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Based in historic Faneuil Hall (T: Government Center), Harborfest highlights the many historic sites in downtown Boston with guided tours and re-enactments scheduled throughout the week...
...parts of the city for at least the next 10 years. The Big Dig is not only responsible for added traffic problems and longer commute times, but the construction has even cut away at the Boston economy through unforeseen side-effects, such as a drop in the leasing of downtown office space. And just last week, a Big Dig construction crew accidentally broke a water main, interrupting water flow to many downtown businesses and government buildings...
...next century. Although I still scoff at the ridiculously bloated bureaucracy that is Massachusetts state government, it is cooperative efforts between the city and the suburbs, such as the MBTA and the Metropolitan District Commission (which maintains many of Boston's parks and historic sites), that have helped keep downtown Boston the center of the region's economic, cultural and recreational activities. Public projects like the Big Dig also build civic pride, and carry the added bonus of temporary new jobs...
...have as many cultural amenities as one might expect, it makes up for that with natural resources. Indeed, the Interstate City is an eminently comfortable place in which to live, and houses on pleasant, leafy streets can be found, at relatively low prices, within a 10-minute drive of downtown. Hills, lakes and mountains are only 25 minutes away, and, at a phone booth, a flyer advertising for a roommate states matter-of-factly, WANTED: MALE TO SHARE RUSTIC 75-ACRE FARM W/STABLE AND LAKES...
This adds to the sense that the War Between the States never ended here. Three thousand Confederate soldiers are buried in the heart of downtown, and visitors can take tours led by people dressed as Confederate (or Union) soldiers. Letters to the local paper still rail against "occupied Atlanta," and a debate continues to rage about whether to take the symbol of Dixie out of the state flag. Want ads solicit old Klan outfits, burned Klan crosses and "other civil rights memorabilia...