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On the corner of K and 4th st there was a clothes store, it was right by Slocum's toy store. Can some one help me out?

jackie on December 21, 2003 01:48 AM.

No clothes store at K and 4th, only Fire Station, a Pub, bakery and housing. Maybe your thinking of K and Broadway. Its called Jones Department Store.

chris on March 1, 2004 10:39 AM.

I'm writing a paper about Boston English. Does Southie have its own words or expressions that are different, say, from Dorchester, or other neighborhoods?

bruce on March 28, 2004 06:42 PM.

southie is were all the whitebread faggots live!

Whitey Bulger on March 31, 2004 04:22 PM.

fuck every 1 who hates southie its the best place to live and if u dont like it get the fuck out or stay out

southie kid on April 11, 2004 10:45 PM.

I was born and raised in southie. I miss all the people who use to live here. Wish they would all come back those were the days.

Chad on April 15, 2004 05:01 PM.

southie's a dead end

james on April 15, 2004 07:04 PM.

Southie, i Love it. My kinda people, irish. Any one who aint' irish shouldnt be here.

derb on July 3, 2004 12:48 AM.

southie is where all the gay white boys live in

tvb on July 12, 2004 11:15 PM.

I was born and raised in Southie. Its definetly the best place any kid can spend there youth in. Fuck all the queer,fagots who are talking shit about it. Fuck all the Yuppies who are trying to take it over and call it theres. Its a tough place but the Southie kids can keep it up. The southie kids ned to start a anti- Yuppie movment. If it aint the bricks its yuppie condos. Southie #1 Free left overs!!!!! BLEACH YOUR WORKS!!!!!
CRAZY HOEZ KEEPIN IT ALIVE

SOUTHIE KID-101-
Blaze Every Day!!!!!

Kaddie on July 23, 2004 03:47 PM.

Fuck all you pussies who think that southie is where all gay-boys live. Any boys from southie could kick any others asses.

GTIJ on August 25, 2004 10:56 PM.

southie is the best city . fuc the hatas . . . u just hate us cause u aint us . keep southie yuppie free , fucc 5oh , us irish kids can hold it down . southie will neva change ... you gotta luv it .. free lfety : free keith : SOUTHIE from the cradle to the grave . u can mess wit us but we dun play

kayleigh on September 2, 2004 10:37 PM.

free keith free lefty

kay on September 2, 2004 10:38 PM.

hey...be proud to irish, be proud to be from Southie but don't be proud of the ganster life style that it had. you all sound like a bunch of ganster wanna be's with how you talk. grow up, educate yourselves. educate yourself about your own town. read a book...there are a few good ones out there. stop this "anti movement" talk...it's bullshit. the busing years are over...no need to rally. you will only get yourselves in trouble, trust me...you'll sink. i'm irish catholic, too. born and raised in Quincy,"God's Country" as far as i'm concerned. the same way you feel about Southie, i know. read a book and even start with "All Souls". written by a guy who grew up right there where you are now.Michael Patrick MacDonald. let him tell you a story. maybe you'll see a different light.

marita ann on September 17, 2004 11:44 AM.

I just finished reading "All Souls", and it opened my Irish Eyes. I think everyone in Southie should read the book and learn from the experiences of those that lived there before you were a glint in your mothers eyes, and those that died long before they should have!

IrishMum on October 5, 2004 02:51 PM.

I MISS SOUTHIE.
I WOULD BE RIDICULOUSLY HAPPY IF SOMEONE WERE TO TAKE A PICTURE OF MY OLD HOUSE IN SOUTHIE FOR ME AND E-MAIL IT TO ME.

GET IN TOUCH:
thisislindsayrae@hotmail.com

lrb on October 7, 2004 01:00 PM.

where did you live

bob on October 8, 2004 11:53 PM.

The non-Irish can say what they will about Southie- and I'll admit that it has its negative sides-- but Southie represents the last true Irish neighborhood in the United States. Every irishman in the country aware of his heritage knows that the Irish experience in America flows through NYC and Boston, and southie is the only remnant of the old times. Non-irish-- if you don't like Southie, stay out of Southie. The irish in america love southie.

Padraic on October 18, 2004 02:08 PM.

