quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a rolling new york times thread

i grew up in connecticut and i never want to go there ever. except for pizza in new haven maybe. talk about shithole cities.

I like boston I just said it doesn't have any tier 1 american ruling class anymore

― iatee, Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:45 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is so unfair

Oh man, I keep hearing about this New Haven pizza. I've got to do that someday.

while living in waheights, i commuted to work for a year to greenwich next door to a yacht club. talk about some minor despots

when i was younger i would defend connecticut a bit to people like hey! its not ALL flat and boring that's just how it looks from the highway! but now i don't care at all. good riddance. some pretty woods and shoreline. big deal. the rest of new england kinda slays it every which way.

worth dying for:

http://www.modernapizza.com/

philly is ok

had some last summer. could have lived in that place if they had let me. worked for pizza. never gone home.

i liked living in philly cuz it fulfilled my shabby drunkard/record collector needs but i never really cared if people didn't like it or whatever. people in philly don't really care. they've got what they need. some cheesesteaks. the iggles. they're good.

gee uh philly sports fans vs. new york sports fans, new haven pizza, great thread you guys listen I've got this question i need answered about tipping

how much should you tip yr sidewalk pooper

Sohn, a lean, young looking 36-year-old with attractive dimples, is equally invested in making an effort to look hot for her husband, rather than giving in to matronly frumpiness like so many of the women in her 11215 zip code (the "Park Slobbers"). Today she wears a transparent T-shirt, a pencil skirt and a pair of neon-orange thong Birkenstocks, equal parts—ironically—yuppie and hippie. "My husband and I laugh, 'Look at that saggy, sad mom. What happened to her?' " She pauses, embarrassed at her nasty revelation, to backtrack. "It's mainly the expressions on their faces. They got what they wanted, the Holy Grail, the kids and the real estate. Why do they look so unhappy?"

o shit we are being sonned by hurting

sports fans everywhere suck, except for my team. and jets fans, who are even worse

I hate Boston because the trains stop at midnight and bars close at 2. And because I only liked it because of Jonathan Richman, and all the places he sang about are gone. Except the government center, I guess, but the joke of that is that it's SO UGLY.

Not all the places he sang about are gone! There are still Stop and Shops ;). Government center is a monstrosity, it's true. Apparently it's a famous example of some kind of architecture - some horribly ugly kind. Also you're right the early closing of the trains/bars does suck.

brutalist

Brutalism? Because it's brutal all right.

xp oh it's nice to be right by accident!

that building is awesome

That's the one.

lol, see? Some people love it!

am I allowed to say I like Boston when what I like is actually Cambridge?

b/c Cambridge is a lot like what I imagine Northampton would be like if it were populated

Sure you are. I consider Cambridge to be a part of Boston even though I know that technically it isn't.

ts part of boston really

I like those 3-story buildings in Somerville where everyone gets a porch, I am fairly jealous of that.

I live in a 3 story building in Somerville. No porch though. :( I wish.

It seems weird to hate on Boston for the train/bar thing, because bars in most places close at around 2 and most cities in the u.s. have much shittier public transportation systems than the t. But I guess if you're justu comparing boston to nyc, which I guess everybody is doing, it makes sense?

xp There's a name for them, isn't there?

its v strange how everyones h8ing on boston then the things that get complimented are government center and the ubiquitous vinyl clad three family houses

Did most of them get sided over? I was told stories about them, stories that involved them being much larger than most NYC apartments and having high ceilings, and the aforementioned balconies, obvs, and I've always felt fond of them without ever being in one.

p much everything not in new york is bigger than a new york apt, and the decks are a nice touch but speaking as someone who has lived in a couple theres nothing too special abt these buildings

there are lots of great old buildings in boston tho

I just saw some shit that fucked up my day

It was an article about foodie food replacing regular food at summer camps. But tbh it was so fucking long and boring and this thread by the numbers that I'm not even posting it. For real.

something something garlic scapes

other things being equal, i have always idealized boston for presumably being cooler in the summer than elsewhere

i don't ask for much

ew no boston is so gross in the summer

i mean its not as bad as new york but not that much different maybe like 5 degrees cooler

Jesus fucking Christ that Awl article made me want to throw up.

lag∞n all stymieing my hopes and dreams

dude is probably working for some conservative think tank amirite

summer in DC means that we actually don't have a federal government for most of August; there's like three bureaucrats total left in charge of everything. semi-relevant xps

dude is probably working for some conservative think tank amirite

― mookieproof, Wednesday, July 11, 2012 12:23 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

B-)

Yeah it's usually awful here in the summer but this year has been pretty good with the exception of a couple 95+ days I feel like we've really lucked out by so far avoiding the heat that seems to be everywhere else. Supposed to be mid-80s today. Not too bad imo.

I like Boston. I've had some fun times there.

Never been. Probably never will go.

I'm not a huge fan of Boston but that's largely to do with being from Providence.

Nothing compares to how much I loathe Connecticut, though. SORRY, NUTMEGGERS.

x-post - lol Prov ppl HATE Boston ime. I love Prov though. Might be down there in a couple weeks. If so I will drop you a line - maybe we could meet up for a drink. :)

Yes please, E!

Part of Providence's antipathy towards Boston has to do with RI's inherent parochial character but also resentment of Boston's dominance in New Englands's cultural landscape -- they get all the big touring acts, etc. Personally, I sometimes feel like Boston is kind of expansionist and thinks of Providence as a commuter city, which is kinda bullshit.

providence rules, boston drools, end of story

you drool

jk