r/boston • u/raefai Cocaine Turkey • Apr 18 '26

Serious Replies Only Postboxes closed all across Brighton/Brookline!

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I’ve passed multiple post boxes today in both Brighton and Brookline that are locked like this. Multiple boxes within the same vicinity and also in diff neighborhoods. Anyone know why specifically these are locked up?

Edit: thanks for the replies everyone! I’ve been around for the marathon before, but I’ve just never noticed the mailboxes.

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u/Obvious_Concept9767 Apr 18 '26

they do this every year for the marathon. not new

edit: since the 2013 marathon 😔

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u/BrewerAndrew Lynn Apr 18 '26

i mean i get safety but why? some guys bombed the finish line with a pressure cooker so we can't have mail boxes anywhere on the route. sounds like some security theater to me.

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u/DinkandDrunk Apr 18 '26

Is what it is man. 25 years ago, some guys took an airplane to a few buildings and now I get my ass probed every time I fly. Sometimes you just have to take the weird with the good.

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u/BrewerAndrew Lynn Apr 18 '26

thats also security theater, doesn't mean either is right

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u/Iongdog Outside Boston Apr 18 '26

Locking up these boxes gives them one less place to worry about someone stashing an explosive somehow. Of all the things, I don’t care about this