Living in Boston

ryanbis
Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:10:10 +0000

You really will have plenty of options for veggitarian-type food…as a devout meat eater, it used to bother me how much vegatarian food there was at times in the dining halls. There are several dining halls on campus, so if one does not cater to you enough, you have options.

As for concerts, one of the nicest venues in Boston is on-campus (Agganis Arena Agganis Arena). There are also plenty of smaller concerts that happen around campus (such as at BU Central, which is part of the Student Union building).

In terms of places around campus, you’re about two blocks from Avalon (one of the more well-known clubs in America), ID and Axis, all of which have big name acts during the week. There’s also the Paradise Rock club on West Campus (also very well-known). Between those two, there’s probably a hundred smaller bars and clubs.

In terms of places that are off-campus but accessible, Boston has an ungodly amount of clubs and bars (all of which are T accessible) and many have concerts (such as the Roxy). You also have the Fleet/TD Banknorth Garden, which is right on the Green Line (about a 30 minute T ride from BU).

In terms of affordability, that depends more on your taste in music than anything. If you like big acts, you’re going to pay big money no matter where you see them (even on campus).

Boston is a very nice place to live. You have the benefit of living in a city, but it’s extremely tiny (only takes about four hours to walk from one end of Boston proper to the other), so it’s not a particularly overbearing place to be. I enjoyed it enough to move here after graduation.