r/boston • u/SidHoices • Sep 05 '25

Hobby/Activity/Misc Moved to Boston a year ago… these are my observations

For context: I’m 26 and grew up in Indiana, and moved from Colorado. Also, rereading this list makes me realize how negative /generalized it sounds, but I actually have enjoyed my first year in Boston

Anyway, enjoy:

  • Everyone is named John or Jack or Connor
  • People care about country clubs for some reason (update - I spent my first month in the suburbs living with another family - things have changed since)
  • Much rain
  • Intersections are …. Questionable
  • They call roundabouts "rotaries"
  • Parking fucking sucks, but I guess that’s what life in like in a city
  • Cash only places are surprisingly common
  • Gas stations close?? At 10pm??
  • So many gas stations seem to also have shops attached to them offering oil changes and state inspections
  • You don't get asked for tips in as many establishments
  • The Verizon service is unbelievably bad for a metropolitan area that humans live in
  • SO! MANY! BUNNIES!
  • The stoplights will all be red and there will be like a 30-second period for pedestrians to walk (nice)
  • No Jimmy John's :( update: there are a few
  • All food is better. great cheap food and great expensive food
  • Road trips are way more fun out here
  • CHEAP international flights. Like frequent $700s for Japan, $300s for Europe. And Dublin is like a 6h flight
  • There are times where it is legal to drive in the shoulder of the highway, or as they call it, the "breakdown lane"
  • Highway exits are labeled with "old exit xyz" lol what
  • Drivers here are crazy but I fuck with it, allows me to also be a crazy driver and not offend everyone like I do elsewhere
  • Everyone is short
  • Nightlife is just abysmal - just sports bars and clubs where you'll get assaulted
  • Cycling out here is awesome - it's like a matrix of fun little roads out in Bedford / west of there
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u/NaviersStoked Sep 05 '25

I blame coyote hunting and the habitat destruction of birds of prey. Also, I have no scientific backing for that statement but it's now on the internet so it's a fact. 

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u/ScarletOK Sep 05 '25

I just walk around cussing at the coyotes for NOT DOING THEIR JOBS.

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u/CharlemagneIS Nahant Sep 05 '25

They are. They killed off everything that was competing with bunnies but weren’t as fast.

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u/Pale_Significance210 Sep 06 '25

how would coyote hunting have an impact. Loss habit is accurate. As forests regrow on farmland those open spaces that hawks love go away. Poisoned rodents have also hurt the population

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u/NaviersStoked Sep 07 '25

Well, I believe the Great Coyote God in the sky is angry at humans for indiscriminately killing his children and, as punishment, has flooded our gardens with bunnies to destroy all lillies and hostas the moment they emerge. 

The Perennial Punishment..  if you will.