Boston is absolutely horrible. Living in Connecticut, I was appalled by the level of racism I, as a white male, observed there. I thought that Connecticut and Massachusetts were supposed to be quite similar, because they're both part of the tourism scheme known as "New England," but, as I look at it, it seems more like Connecticut is culturally aligned with New York. In the Tri-State area (NY-NJ-CT) we do not have the overt New England racist attitude that Boston does. Hartford, Connecticut really is the farthest north blacks have a substantial urban population--they were not accepted, in fact, they were shunned, in Boston. The Boston Red Sox were the last team to racially integrate, and they did so begrudgingly (New York was the first with the Brooklyn Dodgers). Where are all the black people (and Hispanics, etc) in Fenway Park at Sox games? Or in downtown Boston for that matter? Unlike New York City, diversity does not exist in the nicer areas of Boston--the people of Boston like it this way, because they like their city "clean" and "well-kept" unlike New York. I swear to god that I have heard people tell me that they prefer Boston to New York because a) New York has too many black people (or Puerto Ricans) b) New York is dirty (probably alluding to the minority population) and c) New Yorkers are assholes (and Bostonians are so pleasant). Bostonians, especially the poor white Irish population, hate the world and anyone representing anything different--anything not Bostonian (think the Southie Busing Riots in the 70s). You will be mauled if you go into this clubby little pretentious city wearing a Yankees hat (the same does not happen to Sox fans in New York because, like the truly world class city it is, New York actually accepts people's differences). You will be ridiculed if you stick out as a tourist or a non-Masshole. People will act as if you have the plague if you are a black person anywhere in downtown Boston. People in general suck there: no pleases, no thank-yous, no excuse mes, no sorrys, but no shortage of: move!, fuck New Yahk!, buncha fahkin queeahs!.  The fans really put the icing on the cake. They are the most obnoxious, belligerent, morons you will ever encounter--ever! These people should be banned from sports bars everywhere and deported back to the "beautiful" Boston they loooove soooo much (most of them aren't even from Massachusetts, they are mostly post-2004 bandwagoners from California or Florida or Washington or Virginia who just love the city's racist-ness and, more importantly, hate the success of New York, that "filthy, nigger-filled" city). Wow, the Red Sox won the World Series after 86 long miserable years of just plain sucking--The Yankees have won 26. Most folks could care less. By the way, good luck catching up! P.S. Go New York Giants!