I went to school with a bunch of Southie kids and some are decent kids but for the most part you all think and act like your black, so u shouldn't be talking about Irish pride or any of that. Southie used to be a good place when the kids acted white and had true pride. Now i see a bunch of trash with straight brimmed hats running around listening to rap and acting like gangsters. Your neighborhood should go back to the way it was.

Dennis on October 27, 2004 03:57 AM.

Southie is and always will be in my heart, I grew up in Southie from Old Harbor projects to City Point!..I'm not Irish, but Native American...Proud of it...Happy to be from Southie!!

Patti on October 28, 2004 05:09 PM.

"When are you coming to visit Southie? I will have a drink for you this Sunday. "Cheers, to Patti Paul, the only Mic-Mac friend I know who is Irish at heart and can drink with the best of us" - Wait a minute - you are the only mic-mac friend I have. Anyways, write me back - I love you.,"
Danielle O'Brien...You See, everyone doesn't have to be Irish!!!...PaTTi`23

Patti on October 28, 2004 05:12 PM.

hey all my southie friends kick bonks in the ass

bonks lover on November 20, 2004 04:53 PM.

i am an irish catholic girl, born and raised in the boston area, and i have mixed feelings about southie. i am SOOOO PROUD to be irish, its such a huge part of my identity, and its great that my irish brothers and sisters are holding it together down there (im just north of boston, stuck in the suburbs). i read All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald, though, and it changed my views, because even though sticking together and having such brilliant irish pride is a beautiful thing, the drugs and gangs only tear us apart. its a shame to see good catholic boys strung out on drugs when they oughta be in school or out supporting their families; thats how the irish do it, and something went wrong in southie if proud irish families are torn down by crime and hate. love for the irish, and for what southie could be, but i dont want gangsters messing up my Little Ireland in south boston.

irish gal 885 on November 25, 2004 09:40 PM.

southie is a kick ass town and we will kick all non irish and yuppies ass

sean shizzle on November 30, 2004 01:02 PM.

southie baby all the way do it up kiddd

ha on December 5, 2004 09:16 AM.

I'm not Southie born but I have been here for 6 years. All I gots to say is fuck the yuppies, and props for all the white blue collars that are left. And by the way, most of you tough talking wiggaz are really from rich, happy homes..Your just trying to put on a front. Take pride in your self ya tahds!

E3rd Reprezentin on December 5, 2004 10:14 PM.

anyone know a kid from southie name ryan curtis

josh on December 6, 2004 01:55 PM.

I'm an irishman from Braintree, but my family's all from Dot, and i gotta say i know a lot of good Southie kids but they should stop tryin to be black.

mick on December 6, 2004 09:59 PM.

I was born in Connemara and moved to Southie at the age of 2. Since then I've spent about 1/2 of my life in Southie, with the rest being spent in Connemara. The homophobic talk listed here is typical of Southie. I'm gay, and yet I've had American idiot after American idiot tell me that being gay "isn't Irish" and that I need to go back to the "old country" and get "straightened out." Ironically, people in Connemara are much less homophobic than those in Southie.

Lastly, if you're planning on insulting me, please do so in grammatically correct English or Gaelic (as opposed to the ridiculous imitation Ebonics I'm reading here).

Mary on December 12, 2004 07:21 PM.

Hey, Mary please getta a grip. Southie is no more homophobic than the resta the country. Matta a fact, they ahr less homophobic than say Walla Walla, WA.
My grandmother was born in Rock Chapel, Cork, Ireland and she had a thing about gay people. She told us that there wasn't any of those kind of people in Ireland. I guess she was wrong.

Lis on December 15, 2004 01:22 AM.

People in Southie need to start some sort of violence against the yuppies to scare them out.

Southie is a great Irish hood, but it aint the only great one. I live in a great Irish neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.

Chicago on December 16, 2004 04:54 PM.

Fuck all u come guzziling queens who r sayin SOUTHIE sux. I waz born and raised on Est. ITs the best place u can ever live. Its tough but were southie kids and we can keep up.
SOUTHIE 101 BLAZE EVERY DAY!!
E-BLOCK 4 LIFE

Amy on December 17, 2004 10:24 AM.

i am born and raised in southie and what the fuck is e block some bonehead thing do you know what piss's me over all of the kids i know in southie are all wiggers now
i forgot it is cool to be black now
bonks #1 fan

someone on December 18, 2004 12:42 PM.

everyone needs a dose of southie...best place I've experainced yet throughout Boston. No one fake and uptight over there, 100% real soul and very down to earth.
I come from NY, but I've adapted well right into Southie's arms

one luv

RXSouthie on December 21, 2004 06:55 AM.

