michael_scarn_21

michael_scarn_21 t1_j20aw6a wrote

The residency requirement is arbitrary and the invested argument doesn't work unless it's a tiny city. When I lived in Dorchester I felt invested in Cambridge because I worked there and Somerville because I spent a lot of time there. Places like West Roxbury and Charlestown whilst in the same city might as well have been on another planet and i had no idea and honestly little interest in the issues they faced.

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michael_scarn_21 t1_j1gfksg wrote

Reply to comment by Anustart15 in Foxborough ≠ Boston by vvsbari

Tell me you've never been to Wembley without telling me. It used to take me 20-30 minutes to get to central London from Wembley. In fact even now at 3:30 am it would only take 45 minutes on a night bus.

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michael_scarn_21 t1_j1gfa0n wrote

Reply to comment by Anustart15 in Foxborough ≠ Boston by vvsbari

You'd have to be pretty dense to actually think they will make the changes necessary to increase service enough to make a difference (electrification and an extra platform at Foxborough) in time for the world cup given the track record of infrastructure improvement timelines on the MBTA.

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michael_scarn_21 t1_j1gewrb wrote

Reply to comment by Cameron_james in Foxborough ≠ Boston by vvsbari

Yes Wembley isn't in central London but it's about 20-25 minutes from major central London rail termini (for example Paddington) and downtown London so not really comparable to The Foxboro time. The Foxboro train might only take 50 minutes but you're not adding in the wait for a train with MBTA headways, even if they do increase service.

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michael_scarn_21 t1_j1gam7s wrote

Reply to comment by Cameron_james in Foxborough ≠ Boston by vvsbari

Wembley Stadium is in London. It is served directly by 3 different tube lines (Jubilee, Metropolitan and Bakerloo) as well as 4 different commuter rail lines and it's on about 15 bus routes. You can get out of there very fast after a match even with a 90,000 capacity crowd and comparing it to Foxborough is honestly laughable.

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michael_scarn_21 t1_j1g8udc wrote

I said this when I saw that Foxborough was a venue. Overseas football fans aren't used to stadiums an hour outside the city that have no public transit except for one single train (not one train route just one individual train). It's going to be a shit experience for people to be stuck in parking lots and to not be able to drink because they need to drive back to Boston.

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michael_scarn_21 t1_j16su6p wrote

Oh I'm European so I know both sides. The US healthcare system is a mess, with the for profit system and all the insurance companies, not to mention high costs. The fact that more money is spent on healthcare in the US but health outcomes are worse than in Europe is pretty damning. Had a friend who was a doctor from Australia say she had to leave because although the pay was way better the system just sucked so hard dealing with insurance etc and having patients who couldn't afford their care. Also people are not friendlier in Boston, you'd want the Midwest or south for that. Just search this sub for the many posts about "why is it so hard to make friends here".

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michael_scarn_21 t1_iyf5jee wrote

Hamlet has really entwined roots. I've copy pasted below because I'll explain it poorly if I do it myself. It's also interesting that while hamlet has partly French routes, town is obviously old English (tun) and city comes from the Latin word civitas.

From Middle English hamlet, hamelet, a borrowing from Old French hamelet, diminutive of Old French hamel, in turn diminutive of Old French ham, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *haim, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (whence English home). Equivalent to Middle English ham (“home, village”) +‎ -let (“small”).

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