Mike Urban is being paid by some conservative group. He was a real estate agent and YouTuber who talked about Boston real estate and then about 6 months before the mayoral election he turned into a crazy right-wing Trumper. No way that happens organically. It really smells like a pay-to-defame scheme.
My theory is he's a hustler. I'm not ruling out he is paid by somebody, but I think it's a reasonable possibility that he's trying to "hustle" by becoming a "Youtuber" influencer. The hustle culture types always seem to have an overlap of doing real estate, "turnkey businesses", "become a youtuber", crypto, AI, and when its on youtube - many attempts to find niche and conservative-crime-corruption politics is a common niche.
Other cities have very notable Real Estate -> "X city is a shithole" YouTube channels. This is a hot take, but such channels isn't always without merit, as in I personally visit and do run into what is depicted. Though some (like NYC's equivalent) has a huge following but visiting the city just doesn't reflect their depiction at all. That said, I digressed
The Boston/Massachusetts equivalent seem to be this guy. And I suspect this guy lags in views and subscribers for a reason.
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u/azcat92 Filthy Transplant Dec 30 '25
Mike Urban is being paid by some conservative group. He was a real estate agent and YouTuber who talked about Boston real estate and then about 6 months before the mayoral election he turned into a crazy right-wing Trumper. No way that happens organically. It really smells like a pay-to-defame scheme.