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Gothamist found New Yorkers are proud of their subway system, even if it's got rats in it.

Austinist unveiled their special SXSW coverage minisite, with artist interviews, day party previews, and festival news.

Let's be honest. We've long known that Boston is at least on the short list for Sports City of the United States. The passion felt by Boston sports fans has long been either heralded or chastised, depending on your point of view. But if you'd told us at the dawn of 2007 that we were entering one of the best years Boston sports teams and fans would ever experience, we would have laughed. Long. Hard. With some bitter remarks about a couple of our teams.

"Authorial Intent" is Bostonist's attempt to bring you the best readings in the area, all tied up with a shiny bow. Diane Ackerman, Wednesday, September 19, 7:00 pm, Harvard Book Store. More info. In The Zookeeper's Wife, fiction writer, nonfiction writer, and poet Ackerman returns with the true story of zookeepers in Poland during World War II who hid Jews from the Nazis. The LA Times calls the novel "a shining book beyond category." Jonathan...

All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing! Gothamist headed into the Memorial Day weekend with a number of tasks accomplished. They worried about Long Islanders giving New Yorkers a bad name. They tried...

--On Saturday, a 17-year-old in South Boston had a little house party for his friends when his aunt was out of town. That wouldn't be a huge problem were it not for the "numerous bottles of empty alcohol containers" spotted by the BPD. The officers called the aunt, who said that she did leave the 17-year-old in charge of her house, but that didn't give him the right to party it up. The BPD's headline...

If you look past the fact that the Sox are back at home for their first few games at Fenway this season you'll be able to hear a greater beat on the street. As is often the case there is more good live music going on in town this week than any one person could possibly listen to. Time to clone yourself so you can scoop up a standing room ticket to watch Dice-K...

It seems like, all across the network, folks were up to no good. Maybe it was all the green beer from last weekend... Gothamist spent the week writing about New Yorkers behaving badly: at the post office, at the Garden, and at the fertility clinic. Calvin Klein may not be misbehaving, but he's just a little dirty, and in a completely different way than some NYC kitchens. SFist had its share of misbehave-rs, too, like...

Sunday. Usually, a quiet, contemplative day in the Blogosphere. But not here in the Ist-a-Verse. Nonono! Just look below and see all of the wild and crazy stuff our staffs are up to. In Austin, bands are beginning to confirm for SXSW and the rumor mill is up and running. Good thing, too, because we all know how much Austinites love live performances. Austin also found itself in the national spotlight, with Longhorn Legend...

It comes up every now and again. The idea that somehow Boston and Bostonians want to be New York or New Yorkers invades us from the South. Sure, the big apple has it's charm but we've got our reasons for living here in Boston and we don't need it to replicate New York. The New York Times recently featured an article on Tony Goldman, a man credited with inventing SoHo, and his efforts to redevelop Fort Point. And perhaps try a new name on for size:

Mr. Goldman said he intended to rebrand the quarter as the Boston Wharf District, and construction of the first phase of his project, which begins in March, entails creating 87 condominiums at 316-322 Summer Street. A second phase, scheduled for construction next year, will add 150 to 200 more. The price of the apartments will be about $400,000 to over $1 million, with an average price of about $500,000. Within five years, Goldman Properties also plans to create about 90,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, said Albert Price, a managing director of the company.

The article concentrates on the similarities of Fort Point and SoHo and gives a hat tip to the South End for starting some of the SoHo-esque development (you know, SoWa) Goldman hopes to continue across the Channel from downtown. Bostonist shares the apprehension some from the Fort Point Cultural Coalition have expressed – Fort Point is already a neighborhood, trying to make it one is just forced. More less than affordable condos will surely crop up, and it was floated that some original cobblestone and railroad ties will be uncovered as part of the "new" neighborhood's charm.

