Yes I agree that more licenses is the solution, I just wanted to point out that there are some things the nightlife czar can do outside of that.

It's a dagger for sure but you could get some improvement by encouraging businesses to extend their hours. For every bar that stays open til 2, there's another one that closes at or before midnight (on weekends no less!). If you can get those places to stay open later you can drastically improve late night options without any additional licenses.

If you need high beams to drive on Boston’s generally well-lit city streets at night for some reason, I’m scared to think of how you drive outside the city.

Signed, a pedestrian you’re blinding.

On the flip side, moving the airport to Framingham would make the trek from where I'm at much worse, and most (but not all) of the people who live without cars in the city would have a much longer commute. I honesty don't think it would have much of an impact on the median commute time to the airport. For every person in Rozzie or Newton that might have a better trip, there's another in Saugus or Everett that would have to travel further.

I agree with you about the development cost of Logan's proximity to downtown though. The building height cap is unfortunate.