I waz born and raised in southie. Its the best place any kid will ever grow up in. fuck all u come guzziling queens that r toking shit. Fuck Off!!!All u wiggas and wangstas actin like u love southie. Ur an embaresment 2 southie. FREE KEITHS!!! K.S.W
SOUTHIE A.N.S
420
blaze every day!!!

Amy "04" on December 23, 2004 11:20 AM.

I've lived in southie my whole life and now im moving. Thats really gay. ppl take southie for granit and southie scum like Billy Hagaty come and tag it up. All u stupid fuckin wiggas acting like ur proud of southie need 2 smartin up and start acting like ur a white kid from southie, or just get the fuck out. Same with the yuppies. im out. 420 blaze every day southie 4 life

Ahleya on January 5, 2005 10:27 AM.

hey i read the Book all souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald....dude i would like to live there..im 100% irish and i like how everyone got along and stood up for eachother..so the people writing shit in here are just jealous they cant live there

Kathleen on January 5, 2005 04:56 PM.

how old r u kids posting

t on January 9, 2005 03:57 PM.

First of all I'm from southie and do luv it, but I don't like seein all you ganstas out there that think your black. U can listen to rap but do'nt go rappin about bein Irish or nothin cuz that just doesn't make make sense. Like a lot of other people on this page have said, most of you have money and live in good homes. Don't be afraid to be real. No offense but I really don't like kids who get all cocky and think there tough cuz they can act black. And don't get me wrong Southie is my home and i give it props but there's alot ofmisguided people in it.

from southie 101 on January 12, 2005 09:02 PM.

I was in boston this past nov. southie was great and every irish and bostoian I met were very welcoming and helpful.IHAD A GREAT TIME AND WILL GO ASAP. The only people that rude were black who grew up there not immigrants.

JACKO on January 16, 2005 03:51 PM.

dont let outsiders violate or block and what not. that goes for the yuppies and people who irish.

irish3 on March 17, 2005 05:16 PM.

YO dont let outsiders violate or block and what not. that goes for the yuppies and people who irish.

irish3 on March 17, 2005 05:16 PM.

To my homies.yo dont let outsiders violate our block and what not. the outsiders are the yuppies and anyone who is not irish. R.I.P liam

irish3 on March 17, 2005 05:20 PM.

Hey im Irish American lookin to live in southie.How much is it for a apt in southie.

celtic on March 17, 2005 05:44 PM.

Born and raised in Southie saw the bussing, Brought everyone together fuck the TPF "Hell no we won't go" and we still haven't

Patrick on April 6, 2005 05:12 PM.

yo yall cant see what there doin they trying to get rid of are community to make it a middle class one so that means for us poor irish we will become home less juss like what new york did to hell's kitchen a irish lower class it's cause where white and boston dont want to look racist if they do it to a black or latin one.

irish3 on April 16, 2005 04:48 AM.

first of all michael macdonalds book was all bull shit, same with eddie makenzie's book., they're all wanna be wise guys.
K.S.W
03P

sjmhb030 on May 26, 2005 12:55 PM.

fu** u white peeps that say we act black we aint tryin to be black we alwayz will be irish and proud of it bit** made mutha fu**as u need to get ur head right mutha fuckas cuz we dont act black we act like we act bit**es get the sh** right

blaze irish on June 2, 2005 05:54 AM.

I'm looking to move to southie... stuck in the suburbs for now, sick of this yuppie crap I was raised into... Half-Irish... any advice?

Stuck in the 'burbz on June 8, 2005 08:39 PM.

Reading this is hysterical...You're all trying to stay true to Southie and keep it the way it is, but to tell you the truth you're just making it look bad. Maybe if you want to stay in Southie you should go to school, learn some proper English, and get a job so you can keep the place your living in and keep the so called "yuppies" out of it. In todays world you have to have money to pay rent not just your Irish background and street credit.

