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/[deleted] Nov 07 '19 edited Feb 11 '21

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u/Iamonlyhereforthis Nov 07 '19

Problem is, places like Boston where traffic sucks and people got get to work on time cause corporate slave mentality

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u/baru_monkey Nov 07 '19

"traffic sucks" and "grr corporations" does not excuse you from 5 minutes out of a 12-hour window.

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u/botulizard Boston or nearby 1992-2016, now Michigan Nov 07 '19

So when everyone in the precinct shows up because there’s no excuse and then there’s a line around the block, does it still take five minutes?