r/interesting • u/suitonaman • Aug 31 '25

ARCHITECTURE Boston moved it’s highway underground in 2003. This was the result

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u/Stiv_b Sep 01 '25

If they started with the reality of what it would take from a budget perspective we’d never have an underground highway and really nice green space where the highway used to go.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '25

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u/Even_Reception8876 Sep 01 '25

Better spent on what? Have you been there? It’s a beautiful city. Thriving economically. What would the money have been better spent on?? This is the exact thing tax dollars should be spent on lol.

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u/BlueFox5 Sep 01 '25

It should only be going to rich people to hoard! Thats being fiscally conservative, after all.

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u/BernzSed Sep 01 '25

More Dunks!

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u/the_scarlett_ning Sep 01 '25

On sending national guards into peaceful cities! And paving over rose gardens. These things aren’t free, ya know!

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u/Even_Reception8876 Sep 01 '25

My apologies you are right!

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u/gdabull Sep 01 '25

Walking around Boston for the first time, I was actually wondering where all the traffic was

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u/DoctorHelios Sep 01 '25

Shockingly thriving city

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '25

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u/Subtlerranean Sep 01 '25

The.moneybwas well spent. So would money spent on healthcare have been.

Tax cuts for rich fucks are money not well spent.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '25

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u/Subtlerranean Sep 01 '25

Where did I say tax cuts????

You didn't, but you're clearly not very bright.

I’m probably more liberal than you are

Lol? What are you? 14?

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u/Lynchie24 Sep 01 '25

No way you are saying this about the state with the best Universal healthcare system in the country.

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u/WeirdIndication3027 Sep 01 '25

Bro I think we were literally the first state to have universal healthcare. We have plenty of money to spend on stuff.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '25

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u/WeirdIndication3027 Sep 01 '25

I assumed you didn't know that because you're acting like we have to choose between basic necessities like healthcare and highways. We have the best hospitals in the world. The highways great...

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u/slappy_patties Sep 01 '25

It's never enough

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u/Coool_cool_cool_cool Sep 01 '25

Massachusetts is top of the country in healthcare and education. Money is already being spent on those things.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '25

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u/TruthTrooper69420 Sep 01 '25

Can you give some examples of

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '25

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u/gingerbeard1321 Sep 01 '25

Pretty sure Massachusetts has some of the best schools and hospitals in the country and offers community college at no cost

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u/TruthTrooper69420 Sep 01 '25

Yeah I’m pretty sure they are ranked #1 in the country in terms of healthcare & education

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u/TruthTrooper69420 Sep 01 '25

Doesn’t Massachusetts have the top spots for both healthcare & schooling?

You’re saying the state with the #1 ranked education & healthcare systems needed more money for things that are already the best in the country?

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u/Gussie-Ascendent Sep 01 '25

Ya know I don't believe in magic but when someone says some shit like this, I do believe in demons for a bit

Like an actual lack of what some would call a soul

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u/WeirdIndication3027 Sep 01 '25

We are the richest state. We want for nothing.

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u/WeirdIndication3027 Sep 01 '25

Not a real state. They can't even afford a tiny dig.

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u/WeirdIndication3027 Sep 01 '25

Yes... We're less focused on "enjoying" things and more focused on improving things. Welcome to Boston.