After the HUGE success of David Bernstein’s Massachusetts Town Slogans hashtag on Twitter (#MATownSlogans), I thought it only appropriate for ONEin3 readers to weigh in on their own slogans for Boston’s many neighborhoods – officially recognized or not. So, join the conversation at #BosHoodSlogans. Don’t have Twitter? Post in the comments below.
Here’s one or two for each to get the conversation going:
- East Boston – Free to enter… $3.50 to leave.
- South Boston – If you’re Irish, you’re family. Wait, you probably already were family.
- South End – Giving Boston its sense of style since 1728.
- Beacon Hill – You’re welcome for Patriot’s Day. And Bunker Hill Day. And Evacuation Day.
- Fenway/Kenmore – New England’s heart and soul since 1903.
- Bay Village – Where? Oh. I thought that was (South End/Back Bay/Theatre District/Chinatown)
- Chinatown – Yum!
- Financial District – All of the jobs, none of the T route.
- Downtown Crossing – Secretly hoping we don’t fall in the Filene’s pit since 2007.
- Back Bay – See, you CAN trick wealthy people into living on landfill!
- West Roxbury – No matter how much we make, you still confuse us with Roxbury.
- Mattapan – Native American for ‘A Good Place to Be’
- Hyde Park – Our golf course is named after a Cincinnati Reds player. Wait, what?
- Mission Hill – Trendy when called ‘The Hill.’ Not-so-trendy when you realize it’s not Beacon Hill.
- Allston/Brighton – In by 22, out by 24.
- West End – If you lived here, you’d be home by now. You’re not home yet.
- Charlestown – HEY! That flower shop in The Town is NOT in Charlestown!
- JP – Come to visit the Sam Brewery, but leave before building a Whole Foods!
- Dorchester – See Southie.
- Roslindale – Sorry, Dot, but Rozzie is the best nickname in town.
- Roxbury – We have a zoo!
- North End – Testing how much people will pay to live in a closet that smells like Italian food.
- Bay Village – Boston’s smallest officially recognized neighborhood. Yes, its actual official! No, I’m not lying.
