Greg Cook kayaked through Rumney Marsh in Saugus yesterday and watched thousands of swallows murmurating. He also spotted fiddler crabs. Lots and lots of fiddler crabs.
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Is Saugus now part of the Hub
By Notfromboston
Sat, 09/04/2021 - 7:37pm
Is Saugus now part of the Hub?
Yes
By Ron Newman
Sat, 09/04/2021 - 9:18pm
so are Somerville, Malden, Revere, Salem, and many other towns that this blog routinely covers.
Please look at how most other US cities annexed everything
By SwirlyGrrl
Sat, 09/04/2021 - 10:35pm
And try again.
There are reasons why the US Census has long declared population units that are different from political units. Because cities sprawl and expand. All major cities have an MSA or metropolitan statistical area because that's how people group together.
Maybe part of Universal Hub,
By anon
Sun, 09/05/2021 - 6:54am
Maybe part of Universal Hub, but not part of the Hub. When I say I'm from Boston, I really am from Boston.
Cool story, bro
By Bob Leponge
Sun, 09/05/2021 - 11:10am
Cool story, bro.
It all revolves around the same point
By CuteUsername
Sun, 09/05/2021 - 8:46pm
The original Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr quote was calling the state house the hub of the solar system, although with the general implication that the world revolves around Boston in general being the idea. (The round dome makes it a more evocative metaphor.) With that etymology in mind it makes sense to extend it other cities and towns in at least within 128. Saugus is about as close to the state house as Hyde Park is.
Thanks, with a small caveat
By adamg
Mon, 09/06/2021 - 12:24am
Holmes was actually being a bit insulting when he coined the phrase - he was talking about the penchant of Bostonians to think the solar system revolved around them (although he also noted that everybody in any half-sized burg thinks that about their town).
In any case, somebody who thinks I've only ever written about things that happen precisely within the municipal borders of the city of Boston is either new to the site or a troll who is, oh, maybe, perhaps, not quite as clever as they think. Our friend is not new to the site.
It must be fiddler crab
By jmeltzer
Sun, 09/05/2021 - 9:27am
It must be fiddler crab season.
That guy
By GeeJimmy
Wed, 09/08/2021 - 12:43pm
Who points out that Merriam-Webster says "murmuration" applies only to starlings. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murmura...
Many sites suggest several different collective nouns for swallows, including kettle and gulp, but none say "murmuration."
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