Boston fans v.s. New York Fans

ugh, lost to Maryland by 2 in OT...so close...

That's relative to the time you live in...

And you know better jokes. More parades, thats a good one.

If it weren't for the Yanks, then NY would be NOTHING.

The Gay Pride Parade runs monthly in Boston, right?

Semi-monthly actually...depends who you talk to...

And if it wasn't for ESPN being in Connecticut, none of you teenaged "fans" would know a damned thing about Boston sports. When you were wearing diapers, Boston sports fans were bigger sad sacks than Cubs fans...

I don't want to know anything about Boston sports (or NY sports), I like it just fine up here in MD.

"mild history" - that was cold...real, cold...

Actually manny...i live right next to the site of the first world series...the old huntington polo grounds...

Inferiority complex is dead on though...

but you're forgetting a lot...spectacular food, a hilarious accent, a beacon of education, more college girls per capita than...well...any other city, gay marriage...oh...and Ted Kennedy!

cough -mo vaughn - cough

"Mild History" - What has Boston done of historical importance since 1779?? I mean other than let terrorists onto planes. The Big Dig?

Abolitionism

I am a sack sack? Geez Manny and I thought we had a truce....

New Years is my experiment this year...i guess i'll find out...

oh, but the 4th of July...I wasn't terribly impressed...

my company sponsors the ICA...and it annoys me now ; - )

you're forgetting the MFA, the Isabelle Gardner Museum...the aquarium sucks...Baltimores is wayyyyyy better, Christian science center (not Scientology!), the hancock tower or the prudential building, the north end, the back bay (awesome...really) and so on...

and the gardner museum had the famous heist!

There's nothing wrong with liking where you are, but there is a DISGUSTING myopia that occurs with people from the northeast (NYC and Boston) who don't travel and see the rest of the world. Yes, there IS a world full of culture and discovery outside of New England. Not to be a total prick, but Great 4th and New Years parties? art galleries? and a Hospital? You know those things are found (to varying and many times greater degrees) in pretty much every city in America, right?

Manny, how about MIT, Harvard, BC, BU, Northeastern, the Berkley Conservatory, and so on? Are those found in any other city? How about the Dana Farber Cancer Institute? How about the crucible of American democracy?

eh ehm...

NU, BC, BU, Harvard, Umass (boston), Berkley School of Music, New England Conservatory of Music, Simmons college, Emmanuel College, Emerson, Bentley, Suffolk...

and on and on and on...

Do some research, will ya? As a guy who was educated in Philly I must learn you something.

Myth - Boston is the most concentrated area for higher learning.

Fact - There are more Colleges and Universities within 50 miles (and also within the city limits) of Philadelphia than the surrounding 50 miles of Boston.

BEYOND THAT - what happens when all those scholrs graduate? They LEAVE Boston!!!

And "crucible of democracy"? Salem? Plymouth? Chappaquiddick? Where?

The Boston Tea Party? Pfft. That was merely an act of uncivil disobedience, a.k.a. terrorism! A county in (what is now) North Carolina had already declared IT'S independence from England WELL before that (also served as the basis for OUR Declaration).

Where was the Declaration of Independence signed and Constitution (THE crucible of democracy) written? Philadelphia

Where did the Continental Army get formed? Valley Forge

Where did the Revolutionary War turn to our advantage? Trenton, N.J.

Where were the capitals of our country? Philly, York, PA, New York and D.C. - NOT Boston.

Where did the Revolutionary war end? Yorktown, VA.

If Boston was so elemental to America, why wasn't it attacked in the war of 1812?

Good thinking man. BUT, what about multiple counts? Not EVERY single person is a Red Sox, Pats, Celtics, BC, Bruins, etc. fan, or a Yakees, Mets, Knicks, Rangers, etc. fan. He has to count each person and see. That could definitely help though, if he wants to see how many fans of a specific team there are.

I was thinking: Why the HECK does MASSACHUSETTS have the "Yankee Candle-Making Museum"?

I think all we've got is Cape Cod, right Kelsdad?

I've never looked at a guy from Southie, or some Italian from the North End and thought: "there's a hick."

i will say, the MBTA is very good and in my experiences way better than NY's that being said, public transportation generally sucks...

but you have looked at new hampshire and said that raw!!!

Hate to tell you but EVERYTHING in the Northeast corridor is close to each other. Wander past the Mississippi River sometime (or into the Central Time Zone at least) if you want to see what far apart is and what America REALLY means...

The tri-state area, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut. Curious, no mention of Massachusetts.

Connecticut is smaller than the county we live in, KD...

Interesting Rawbee, you just listed a bunch of freeways and places OUT of Massachusetts.

I've lived in both places, (and played in the Cape Code League, Romie, fyi) and Mass sucks. They have some of the stupidest laws in the country. My personal favorite? Your car registration has to match exactly with your drivers license and address.

I came out of my office in Holyoke one day to find my car missing. So I call the cops to report a stolen car and they said, no we towed it. Naturally, my first question was why, and it was because I had a Connecticut plate and a Pennsylvania license and address. Must have thought I was an immigrant or something. Facktard cops in Mass think Pennsylvania is a foreign country. Two hundred bucks to get my car back. Ted Kennedy must have needed new furniture for his patio or something.

So is Massachusetts, Manny.

Holy Crap! There's almost as many people in Arizona as Massachusetts - 6.2 mil to 6.6mil! I would have thought those numbers would have been further apart...

I'd have to agree with you there. But I think that is because all of the Yankee fans I have met recently have been loyal to their teams for years (actually, decades). Sawx fans SAY that they have been fans of Boston before they started winning championships. This decade, I keep hearing about the hypes of Boston teams. The Pats, Red Sox, Celtics, etc. It's funny, I was not a fan of any specific team/s until this decade. I thought that being a sports fan was just good enough. Then, around '03-'04, I thought that it'd be cool if you rooted for your home team. Since then, all I ever hear about are how obnoxious the Pats/Sawx fans are. I have to agree with these people, but there definitely ARE some exceptions... just like how there are SOME Arabs who aren't terrorists *cough cough*.

BTW Baltimoresports247, I think you're just jealous because Boston got Babe Ruth, and he didn't stay in Maryland in the start of his career.

that's a south park episode...

how'd that work out for your guys ; - )

Chicago is #2 on my favorite cities list. If my love for Boston seems obnoxious, it probably is. But I will be in Europe for four months in January, and if all goes well I'll be in Beijing for a month next summer. Boston's great, but I'm sure there's a ton of great cities out there to see.

TB, who says we need to be #1 in the eyes of New Yorkers and Bostonians. Is it really worth it, being idolized by the NE at all?