# I'm going to Boston, any advice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-boston-any-advice/318503 "2005-08-24T22:27:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-boston-any-advice/318503/41 "2005-09-07T14:57:59Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > I could not believe how many Dunkin Donut shops were around. On the way out of Boston I counted 14 of them on Route 1A between Logan and I95. Seems like there is one on every corner. According to [Newsweek](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100243/site/newsweek/) there is one DD per 8000 people in the Boston area. By comparison, there is one Starbucks per 12000 people in Seattle. Some days it does feel like there’s one on every corner, but we seem to like it that way. A new DD just opened on Mass Ave near my house. My husband & I joke that there’s a Mass law about the minimum distance allowable between DD stores. Finally our town is in compliance. We were worried about sanctions. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-boston-any-advice/318503/42 "2005-09-07T15:15:46Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > Some days it does feel like there’s one on every corner, but we seem to like it that way. A new DD just opened on Mass Ave near my house. My husband & I joke that there’s a Mass law about the minimum distance allowable between DD stores. Finally our town is in compliance. We were worried about sanctions. In the biggest town close to where I live (Milford, MA) there are 4, count’em 4, Dunkin Donuts in less than one square mile. I joked when there were two freestanding ones that close together. Then, they added one in the local Stop-N-Shop. I thought that was silly. In the last month, they just added another one inside a gas station mini-mart. If you stand in just the right place, you can see three of them at once. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-boston-any-advice/318503/43 "2005-09-07T16:20:08Z")
> [@Wolfgrrl](#): > > If you head up to Cape Ann, I also _highly_ recommend stopping at the [Clam Box](http://www.ipswichma.com/clambox) on Rte 1A in Ipswich - if you’d going midweek the lines shouldn’t be too bad. Meh, it’s overrated. The food’s OK, but not good enough to merit standing line for 20+ minutes just to order. The ice cream stand down the road is pretty good though. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-boston-any-advice/318503/44 "2005-09-07T16:27:24Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > In the biggest town close to where I live (Milford, MA) there are 4, count’em 4, Dunkin Donuts in less than one square mile. I joked when there were two freestanding ones that close together. Then, they added one in the local Stop-N-Shop. I thought that was silly. In the last month, they just added another one inside a gas station mini-mart. If you stand in just the right place, you can see three of them at once. Beverly is at least as bad. There are at least four within (a longish) walking distance from where I work. But there might be one downtown as well which would bring the total up to five. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wolfgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfgrrl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-boston-any-advice/318503/45 "2005-09-07T21:11:29Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Meh, it’s overrated. The food’s OK, but not good enough to merit standing line for 20+ minutes just to order. The ice cream stand down the road is pretty good though. LOL, I waited in line for half an hour the other day and considered it not bad for Labor Day weekend. Definitely best shrimp around - I don’t really care for clams, but the shrimp are plump and sweet and not at all greasy. White Farms (I’m assuming you _don’t_ mean the Dairy Queen in the opposite direction) is usually good, as I mentioned, but I have known them to be inconsistent at times so I prefer Richardson’s. I got some really horrible mint chocolate chip at White Farms once, it was unnaturally bright green and tasted bleaah, so I don’t go there as often as I used to. Yes, there is a Dunkin’ Donuts in downtown Beverly, directly across from the police station, where else? There used to be a real bakery there back in the day but that’s long gone. And I believe there’s one in the Stop & Shop on Elliott Street as well, but I don’t go in there much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-boston-any-advice/318503.md?page=2)