If you’re hiking, consider charging up your iPod, as Seattlest finds out that a man lost during a hike was found by the glow of his iPod. That cleverness seems to be devoid in cops who were using police cruiser instant messaging clients - although we imagine IMs “so are you nakie” to be included in cop shows, just for realism. If only the cops were busting the Hummer-driving jerk who made a poor...

We’re getting mixed messages in the blogosphere. It’s not uncommon, we’ll admit. Bostonist sat down with this week's edition of the Economist and read the whole section on “new media.” We felt like we might be part of that club in some way, but just laughed out loud when they made the comment “Want a debate? Ask a blogger what a blog is” perfectly valid question - one that has more answers than we can even tabulate. Today we were perusing the Internets and stumbled upon Gridskipper’s post on Upper Crust here in Boston. Yep, they liked it, but it sounded fishy…we knew we’d heard something about that same place in the recent weeks. Indeed, Bridey at Diningoutboston.com, had a full review (delivery and dine-in) of how Upper Crust was good though not great earlier this month. Nice to know that the New Yorkers at Gridskipper have extended themselves enough to review a restaurant in Boston – especially a pizza joint – but Bostonist thought that from all the street cred they claim NYC might know more about pizza than Boston does. We may still life hack but we’re questioning whether or not to gridskip any longer.

Long ago, when the happy promise of springtime filled the air, Bostonist told you that Somerville was making plans to be the first Boston-area municipality (and only the second in the whole Commonwealth) to implement a 311 phone line for non-emergency calls to city government. Back then, it didn't seem like much of a big deal. "Non-emergency calls to Somerville?!" you scoffed. "Forget that! It's the middle of May! I'm going to go drink beer and flirt with good-looking young people." But now, with winter holding you in its crushing, angry grip, the news that the system is actually up and running seems pretty exciting, doesn't it? OK, not really. But it's true: Somerville residents have now joined the illustrious ranks of New Yorkers, Chattanoogans, and others in being able to dial 311 for all their municipal needs.

OK, we're a little behind the curve on this one, but better late than never. Some enterprising fellow in New York has created a site where you can download T maps for your iPod photo for free. Bostonist thinks this is awesome, although we'd urge discrete use: carrying an iPod on the train has already been shown to be a good way to get said iPod stolen. Add to that the fact that using a...

Bostonist recently came across two articles about those Bostonians we love to hate here in the Hub. From politicians to athletes to the handful of Hollywood stars, both lists give a good idea of who residents have heard enough about. Sure, we celebrate like no other city, but we bond best when joining in a group hatred for a Boston personality, don't we? After seeing the New York Press' "50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers" list,...

We frequently feel that denizens of Boston spend too much time comparing themselves and their city to New York. Bostonist doesn't think this is necessarily a futile exercise - on the contrary, with every day we spend in this town, we become better acquainted with Boston's many unique charms and miss our native Brooklyn a little less. But Bostonians' penchant for measuring the Hub by the yardstick of another city can make them seem insecure, which, in turn, makes Boston seem like the second-tier, provincial city that New Yorkers would imagine it to be if they ever bothered to think about anything outside New York. Nevertheless, there are occasions on which we simply cannot help ourselves, and this is one of those occasions, so we are going to say what we have to say in all capital letters: THE YANKEES ARE IN LAST PLACE. Yes, we know it's still early in the season, and we know that the last time the Yankees were in the cellar so late in the season they rallied to take the wild card, and we even realize that our city's baseball energies should really be focused on the Orioles, but we just can't help ourselves. When a team and its fans become so accustomed to dominating the division that their bearing becomes downright aristocratic, it is sweet indeed to see them suffer. So, dear reader, when you collapse into bed this evening, head spinning from too much drink, ears ringing from a night spent taking Bostonist's fine concert-going advice, try to take a moment to savor the lovely state of the baseball world. As peaceful slumber overtakes you, say to yourself, "The Yankees really are awful," and sweet dreams will surely attend your rest.

But Bostonist must ask: why not bring "Massholia" to the Massholes in our fair city?