Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Boston is definitely one of my favorite cities. I've only spent a few days there, but I am anxious to go back. It's beautiful and has so much character and history.<<< That's exactly how I feel about it, too. >>>Let's walk the Freedom Trail. I've never done it!<<< You are missing out!!! It's awesome.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer No problem. The enlightening knowledge of the Quail Tiles is information I strive to pass on in my daily life.
Originally Posted By FenwayGirl You have to make time. It is a great walk and lots of interesting history
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer I can honestly say that Boston's Freedom Trail was the best organized I have ever seen a city present it's history.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer I know! LOL! In Miami, you never see anything like that... I think our tax dollars got us a new fence last year...wow. Sigh. I need to move
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Good use of taxes. Just like I love how the British Museum, Natural History Museum, Science Museum and V&A are free in London. (or a number of our local museums showcasing 3000 years of history)
Originally Posted By leobloom ^^Just depends how you define culture. If you mean New England culture, yeah, it's a cultural dead zone. Not if you define it in other ways.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer If New England = American, than YES. But there is culture here...It's just not mine. That of course, meaning nothing offensive, but it is the truth. I am an American. There are Americans here that do not further or change American culture, but perpetuate the culture of where they came from. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that either, but it's just not for me. In no means do I want them to assimilate, but I think out of respect, it would be nice to see more appreciation for where you live now, instead of for where you once lived.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Actually, it is very important to do both. No different than WASPs really. America is the great melting pot, but sometimes the carrots stay in tact. A core part of the American Adventure is to also remember your roots - whether native American (the true original), white anglo saxon protestant, african american, latino, asian etc.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer I totally agree, Dave. However, doing too much of one is always irritating. Boston's North End, with it's Italian Americans and Irish Americans was the perfect mix of both. (Hence...I'm movin'!)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo As an immigrant, my children do soak up the local history, and dialect. But they also speak American and are in touch with their California and Cherokee roots (and their Sicilian, Welsh, and Irish too). I went to the University of Wales Aberystwyth where although in the UK, officially the first language is Welsh. My graduation was in Welsh, English, Latin and French. You need to travel and see the world and then think about it for other perspectives.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>As an immigrant, my children do soak up the local history, and dialect. But they also speak American and are in touch with their California and Cherokee roots (and their Sicilian, Welsh, and Irish too). I went to the University of Wales Aberystwyth where although in the UK, officially the first language is Welsh. My graduation was in Welsh, English, Latin and French. <<< We need more people like you in the world, Dave! The outlook for raising children like this is very close minded and bleak in Miami... It's not open to where "we" are now...Just where we were.
