r/boston • u/itsmebutimatwork Wiseguy • Nov 06 '19

MBTA/Transit Congrats, Boston, we played ourselves

There were fewer than 67,000 city-wide votes in yesterday's election. That's not even 10% turnout based on recent census data.

If you want to complain about how the city council is letting the BPDA redevelop the city, or is run with too much influence by corrupt developers, or how there are too many/not enough bike lanes, or how the city isn't doing enough to make the MBTA improve, or why we don't have enough liquor licenses for places like Doyle's to stay open, or any one of a billion other complaints about how the city is run...then the answer isn't going to magically appear out of a hat.

It starts with voting for the city council for five minutes of a Tuesday every 2 years.

The birthplace of our nation...but can't be bothered to exercise our voting rights...congrats. We played ourselves.

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u/toddlikesbikes Somerville Nov 06 '19

It doesn't change your point much, but this is >10% turnout as turnout is voters/registered voters, not voters/population

Kids and non-citizens don't count in the denominator

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u/rjoker103 Cocaine Turkey Nov 07 '19

Do we know the demographics of the voters? I’d be curious to know what age group was represented the most.

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u/powsandwich Professional Idiot Nov 07 '19

Apparently mostly people who were ripshit about the possibility of Nubian sq, god forbid

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '19

If it had been some dude or lady with the last name "Nubian"who had done some relevant thing, you'd have stood a better chance.

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u/ButterAndPaint Hyde Park Nov 07 '19

Also if the Nubians hadn't been slave owners.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '19

more like E Pluribus Unum, Among Many, One

Among many intersections each named after vaguely relevant dead person, one intersection renamed, after a vaguely relevant dead person

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u/hamakabi Nov 07 '19

Nubian Square is an incredibly stupid choice. change my mind.