I Hate Boston Billboard: The REAL Story
It’s TRUE! In the North End, if you look up, you’ll see the I Hate Boston billboard. How can this be? Who HATES Boston? It MUST be an angry Yankee…
BOSTON, MA – JULY 24: The sun sets over the city of Boston and Fenway Park on Opening Day at Fenway Park on July 24, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. The 2020 season had been postponed since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)
It's TRUE! In the North End, if you look up, you'll see the I Hate Boston billboard. How can this be? Who HATES Boston?
It MUST be an angry Yankee fan. That's it. Wait, maybe an angry commuter is FED up with all of the construction. Ok, there IS some hate involved, but it's not what you think.
The person, yes, the PERSON that wrote this doesn't hate our fair city. I has to do with LOVE.
Before Social Media
Way, WAY before social media, when we got dumped, the social media of the 1980's was, radio, and cassettes. What did music artists do, when they got dumped? They wrote a song. Ask Heart's Ann Wilson. She sang "Alone." What about John Waite's Missing You? U-2's With Or Without You is a great one, to share pain. Or how about Poison's Every Rose Has It's Thorn?
Once we got the invention of social media, people began to share their (food) and life, better or worse ON-LINE, for all to see. Until now. Today the new way to cry: BILLBOARD.
The Song, Of Course, It's A SONG!
The almost, now famous I Hate Boston, billboard is based on a song from actress and singer Renee Rapp. CBS Boston reports:
Some social media sleuthing revealed the culprit is none other than Renée Rapp, the musical artist known for playing Regina George in "Mean Girls" on Broadway or her role in HBO's "Sex Lives of College Girls." The billboard advertises a song of the same name on Rapp's upcoming album "Snow Angel," which will be released on Friday.
Renee says the song is about a breakup with a guy from Boston. The guy isn't really from here, but Boston lyrically, fit the melody and rhymed.
Oh, I see, it's a really creative marketing campaign promoting a song. Wow, was I fooled. I'd better cancel my Time Square billboard Yankees SUCK, ad. Or maybe I won't.
Massachusetts have been ranked the #1 state to live in the United States. Congratulations Massachusetts! You are what all other states strive to be. Everyone that lives here should be lucky that we live in what is considered to be the ideal state in all of America. But is this really true? What are the factors that went into determining these rankings? Let's take a look at why Wallet Hub ranks Massachusetts as the #1 state to live in, in the entire country.
Rankings are based on five different categories: 1) Affordability, 2) Economy, 3) Education & Health, 4) Quality of Life, and 5) Safety. According to Wallet Hub, each metric is then graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most favorable living conditions. Each category is given a total of 20 points of a score and then added all together to determine its ranking. There is so much more data that goes into it, but these are the main ones and a lot of research went into the findings.
Believe it or not, this is the second year in a row Massachusetts has landed on top of Wallet Hub's rankings of the #1 state to live in the country. New Hampshire ranked third. And we know what you're wondering. How is one of the most expensive states to live in the entire country, #1 for best state to live? Well quite simply, where affordability lacks, it makes up for in every other category. So while you probably can't afford to live here, you'll most certainly have the best education and be safe. Either way, let's take a look at the top 15 rankings of the best states to live in the United States according to Wallet Hub. We'll also show you the rest of New England and where its states land. We'd love to know if you agree.
#29 Rhode Island
With a total score of 52.18, RI ranks #7 in safety. That's really the only category it ranks in the top 10.
#26 Connecticut
With a total score of 52, CT ranks #5 in education. That's really the only category it ranks in the top 10.
#17 Vermont
With a total score of 55.53, VT ranks #4 in economy and #3 in education. Those are the only two categories that appeared in the top 10 for Vermont.
#12 Maine
With a total score of 57.08, Maine ranks #9 in economy and #8 in safety. Those are the only two categories that appeared in the top 10 for Maine.
#3 New Hampshire
With a total score of 59.32, NH ranks #2 in economy and #2 in education AND #5 in saftey. Not bad having three of the five categories in the top 10.
#10 Minnesota
With a total score of 57.52, Minnesota ranks #9 in education and #8 in quality of life. Those are the only two categories in the top 10
#9 Wisconsin
With a total score of 58.35, Wisconsin ranks #8 in education. That is the only area where Wisconsin ranked in the top 10.
#8 Idaho
With a total score of 58.36, Idaho ranks #7 in economy and #9 in safety. Those are the only two categories in the top 10.
#7 Virginia
With a total score of 58.37, Virginia scored #10 in safety. That is the ONLY category that it appeared in the top 10.
#6 Florida
With a total score of 58.81, Florida scored #5 in quality of life. That is the ONLY category that it appeared in the top 10.
#5 Wyoming
With a total score of 59.16, Wyoming scored #10 in affordability and #4 in safety. Those are the two categories that ranked in the top 10
#4 New York
With a total score of 59.31, NY scored #1 in quality of life and #3 in safety. Those are the two categories that ranked in the top 10
#2 New Jersey
With a total score of 61.48, NJ scored #7 in education and #1 in safety. Those are the two categories that ranked in the top 10
#1 Massachusetts
With a total score of 61.67, MA scored #1 in education and #6 in safety and #6 in quality of life. Massachusetts also scored high, #11, in economy. Although it did score #44 in affordability.
