# Poor Poor Boston **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107 "2015-02-19T18:04:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![get\_lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/41 "2015-02-20T01:31:12Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > This might be news to you but Boston has very good sports franchises beyond football. Call me when the Celtics get Lebron. But the Red Sox did break the curse finally, I admit. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/42 "2015-02-20T01:54:53Z")
Meh, Boston, hate the place, hate all of Massachusetts to be honest, it’s irritating that the media focuses exclusively on them with this _normal New England winter_, but at least it keeps the annoying media attention away from other New England states You don’t see New Hampshire, Vermont, or Maine whining about the snowfall, meh, it’s winter, it snows, get over it. We northern New Englanders are made from sterner stuff ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/43 "2015-02-20T06:40:08Z")
> [@get\_lives](#): > > Man, fuck football. It’s a sport played by violent felons that causes irreversible brain damage and reduces life expectancy by over a decade. Teenagers regularly get concussions and lifelong joint damage from football. Try basketball. They’re in better health, they live longer, and they don’t murder as many people. LOL Yeah, but they’re all a bunch of pussies. (Lebron, I’m looking at you.) Try hockey. Hockey players generally have a reputation for being insanely tough. Not to mention most of them are pretty nice guys when they’re not playing. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/44 "2015-02-20T06:50:55Z")
Blizzards, bombings, and up until about 10 years ago lousy sports teams. Boston always finds a way to tug at our heartstrings. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/45 "2015-02-20T13:13:49Z")
-10F this a.m. But no wind (sort of like saying “it’s 110 here in Phoenix, but the humidity is low”). Good thing is, the Labrador poops very quickly. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/46 "2015-02-20T13:18:41Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > -10F this a.m. But no wind (sort of like saying “it’s 110 here in Phoenix, but the humidity is low”). It’s a dry cold. ---
**Author:** ![get\_lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/47 "2015-02-20T13:46:47Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Yeah, but they’re all a bunch of pussies. (Lebron, I’m looking at you.) Try hockey. Hockey players generally have a reputation for being insanely tough. Not to mention most of them are pretty nice guys when they’re not playing. Just because they flop during a game doesn’t mean they aren’t tough. And I’d rather be a pussy without brain damage than a “tough guy” with it. LOL Hockey is not a realistic sport in much of the country, because it’s too warm. I agree those guys are tough, though. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/48 "2015-02-20T14:09:49Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Meh, Boston, hate the place, hate all of Massachusetts to be honest, it’s irritating that the media focuses exclusively on them with this _normal New England winter_, but at least it keeps the annoying media attention away from other New England states > > You don’t see New Hampshire, Vermont, or Maine whining about the snowfall, meh, it’s winter, it snows, get over it. We northern New Englanders are made from sterner stuff And New yorkers don’t even get a mention, despite it being zero degrees and -15 with the windchill. We’re not counted as a New Englander, we’re our own Special Snowflake. > [@get lives](#): > > Hockey is not a realistic sport in much of the country, because it’s too warm. I agree those guys are tough, though. Field Hockey? TBH, I have no idea how popular it is. I just know a lot of warmer places do play it. And I almost put your name in as “get livers”. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/49 "2015-02-20T14:46:34Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The local TV people here in Orlando are a scream - all this scaremongering, reporters out in the street with parkas and scarves and wool hats, warning people to take care of their plants and pets, don’t make the kids wait outside for the school bus, because _it’s almost freezing!_ I’m literally ROFL. I was visiting family in North Florida during a cold snap a few years back. The newscritters made me literally LOL every time they showed how cold it was and gave their warnings. (It was less amusing when I was drafted to help move the 9,000 tender potted plants from the porch/Florida room to the garage). My best friend in Jacksonville, FL asked me yesterday what to wear to a job interview in “polar bear weather”. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/50 "2015-02-20T15:03:02Z")
Somebody in Boston has apparently pissed Queen Elsa off. That person needs to go apologize. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/51 "2015-02-20T15:48:38Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Somebody in Boston has apparently pissed Queen Elsa off. That person needs to go apologize. [Kentucky is taking action](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ky-cops-issue-frozen-arrest-warrant-queen-elsa-article-1.2122579). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107.md?page=2)