[Magdalen] I've really grown to hate the Fourth of July

[thedonboyd at austin.rr.com]

I'm sorry that so many of our fellow citizens abuse Boston's hospitality.  OTOH, maybe you should count yourself fortunate that the 7/4 invasion only lasts for a week end.  Friends who live in seaside towns that are popular with the collegiate spring break hordes have to put up with the same boorish behavior for a couple of weeks or more.  I am almost certain that these touring vandals would never behave thus at home where they might be identified and held to account, but maybe some people are just jerks wherever they go.  Particularly if they're drunk.
---- ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote: 
> What an invasion!
> 
> All the roads are closed or will be closed by this evening.
> Can't drive. Can barely walk. Hordes of people carrying
> coolers and folding chairs and blankets will be heading
> down Cambridge St. tomorrow.
> 
> At the bicentennial people tore down our windowboxes
> and used our front door as a urinal. It hasn't been that
> bad since, but it's bad. And because booze isn't permitted
> out on the Esplanade, people who drink to excess will
> be wandering through the neighborhood. One year a
> group of young men tried to climb onto our roof to get a
> better view. And the police are too busy to respond to
> calls like that.
> 
> We're limited to six guests at the pool, but the place will
> still be overrun.
> 
> Well, it's only two days.
> Welcome to Boston, y'all.
> -M