History UsefulNotes / Boston

Speaking of locals, [[{{Southies}} Hollywood depictions to the contrary]], they are generally very nice people. Just remember [[BigApplesauce not to bring up the Yankees]]. Otherwise, thou shalt know the [[FanDumb true meaning of]] SeriousBusiness.

* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' is set in [[BigApplesauce New York]], but Jack Donaghy, is proudly Boston Irish. He often gets into city-pride matches with his [[UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} Philadelphian]] subordinate Liz Lemon.

** There was a MA town called Enfield, but it was in the Western part of the state. It was one of several town flooded to make the Quabbin Resevoir. There is also an Enfield in Connecticut, but that one is not particularly near Boston either.

* Most of the action in ''TheSocialNetwork'' takes place in and around Harvard University -- although most of the scenes in question were filmed at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

* Most of the action in ''TheSocialNetwork'' takes place in and around Harvard University -- although many of the scenes in question were filmed at another school.

Public transportation mostly works, though you may need to ask a local to help you navigate the esoterically named "T" stops (the most baffling appears to be the "Museum" T stop. Have fun guessing which of the ''six or seven'' popular museums it's named after). It also very old and under a lot of debt (due to politics), so breakdowns are commonplace. There is slso the caveat that the last trains run at half past midnight, which is a problem because last call is at two. Taxi cabs naturally make a ton of money and there a multitude of companies.

** And also by BenAffleck, ''Film/TheTown''.

* For a while, ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' was not only set in Boston, but was the team's headquarters. However, the filming location, and later the setting itself, moved to UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}, OR.

* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' isn't only set in Boston, but it's where the team is based.
** Out of date. This was initially true, but first the filming location, then the setting itself, moved to Portland, OR.

* AnalCunt (from Allston, which is a Boston neighborhood)

Boston is the largest city in Massachusetts and New England, the capital city of MA, and one of the oldest cities in North America. Along with NewYorkCity, UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, and WashingtonDC, it is one of the four major cities of the northeastern United States.

Nicknamed "the Hub", as in "the hub of the universe", which gives you an idea what Bostonians think of [[strike: themselves]] their city; or "the hub of the New England road network", which anyone who's ever tried to plot the least [[BuffySpeak zigzag-y]] course between Providence, Rhode Island and Portland, Maine will attest to.

* The (largely unnecessary) modern-day BookEnds in the otherwise terrific ''TheForbiddenKingdom'' are set in a [[DidNotDoTheResearch wildly inaccurate]] version of Boston. Probably because they had a list of American cities with a sizable Chinese-American population, and Boston is where the dart landed.

* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' is worth a mention here. Though the series itself is set in New Jersey and has nothing to do with Boston, it's notorious for being indirectly involved in a RealLife bomb scare in the city with a bizarre ad campaign. Said campaign involved planting Lite-Brites bearing the image of a Mooninite in odd places in major cities--one of these was spotted under a highway overpass in Boston and mistaken for a bomb.

-->--''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVVCOjr8fQc Dirty Water]]'' by The Standells[[hottip:*:Ironically enough, The Standells were actually from LosAngeles.]]

Boston is the largest city in Massachusetts and New England, the capital city of MA, and one of the oldest cities in North America. Along with NewYorkCity, UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, and WashingtonDC, it is one of the four major cities of the northeastern United States.

Nicknamed "the Hub", as in "the hub of the universe", which gives you an idea what Bostonians think of [[strike: themselves]] their city; or "the hub of the New England road network", which anyone who's ever tried to plot the least [[BuffySpeak zigzag-y]] course between Providence, Rhode Island and Portland, Maine will attest to.

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* ''Literature/StrongMotion'' by JonathanFranzen is set in Boston and refers to several real institutions and locations.

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** ''BostonLegal''

* ''CrossingJordan''

* ''{{Fringe}}''

* ''PowerRangersRPM'' takes place in a Boston rechristened as "Corinth", the last remaining city in a post-apocalyptic world. However, it suffers from [[CaliforniaDoubling New Zealand Doubling]].

* ''{{Leverage}}'' isn't only set in Boston, but it's where the team is based.

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* ''MageTheAwakening'' uses Boston (and the rest of Massachusetts) as a sample city for gameplay, complete with a strong historical power base in Salem, some horrible things happening up in the abandoned Danvers asylum, and a small cabal that watches over Northampton and is keen to do their own thing.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' is worth a mention here. Though the series itself is set in New Jersey and has nothing to do with Boston, it's notorious for being indirectly involved in a RealLife bomb scare in the city with a bizarre ad campaign. Said campaign involved planting Lite-Brites bearing the image of a Mooninite in odd places in major cities--one of these was spotted under a highway overpass in Boston and mistaken for a bomb.

Infamous for [[DrivesLikeCrazy aggressive drivers]] and a multitude of twisty one-way streets that make no sense in navigating.

That said, Boston's city center is quite walkable and perhaps best enjoyed on foot or bike; downtown is really not that large and there are many wide tree-lined sidewalks. If you can walk across [[DisneyThemeParks EPCOT Center]], you can handle the Freedom Trail, the city's most popular walking tour. Just a warning though, you will probably want to visit in summer. Real Life New England winters aren't always as [[HollywoodWinter pretty as fiction depicts]].

Infamous for [[DrivesLikeCrazy aggressive drivers]], but you can't blame us really as the streets are [[TheMaze currently a mess]]. You see, the "Big Dig" ''really'' seemed like a great idea at the time ("We'll swap all those ugly overpasses out for underground tunnels where we won't have to look at them! And where the overpasses were, we will plant trees and have big parks for the kids!")

Public transportation ''actually works'', though you may need to ask a local to help you navigate the esoterically named "T" stops (the most baffling appears to be the "Museum" T stop. Have fun guessing which of the ''six or seven'' popular museums it's named after). There is the caveat that it closes at midnight, which can be a problem because last call is at two.

Nicknamed "the Hub", as in "the hub of the universe", which gives you an idea what Bostonians think of [[strike: themselves]] their city; or "the hub of the New England road network", which anyone who's ever tried to plot the least [[BuffySpeak zigzag-y]] course between Burlington, Vermont and Portland, Maine will attest to.

* NealStephenson's ''Literature/{{Zodiac}}''

* NPR's ''CarTalk'', one of the rare RealLife(ish) items that does ''not'' avert HahvahdYahdInMyCah. This is especially funny, given that their studio is right near Harvard!

See also {{Southies}} and HahvahdYahdInMyCah for more information. The latter is [[RealityIsUnrealistic more often than not]] averted in real life.

* Dropkick Murphys - founded in nearby Quincy, perform in Boston each St. Patrick's Day; parts of the 2002 and 2010 concerts were released as live albums.

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* ''AquaTeenHungerForce'' is worth a mention here. Though the series itself is set in New Jersey and has nothing to do with Boston, it's notorious for being indirectly involved in a RealLife bomb scare in the city with a bizarre ad campaign. Said campaign involved planting Lite-Brites bearing the image of a Mooninite in odd places in major cities--one of these was spotted under a highway overpass in Boston and mistaken for a bomb.