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04-23-2018, 03:33 PM | #16 | |
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I admit I wouldn't day trip out to Plymouth myself. Better options IMHO, but to each their own. A better day trip to me is visiting a couple mansions in Newport, Rhode Island, and having a nice lunch and walking around in the downtown. Further drive, of course. 1.5 hours. But those mansions are hella impressive. http://www.newportmansions.org/explore/the-breakers http://www.newportmansions.org/explore/rosecliff http://www.newportmansions.org/explore/the-elms and plenty of others Two hours out of Boston is the Basketball Hall of Fame, in Springfield, MA. Hell of a hike, of course, but figured I'd mention it anyway.
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Oh, and hey, my best tip -- DO NOT DRIVE. Between the fact that the roads are relatively narrow, and there is no discernible pattern (neither grid nor wheel/spoke), and all one-way, and the drivers are very aggressive, it's not a place out of towners normally enjoy.
Feel free to use mass transit. The train system is typically pretty good. Cabs and uber of course are fine also. Ultimately, the whole city is also very walkable for the most part.
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04-23-2018, 06:27 PM | #18 |
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04-23-2018, 06:41 PM | #19 |
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Here's a thread posted by Wazu with recommendations on Boston from a former lifelong Bostonian.
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04-23-2018, 06:54 PM | #20 |
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Ironically, the only part of the Freedom Trail I skipped was Bunker Hill right behind the Constitution. Just got out of my car and walked onto the boat, then it was across the bridge on into downtown. Took a nice rest in Boston Common across the street, then trudged back the car. Very nice day, in all. |
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For a couple years right out of law school, I had a pretty sweet gig where a coalition I was meeting with had their monthly meetings on Thursday and Friday, and then I just had to be back at work on Monday. They met all over the nation, so I had the secretary just schedule my return flight on Sunday afternoon. I'd prepare whatever I needed to ahead of time [discovery, presentations, powerpoints, etc]. Then I'd dictate notes from the meetings each evening. Then I had a free weekend out of town. So I had sightseeing days from Seattle to Boston, Miami to Dallas to Vegas. The Boston Trip, the meetings were actually at a podunk law school in NH, and I drove down to Boston, staying as close to the coast as I could, right into downtown and there was plenty of parking at the Constitution parking lot. Last edited by Baby Lee; 04-23-2018 at 07:10 PM.. |
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I find New Yorkers are worse—very brash and aggressive. Other than that, people I knew that moved to Boston from other states, found Bostonians stand-offish and not welcoming to their group of friends. Hard to break in. Politically liberal, but behave conservative in that sense. At least that's what I was told by a southern gal I befriended from Alabama, a few New Yorkers, one from Connecticut, one from Tennessee a couple from the Chicago suburbs. Boston has become much more cosmopolitan than just Irish, Italians and Blue Bloods. |
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Yes, don't drive here. You don't need to, and you WILL NOT enjoy it. It's just awful all around really.
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