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...after all, vital to remember that Harvard’s need to expand in Allston only came about because of Cambridge’s harsh zoning restrictions and Harvard’s poor relations with the city’s politicians. Ultimately, it was not the strident opposition of locals??like the fool who said of Harvard’s proposed modern art museum in the Riverside neighborhood, “if you build it, we’re going to bomb it”—that drove the University from pursuing further expansion in Cambridge...
Quite frankly, I’m not very sympathetic with the locals??for future reference, if you want to live in a nice suburb with affordable housing where everyone goes to sleep at 11 p.m. and there’s no fear of your river view being blocked by a new academic monstrosity, don’t live under the shadow of the world’s richest, ever-expanding university. That’s like moving to New York City and complaining about traffic noise...