to subvert the majority’s wishes and act in harmony toward a common end.

Mission Hill or Salem. Certainly not Sunday lmfao.

Sorrels are great for snow blowing but too heavy to walk around.

Bean boots have the tacky rubber bottoms.

Workbooks or Edmund Allen’s boots are fine for day to day IMO.

Idk man.

When I way 9 in NH new kid moved in next door. He worked out the safe to his dads gun safe and showed me it. Pretty freaking coo! 😎

Kid ended up being a dick and threw my shoes in the pond during a bike ride. I was pissed! Took a wiz in his cologne. He said he was going to come shoot me. Never did... the moved a few weeks later. 🤷

Kids are smarter than your realize.

Yes. Walking around downtown is great. Train into downtown makes it convenient.

Getting into the city from the suburbs or even somewhere like Winter Hill, Somerville on the other hand... cut across 4 lane road, 6 land intersection, hop the guardrail, cross the offramp, hop another guardrail, trudge through the snow in the parking lot and past the plow dumping grounds, mbta. After midnight - pay $80 for an Uber ya sucker. Want food? Walk 1.5 miles to market basket or across a bunch of highways to wegmans / Whole Foods.

So yeah. Great if your somewhere interconnected. Great food and jobs and trains with similar places in walking distance. Otherwise your dependent on car / e-bike (great until it snows).

The metro region is dense enough that everywhere is close but IMO that alone doesn’t make it walkable. It will / should become more transit oriented.

Driving in the city off rush hour is a lot of fun imo. Relaxed policing, good driver communication, good signage, European layout / squares, beautiful roads along rivers, tunnels, bridges, etc. Parking always blows and the traffic can get intense real fast.

Compared to the rest of the country it’s great. But vs NYC ... eh. Idk is that even a fair comparison?