Writer at the Braintee Herald whitesplains Boston to us

Tom Shattuck is the editorial page editor. He's MANAGEMENT at the Herald.

I keep trying to say something about this and stumbling over "Roxy".

I just. What?

No.

(And this is a HERALD writer. Oughta know better.)

The tweet is just plain idiotic, poorly-thought, and inaccurate to start.

It's written by/for someone who knows little about the City of Boston.

If he wanted to offer suggestions on places with "old brownstone" type of architecture (which he neglects to clarify), the neighborhoods he lists as "Boston" are somewhat accurate - although parts of South Boston, Dorchester, and Roxbury have those as well - so he is ignorant. He should have also clarified that all of these neighborhoods will require a million dollar price tag just to get in the door.

Sadly, he is doing something that LOTS of people do. They talk about Boston (and its neighborhoods) with authority when they 1. don't actually live here, 2. know little/nothing about our neighborhoods 3. Have no roots or history in said neighborhoods.

I recently heard a person talking about Dorchester as a place to avoid in the City. I asked what part of Dorchester they were talking about and they responded with a blank stare. They simply took a soundbite from the news and applied it to an entire neighborhood. Meanwhile, the person lives along the Route 20 corridor past the W Towns.Totally clueless about Dorchester (and Boston) but feels confident in spreading complete bullshit.

I think this is more of the same. I find it idiotic, misinformed, and very elitist but not racist.

Adam, I LOVE you and UHUB but not every idiotic post by a white guy is "whitesplaining" or racist. For chrissakes, this guy literally describes the duck boat tour route with his list and left out the VAST MAJORITY of the City - like almost the entire City of Boston's land mass (including many neighborhoods that are predominantly black, predominantly white, and very diverse), yet your take away is that he is being racist? that he is ""whitesplaining"? Come on Adam, you as a Bostonian (with knowledge of neighborhood make-up) know this as well as anyone.

and what does that do in turn? Brings out all of the commenters (many of whom also live outside of Boston (who still think Southie is still all old guys like Wacko Hurly), to chime in and say See!,..Boston being racist again, typical Boston, everything is racist.

Reminder - the Shattuck guy doesn't even live in Boston.

The reality is that there IS racism in our City (institutional, subtle, and overt). And we need to combat it as a group head on. But when this post is clearly just an idiotic list (and offensive to actual Bostonians) - it should be labeled as such. And likewise, racism should be confronted on all levels and labeled as such.

Personally, I am thankful that Rozzie was left off the list. If one of my neighbors referred to Roxbury as "Roxy" I would refuse to help shovel out their car, and they would be disinvited to the block party. Just sayin.

Be kind to each other friends, life is too short to be hateful.

R-E-L-A-X Downtown Boston is what is is trying to describe....race blah blah He didn't mention my neighborhood...Get Over IT

Seaport District = Dubai was funny

Forgot all about Charlestown!