Originally Posted by
Corso
Boston: I can't see it happening where they are talking. Traffic is already awful. The Public transportation is overcrowded and not so cheap anymore. Boston has attracted businesses to the "Seaport District", where I've worked over 20 years. Here's the problem: To get to the major highway hub that runes through Boston, you have to cross a channel of water. There are only 3 roads within 3 blocks of each other to do so. At the end of the day, it can take you 45 minutes to go 1/2 a mile. It's gotten so fn' bad in the past 3 years.
I can't wait for Reebok and GE to move thousands into the same area, with ZERO transportation improvements. Those people are going to be PISSED when both companies are leaving sprawling suburban campuses featuring acres of parking to the Boston grind. It's already a gridlock situation, and there is no way to add roads, bridges or subways, unless the 30 year old idea of a "Disney" mono-rail comes back.
AND the spot they keep pushing is an old horse racetrack that is over a Major bridge, or a looong tunnel that goes under the ocean, you got it, both overcrowded as is. And the track can only be accessed from 2 old roads, that, yes, are completely jammed at walking speed already!
AND, the new Winn casino is under construction nearby, and will add more commuting trouble.
So, like the failed Indy car awful situation, and the failed Olympic bid, Boston politicians hire their pals to form "groups" to try to get stuff they know we can't handle. But the pals make good bucks in the process, knowing they have consulting jobs during these folly bids.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see Amazon here, and they will be in a smaller scale. But for the big one? This old city is out of land, but really, out of transportation.
Now if they say "outside of Boston", there may be potential. Like 20 miles outside.
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