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mini4x t1_j692h8b wrote

Am I the only one that has no idea what this is?

TIL Beverly is older then Boston.

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Dak_Nalar t1_j693o4z wrote

Wait Beverly is older than Boston?

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DMala t1_j695wwa wrote

Replying to ahecht (#1,555,859)

I’ve always wanted to write a song called “I’m an Asshole from Athol”. I picture it being a Celtic punk tune, Dropkick Murphy’s style, but it’s never quite come together.

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DMala t1_j6964tp wrote

Then you get caught entering Sharon, and you can never enter Beverly again…

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Bada__Ping t1_j6974gw wrote

Fun Fact: Beverly Hills is named after Beverly MA

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marcamos t1_j698yx6 wrote

As a resident of Beverly, MA, I approve.

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ReporterOther2179 t1_j699iss wrote

Songwriter John Forster wrote ‘Entering Marion’ in 1993. The Don White cover is quite good.

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SparkitusRex t1_j69bxsj wrote

My husband likes to send me the sign from Chelsea, Mass since it's my name.

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SpringLoadedScoop t1_j69f21l wrote

Replying to DMala (#1,557,012)

I knew a guy with a large replica (for culpability reasons I'll assume he bought a replica, and not stole it from the signpole. It looked pretty legit though) sign above his bed "Entering Sharon". And a girlfriend named Sharon

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SpringLoadedScoop t1_j69fur2 wrote

I always get a snicker and a raised eyebrow from my wife when the red line announcements say "Entering Andrew"

(after I first wrote that, I started to think I should clarify "when we're on the train and the red line announcer says", but then I realized I get snickers and raised eyebrows at all sort of other times too. Maybe she knows when they announce it even when she isn't on the train)

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foolofatooksbury t1_j69mi7h wrote

I cackle to myself every time the Red Line PA says “entering Andrew”

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majoroutage t1_j69qgf2 wrote

Sign: Entering Clinton

Me: dry heave noises

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stoncils_ t1_j69xewz wrote

Replying to ConquestOfPizzaTime (#1,556,052)

Do you know just how hard it is to get to Beverly? I just wanted to go to atomic and somehow I kept ending up back at Flip the Bird. It might have been because I wanted a spicy chicken sandwich and not coffee, but that's beside the point

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ThePoetofFall t1_j6a5b8c wrote

This made me do a fucking peter griffin laugh. I will never forgive you for this.

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koebelin t1_j6ammam wrote

Replying to no_buses (#1,564,179)

Native Eastern Algonquian names are great. Ponkapoag, Mattakeesett, Nantasket, Neponset, Shawmut, Nahant, Wachusetts, Monadnock.They just sound great to my ears. We should have kept more as town names.

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davdev t1_j6b4sol wrote

Replying to icedcoffee4eva (#1,557,770)

So I went to Stonehill which is in North Easton, but anytime I had to tell someone where it, was people thought I went to Northeastern. My Boston accent didn’t help me with this.

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beachwhistles t1_j6ctmgk wrote

I’m stuck in Dennis. You’re down the Cape? Nope

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sihtydaernacuoytihsy t1_j6iua8n wrote

Replying to koebelin (#1,565,485)

Well see in the 1670's there were a ring of about a dozen "praying" (Christianized) towns, including Mashpee, Natick, and Nonantum, that had thrown in for mutual defense with the English colonists. Some went to Roxbury Latin and Harvard, where they learned Greek, Latin, and Hebrew. But then during King Phillips' War (against other, non-praying communities) the colonists decided they didn't really trust their own local allies, and put them out on deer island for the winter, and they died. (Okay, they forced some of them men to act as scouts, at pain of killing their families.)

Anyway Natick is a cool name, I like it too.

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dahc573 t1_j6k0mw6 wrote

Me when the train says entering Andrew

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