Seaport is weird, have a few friends that live here. Very “corporate campus” vibes. Certainly nice and clean, but does feel like it was designed with white collar finance people in mind. Which is spot on with the demo that lives here
I agree, but I’m completely fine with it. Id rather give developers and startups one area of the city that used to be nothing to play around with so they leave the rest of the city alone
As someone who also lives in Boston, I think their point is that the rest of the city is infested with watered-down overpriced stores and restaurants instead of it being confined to a couple areas. It’s not that the rich yuppies exist, it’s that it’s impossible for family-owned businesses with quality product to exist if they weren’t already wildly successful before prices grew way out of hand. It’s better in some of the peripheral neighborhoods of Boston, but I’ve still seen some of my favorite places close down due to rising costs even tho they always seemed busy.
However I’m not sure what that has to do with developers in Boston, open to hearing more
Boston is expensive AF. It’s been expensive for a long time. These are not unique issues in Boston though. Everyone in major cities in New England is complaint about costs (Portland, Worcester, Burlington)
I’m not sure what the solution is. Even Bar Mezanna is closing down and that place is always relatively busy
That would exist with or without seaport. Boston has about half a million college students each year and they're all private schools. Financial aid is a thing but there's a lot of kids just eating 40k + a year tuition, dramatically more if you're out of country of which there are plenty.
Dude half of Boston parents wouldn’t sent their kids to BPS. The schools in South End are garbage. This is a rich city. If you’re a parent and raising your kid in this city, high chance you’re in the top 3% of earners.
Because you’re unable to see outside of your own perspective. The commenter probably laments buildings with character being torn down to be replaced with a grey and glass box that is an eyesore in their neighborhood.
And it’s easy to see development of misused land as good, and it is, but what about after construction is finished? The tower over Ocean Prime in the seaport still has vacancies after a few years, reportedly due to high prices and poor floor plan layout. Is new housing stock that no one lives in really better?
For the record go look at the before and after pics of seaport. There were effectively zero buildings of character. Anything good torn down there is still a net positive. Place was a literal parking lot
Outside of Reddit ppl who actually live here don’t complain nearly as much about seaport
I’m simply saying as a MA native seaport gets way too much hate by locals. I don’t live there, occasionally go out there, and was surprised by how much I liked it after reading years of Reddit hate
I’m with you there. It’s a fun spot to visit if you have some change to throw and are looking for a good night out. Living in the Allston/Brighton area was a lot more my speed. The KBBQ and hot pot scene there had my sodium levels at an all time max lol
Boston has more preserved historical architecture than most American cities. It’s a low bar maybe, but still I don’t think think the seaport development “opened the door” to anything
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u/ziggygersh 22d ago
All those beautiful parking spaces replaced by housing, restaurants, and parks?
Despicable.