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[deleted] t1_j6l20ef wrote

Reply to comment by snorkeling_moose in What parts of Boston and surrounding areas do you feel has an undeserved reputation? by SideBarParty

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3720-To-One t1_j6lcqi4 wrote

Hollywood still seems to think that Southie is a working class neighborhood.

When in reality it’s all just 20-something finance bros and nurses.

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AnyRound5042 t1_j6o69za wrote

That's only because there are no working class neighborhoods left so why not just use the old standby

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snorkeling_moose t1_j6l2e8m wrote

So I suppose I should have clarified that maybe I was thinking more on the scale of people both from/in MA and people moving here with no context. I agree with you that anyone with a modicum of awareness from the greater Boston area knows that it isn't GoodwillhuntingLand anymore.

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Unable-Bison-272 t1_j6lwdvn wrote

Good Will Hunting is possibly the most cloying, maudlin and irritating movie ever made.

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Cameron_james t1_j6mglfe wrote

I can't help but wonder what Will Hunting would have said if that grad student didn't like apples.

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snorkeling_moose t1_j6lx0mf wrote

Yeah it totally sucked, it definitely doesn't deserve the 8.3/10 rating it has on IMDB. What a shitty movie that totally doesn't have great character development. Everybody loves it, but you're right to shit on it because you're so fucking cool

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Unable-Bison-272 t1_j6ly5le wrote

I don’t claim to be cool. I just think the movie sucks.

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snorkeling_moose t1_j6lzpxf wrote

Cool. Keep thinking you're special and like, totally rad. I'm sure a ton of people disagree with you, which only makes you so much cooler.

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tacknosaddle t1_j6ldy6r wrote

Twenty years ago it was well on its way to what it has become. According to older family friends who grew up there it started shifting when "the yuppies" started moving to the neighborhood in the late 80s and early 90s.

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ReporterOther2179 t1_j6n86cb wrote

Southie started changing when the ‘racist hellhole’ reputation grew stale. Because for most people the past is unknown.

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tacknosaddle t1_j6n9qzl wrote

I think at least one part of the appeal to the post-college twenty-somethings who started to move there in droves was it having a "cool" reputation based on the Whitey Bulger mob history.

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