Boston v. New York Part I

With the Patriots heading to Super Bowl XLII, after their 21-12 victory over the San Diego Chargers, to face the New York football Giants it gives us the chance to look into that Boston-New York rivalry, again.

In Boston v. New York Part I we compare the two cities with trivial information. (i.e. Who has the better nickname, mayor, etc.?)

BOSTON		NEW YORK
Tom Menino	Mayor	Michael Bloomberg	At least Bloomberg doesn’t stumble over words… NEW YORK
“The Hub of the Universe,” “The City on a Hill,” “The Athens of America”	Nickname	“The Capital of the World,” “The Big Apple,” “The City that never sleeps”	BOSTON…always one up on the competition from “world” to “universe”
Boston College Northeastern University Harvard University Boston University MIT	Higher Education	New York University Columbia University Fordham University Juillard School of The Visual Arts	New York schools are good but Boston has Harvard…BOSTON takes this one
Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market	Main Attraction	Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island	DRAW…New Yorkers don’t go to the Ellis Island like Bostonians don’t go to Faneuil Hall
James “Whitey” Bulger	Famous Criminal	Son of Sam	Not a bright spot on Boston but as heinous as David Berkowitz was he is not listed behind Osama bin Laden on the FBI’s Most Wanted List….BOSTON
First Night	New Year’s Eve	Times Square	As great as being in New York might sound when the ball drops, Boston’s First Night celebration is much better… BOSTON
Boston Accent	Accent	New York Dialect	At least New Yorker don’t get made fun of when they leave New York….NEW YORK
Denis Leary, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Eliza Dushku, Casey Affleck, Ellen Pompeo	Actors/Actresses	Billy Crystal, Adam Sandler, Denzel Washington, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Too many good actors and actresses… DRAW
Dane Cook	Comedians	Jerry Seinfeld	Even draw…with the young crowd it would go to BOSTON but the older crowd would go with NEW YORK
James Taylor, Aerosmith, New Kids on the Block, Dropkick Murphys, Staind	Musicians	50 cent, Alicia Keyes, Luther Vandross, LL Cool J, Christina Aguilera	Hip-Hop/Rap versus alternative and folk rock…take your pick…DRAW
Boston Legal, Boston, Public, Cheers	TV Shows	Seinfeld, Friends	How did a show about nothing catch on across the nation like it did? NEW YORK
The Departed, Mystic River, Good Will Hunting, The Perfect Storm, The Boondock Saints	Movies	Armageddon, Independence Day, Godzilla, Big Daddy, Little Nicky	Any movie with Adam Sandler loses credibility in my mind….BOSTON
John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy	Politicians	Rudy Giuliani, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt	JFK and FDR were both top presidents when they were in the Oval Office…Teddy Roosevelt is the reason we have environmental protection….DRAW