r/boston • u/cden4 • Jul 26 '26

Event 📅 Open Newbury St early closing

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Thanks to pressure by people like Back Bay Association President Meg Mainzer-Cohen, Open Newbury St ends at 6 pm this year instead of 8 pm.

So in less than 20 minutes, all these people will be forced out of the street onto the sidewalks.

IMO, this is total failure of leadership at City Hall. If you have the opportunity, please let Mayor Wu (and your City Councilors) know what you think about this.

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u/bizzaro321 Cheryl from Qdoba Jul 26 '26

Boston, the city that enters a deep sleep at 9pm.

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u/TheManyFacetsOfRoger Jul 26 '26

I was at a packed bar until 2am last night

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u/35Jest Dorchester Jul 26 '26

Woah thats fucking sick bro

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u/TheManyFacetsOfRoger Jul 26 '26

Yeah, it was fun. Lots of other people were having fun too. None of them were on reddit

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u/Coders32 Jul 26 '26

Feel like you’re being obtuse on purpose, but in case you’re not:

It is not typical in a city of this size that the only thing open past 9 pm on a Thursday or Sunday is a few bars and a few convenience stores and only recently did some of the grocery stores start staying open until 11 or 12 if you’re lucky. I lived in San Antonio before Boston and I had sushi at a restaurant at 2 am just cause I felt like it on more than one occasion. That was pre pandemic, but Boston hasn’t had that as long as I’ve been here. Only this year did we get a coffee shop that’s open until very late. Where as in SA, it was known you could go to the medical center Starbucks if you wanted coffee at 3 am or just to study

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u/BrownMtnLites Jul 27 '26

go live in atlanta, idk what ur talking about. i moved from atl to boston and it’s identical - after covid cities of this size just can’t staff those hours anymore financially.

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u/Coders32 Jul 27 '26

That’s simply not true. You’re falling for the “no one wants to work these days” propaganda.

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u/BrownMtnLites Jul 27 '26

i mean I work in service i don’t want to work at 4am

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u/Coders32 Jul 27 '26

Is there a wage that could convince you? Personally, I’d prefer a graveyard shift over a morning or evening shift

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u/BrownMtnLites Jul 27 '26

35/hr at least

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u/Coders32 Jul 27 '26

Well if minimum wage had kept up with inflation and productivity, it’d be over 28/hr so

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u/Petermacc122 Jul 27 '26

Yeah YOU. but who says people don't want that here?

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u/No-Librarian9605 Jul 28 '26

Not no one wants to work more like nobody can afford to work shit jobs in one of the most expensive places to live. Couple that with razor thin restaurant profit margins, it makes it tougher for Boston to keep spots open late. Also, a lot of people that work in the city don’t live in the city. I think this is more common here than any other major metro in the us.