Globe vs. SoWa?

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3 Comments

• Rick in Duxbury said:

  Wow, hypocrisy from the Globe. Who could have seen THAT coming?
  February 27, 2007 3:33 AM

• kate from new york said:

  I choose to see this as canny passive-aggression on Haywoode's part. That Smalley quote is haunting. Jesus, people: Having a film festival doesn't make Boston like New York any more than it makes it like Austin, or Berlin, or any other great city that hosts a film festival. And the inhabitants of those cities don't seem particularly concerned with aping New York, yet they are famously cool destinations. Boston is not New York, it will never be New York, and why should it be? It's a totally different kind of place, and it has so much that New York doesn't. The advice mom gave us holds true for everything: Be yourself. Trying to emulate the popular kids will only keep you from being happy in your own right. And most of us didn't like those kids, anyway. At bottom, this is just realtor-driven bullshit. Aren't you sick of douchebag I-bankers and trust-fund babies relocating from Manhattan? Cause that's who's inspiring the creation of these twit acronyms. Playing along with this junk is a great way to help price yourself out of town. Don't let developers play on your insecurities, Bostonians.
  February 27, 2007 6:39 AM

• Ron Newman said:

  I generally dislike these names, but I'll give "SoWa" a pass, because as far as I can tell, this area never had a name of its own before.
  March 1, 2007 12:40 AM

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