Northeast USA GW Meet - Attempt 2

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Sludgelord

#41 February 12, 2009, 07:04:24 am

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i don't know if i even want to do this, but philadelphia and boston are both very boring cities so it's either dc or new york.

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ase

#42 February 12, 2009, 07:07:20 am

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i've only been to philly once and it was with my parents to visit independence hall and the liberty (i will also add that the only reason we stopped here is because we were coming back from some famous POLISH CATHOLIC OUR LADY OF ******* SHRINE in central pennsylvania and our dad decided we might as well stop by philly for a couple of hours)

jesus the liberty bell is so goddamn small

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headphonics

#43 February 12, 2009, 07:07:46 am

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yep. boston's boring. is there anything to DO there??

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ase

#44 February 12, 2009, 07:13:46 am

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in comparison to larger cities, boston is pretty boring, i'm sure. I've never lived near a larger city than Boston, though, so I can't compare. New York is pretty HAPPENING but I would kill myself before I tried living there.

Boston has a pretty good music scene i think (nothing like SEATTLE, i would imagine) - lots of small little venues. I haven't gone to too many shows but I really like going to shows at tiny clubs.

as a college city, I like Boston a lot because it is not too big and not too small, but I know there is are much more interesting cities to visit. I don't even go to school IN BOSTON - despite my school's name, I am actually like a 40 min subway ride away from downtown - but it is a cool place.

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crone_lover720

#45 February 12, 2009, 07:15:13 am

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philly is probably the only major US city tony bourdain hasn't visited and he never will.

there really is a lot to do within walking distance of center city tho

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ase

#46 February 12, 2009, 07:17:51 am

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i used to love walking around boston. places like this make me happy:

ahaha i just found the photos of me and marmot in boston. they are pretty boring because iirc we had like two-three hours to walk around so we didn't visit much but
http://ase.leafo.net/photos/marmot_ase_gwmeet/

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headphonics

#47 February 12, 2009, 07:31:45 am

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Quote from: ase on February 12, 2009, 07:13:46 am

in comparison to larger cities, boston is pretty boring, i'm sure. I've never lived near a larger city than Boston, though, so I can't compare. New York is pretty HAPPENING but I would kill myself before I tried living there.

Boston has a pretty good music scene i think (nothing like SEATTLE, i would imagine) - lots of small little venues. I haven't gone to too many shows but I really like going to shows at tiny clubs.

as a college city, I like Boston a lot because it is not too big and not too small, but I know there is are much more interesting cities to visit. I don't even go to school IN BOSTON - despite my school's name, I am actually like a 40 min subway ride away from downtown - but it is a cool place.

nah boston is actually a really cool city relative to other ones! i was making fun of chef because boston is INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN and past a certain scale it becomes difficult to differentiate between cities, i think. new york is more interesting imo but cities like bostom or chicago are hardly BORING, even compared to larger ones.

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ase

#48 February 12, 2009, 07:49:09 am

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just out of curiousity, do you only mean "internationally known" in HISTORICAL TERMS or something else? I think anyone who is remotely interested in US history would appreciate Boston for American Revolution + immigration stuff, but other than that I don't really know why it would internatially known. oh, Harvard maybe...

FUN FACT

"The Boston University Bridge on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane. "

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esiann

#49 February 12, 2009, 01:23:07 pm

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yeah the north end is pretty cool

i like boston because there is a lot of shit to do and it's not as intimidating to me as other cities like new york

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Ryan

#50 February 12, 2009, 03:37:18 pm

thx ds k?
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btw if this is going to just be a one day thing there's no way in hell i'm driving 10 hours to NYC then 10 more back home! the 4 hours to DC is a stretch, but i sure as hell won't go to boston or philly if it's just one day.

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Marmot

#51 February 12, 2009, 03:43:10 pm

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it doesnt necessarily have to be just a day, i mean some ppl could stay there. i am gonna be in nyc because................ commie .politics lol so i dont think i can stay with you guys that much. besides these ppl paid for my lodging and air faire so i cant just bail out from them buds

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