Bostonist: What Makes a True Bostonian? If You Have to Ask the Question …

Vidalia J. Shiraz

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:08:25 -0500

HEY! Well, I am old. But still!

guest

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:33:38 -0500

I tried a cannoli at Modern and it sucked...I'll be going to Mike's from now on. And using "tonic" just means you're old.

guest

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:41:15 -0500

A true Bostonian packed up and got the hell out of there a while ago! A true Bostonian isn't stupid. There are piles of them in and around Virginia where we can jointly watch the Pats and the Sox in bars(no, not the celtics or bruins) that cater to us in private rooms. We are also spared the left wingnut-move on org crowd nonsense, have jobs that pay money, have freedom to smoke and have fun, enjoy life and are not afraid to admit it, have much better weather and have much better looking women. A true Bostonian is in heaven when he or she is not there.

Pam

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:34:25 -0500

To be fair, the choices on the list were taken verbatim from a message board post they had going, asking readers for their thoughts on the subject. The only thing the Globe did was pick which ones to illustrate (probably based on whatever illustrations they had at their fingertips).

romulus

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:45:55 -0500

A proper New England accent ought to be a criterion. Boston's "bostonian" criteria is often as easy as having gone to college there -- and stayed afterwards a bit. What's also nice about Bostonian criteria is that you don't actually have to live within city limits, you can live in Quinzee or Reveah or thereabouts. Compare to Seattle where if you don't live within overpriced city limits you might as well be in Montana. PS: I know what makes an ocean wave wave! -- a big sheet of metal with a square hole in it going back and forth... PPS: I was sad to see that good old 80-some-odd-foot wave tank gone, replaced with a little dorky wave-erosion science fair project built into a dividing wall.