Absolutely vile! To think such a disgusting and perfidious establishments should operate IN OUR GREEAT STATE! It is not just absurd, but absolutely obscene! I am sick just thinking about it! Better leave that type of business to Nevada and Tortuga. I look forward to its imminent and inevitable closure and bankruptcy!

It is great if someone already owns a house (or multiple)

Absolutely disgusting! To think such vile and perfidious establishments should operate IN OUR STATE! It is not just absurd, but absolutely obscene! I am sick just thinking about it! Better leave that type of business to Nevada and Tortuga.

Very bad! How can we expect to be dynamic and strong in the future if our next generation is not well educated! We must fix this!

It is because they are a bad university run by bad administrates employing bad faculty and "educating" bad students.

Okay but still don't steal from schools. That is just wrong.

imagine stealing from a school district to make fake money.

Roger Williams was a bumb and a loser 😤😤😤

Yeah, tufts is excellent as well. As is brandeis.

Lol, MA republicans are a joke.

I would not say it is bad, but that with Harvard, Mit, Boston University , and Northeastern in town we are spoiled for excellent colleges.

But I agree for 43,000 it does not have a lot of reputational clout.

I would sooner die than leave Massachusetts. (New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Maine don't count because they are rightful Massachusetts territory, Rhode Island too but it is a dump)

Wow, what a productive and insightful criticism of Boston.

please elaborate

Boston may not be perfect but it is still a lot closer than anywhere else in the world. Our Godly city on a hill is truly a beacon to the world!

Banksy is a criminal and a thug. I think he needs to be arrested and learn to do art on a canvass.

So sad, more of the hardworking men and women of Massachusetts will have their money stolen by the wicked and evil gambling industry! I cry for our commonwealth!

Yes, it does suck. 😔

I never said that I said I think alcohol ads are in my opinion a bigger problem because of the addictive nature of alcohol. I am all for walkable cities and bike infrastructure.

The reason companies spend so much on advertising is because it works. By constantly bombarding us with ads for alcohol the alcohol conglomerates normalize alcohol at every occasion and make us associate alcohol with more and more activities in our lives. If you want to consume alcohol that is fine but I don't think being constantly bombarded with ads for it is good for society.

(A similar argument could be made for high sugar products, pharmaceuticals, etc etc)

I am all for bikes but this does not change the fact alcohol is also a horribly addictive killer and lacks many of the redeeming values of cars.

Why? The ban has been extremely effective in reducing smoking especially among the youth and has arguably saved tens of thousands of lives.

Nooooooo!!!!!! The Moral degradation of our society continues and that dream of a shining city on the hill, a beacon to the nations, seems further than ever from being a reality! I weep for our faire commonwealth and city!

Why can alcohol companies advertise their extremely harmful and addictive products when Cigarette companies cannot? I think we should ban alcohol companies from advertising.

Very interesting piece of New England history. Very good read, thank you!