Nothing will change until the MBTA runs 24 hours or until a respectable time so that adults can plan a meaningful night out in Boston without feeling like a child with a curfew. That alone will boost and diversify the nightlife market.
Boston's Puritanical and stiffness doesnt allow for creativeness. The bars and restaurants should be able to stay open later. The T should stay open later and venues, especially, concert ones like Pavillion should have r & b. Take a look at their schefule the past few years. They purposely limit the r & b brought there. As a former bar owner, I can tell you thzt it is very difficult to have a bar in lower income communities too!
this... so this... Many places (that aren't just bars) close at 8 or 9 pm, and open late in the morning like 6 or 7am. So if you leave a game from the garden or have to get out early for an engagement in the city... well you're out of luck. Guess they don't call it "the big town" for nothing...places in the suburbs have a better night life than in the city itself! That doesn't make sense.
Bostons built-in old school ws culture does not allow for "different" cultural expression. This severely limits night life offerings. It's so clear that some can't see it.
It didn't used to be this way. Growing up in Boston during the 70's, and into the 80's and 90's, Boston used to ROCK!!! Aside from the Garden, there was the Theater District, and many other venues for live entertainment of all kinds. It's a sign of the times, if people aren't coming out, it would be difficult to fill your stools and tables. Back in the day, the T ran special late night trains, to accomodate. But it's tough on you to supply, when demand simply isn't there. What happened?!? I moved away, as did most of my peers, to set out into the world, and it seems like Boston's entertainment industry is now in a death spiral.
@@samuraent, totally disagree. The influx of college students, at from a quarter, to nearly a half million, from all over the world, every year, brings diversity that the old school has, and had ZERO control over. However, how they choose to spend their night hours, today, changes everything.
Nothing will change until the MBTA runs 24 hours or until a respectable time so that adults can plan a meaningful night out in Boston without feeling like a child with a curfew. That alone will boost and diversify the nightlife market.
Maybe less drunks, did that thought ever cross your mind?
Boston's Puritanical and stiffness doesnt allow for creativeness. The bars and restaurants should be able to stay open later. The T should stay open later and venues, especially, concert ones like Pavillion should have r & b. Take a look at their schefule the past few years. They purposely limit the r & b brought there. As a former bar owner, I can tell you thzt it is very difficult to have a bar in lower income communities too!
this... so this... Many places (that aren't just bars) close at 8 or 9 pm, and open late in the morning like 6 or 7am. So if you leave a game from the garden or have to get out early for an engagement in the city... well you're out of luck.
Guess they don't call it "the big town" for nothing...places in the suburbs have a better night life than in the city itself! That doesn't make sense.
Bostons built-in old school ws culture does not allow for "different" cultural expression. This severely limits night life offerings. It's so clear that some can't see it.
It didn't used to be this way. Growing up in Boston during the 70's, and into the 80's and 90's, Boston used to ROCK!!! Aside from the Garden, there was the Theater District, and many other venues for live entertainment of all kinds. It's a sign of the times, if people aren't coming out, it would be difficult to fill your stools and tables. Back in the day, the T ran special late night trains, to accomodate. But it's tough on you to supply, when demand simply isn't there. What happened?!? I moved away, as did most of my peers, to set out into the world, and it seems like Boston's entertainment industry is now in a death spiral.
Thanks for these great memories of Boston nightlife!
@@samuraent, totally disagree. The influx of college students, at from a quarter, to nearly a half million, from all over the world, every year, brings diversity that the old school has, and had ZERO control over. However, how they choose to spend their night hours, today, changes everything.