Murph3 on June 9, 2005 06:38 PM.

anyone know a kid in southie named lane barrasso?

xin xie on June 17, 2005 12:20 AM.

i was born and raised in southie and all these kids from the point talking shit about the yuppies but not the niggers taking the place over. thats funny. i have been in jail half my life and get out to see southie change in a big way. i do hate the yuppies too but there white. why dont you go down O.C. and talk shit to all the niggers taking over the bricks. and all the white girls from southie having little niglits with the niggers. i would much rather a white girl from southie have a kid by a yuppies than a nigger! all you young kid dont know shit about southie, just what it has become. i just wish southie was how it use to be. 10 more years this place will look just like roxbury. fact!

Paulie on June 18, 2005 06:07 AM.

irish pride

me on June 19, 2005 02:09 AM.

Excuse me. Not all of us were born with a golden spoon in our mouths or handed everything to us by our Mommy's and Daddy's. I am a college educated student of an Ivy League school of Boston and earned my way there by hard work, a full time job since the age of 16, and have always staying true to my native home. There is nothing wrong with Dorchester, Southie, or any of the other neighboring towns around us. Grant it, we all have our feuds and town rivalries as you all do out there. Also, just to clarify, not all of us are Irish, though many are, and those who actually care about "street credit" are the ones who need to learn how to grow up. (And Southie is not the only place in which that exists.) How about you wake up to America and the issues that surround what is going on in our world today because of hatred, biggotry, and poverty. You should use some of your Connecticut money out of your "village" home, with your beamer in your driveway and golden retriever in your front yard which you pay others to mow, and put it to good use such as the education of this country. Thank you. Originally from Dorchester and proud of it!

B on June 21, 2005 02:39 PM.

i was born and raised in southie and i love it here but theres nothing left here but yuppies,black people who act like they own this town, and just a bunch of fucked up people who have nothing to do with thier lives but to do drugs and southie is all they will ever have and its the only thing in their lives that they have to be proud about. why dont you go to school get a job and be proud of that? this town is dying away and the people are dying away too.

me on September 16, 2005 11:41 PM.

i was born and raised in southie and i love it here to death but this town is dying away and so are the people. there is nothing to be proud of anymore and there is nothing to be loyal to. why don't all you kids go to school and get a job and have something to truly be proud of.

person on September 17, 2005 12:07 AM.

I was raised in Cambridge and Boston.
I was born in Portugal. I went to Boston in 1968.

From what I know about Southie is Irish Trash Americans that proclaim that they are the only white race in America.

I live in England and the Irish Immigrants are completely different that the Irish Americans, they are human and friendly and not white racist trash.

The Irish Americans think that they are GOD'S gift to humanity.

If that is the case then how come you people were under British Rule for nearly 600 years.

In America you are nothing but potato heads.

They only good Irish American that I know is JFK.

Carlos Barbosa on September 22, 2005 05:57 PM.

It's not the Irish way to be racist, that's the English, protestant way.
The Irish are an EXTREAMLY proud race, I myself am Scottish but have visited Southie and was amazed at the Irish connection so far from the old country. Keep it up and never change.

domo on October 1, 2005 04:27 PM.

Ok I've lived in southie my entire life and listenin to all of these kind of makes me laugh. i recently had to move and it's killin me all I want to do is go home! Someone commented on how all Irish Americans think they are God's gift and how we're all white trash umm yea i don't think so! Being an Irish American i can say one thing I'm from American unlike this guy who says that he just grew up in Boston sorry but then you're not really a bostonian. give me a break we are absolutely not white trash! Southie kicks ass however!

Someone on October 3, 2005 10:26 AM.

alright...everyone is entitled to their own opinion about southie, but dont rant about it like its a fact. i was born and raised in southie and ill always love it. about the racism, its just that we are such a close IRISH community and we want to keep it that way. its not just southie thats like that at all. every town wants to keep it how it has always been. drugs are bad, but what do you expect when there isnt exactly much to do in southie besides that? kids grow up around it. its all they know. if you want to change that shit, you change the parents, no the kids. Oh, and that "b" person from June 21st, some college student who doesnt know its "granted" not "grant it". real successful guy. oh yah and fuck the yuppies and all those other people who are taking over the bricks. i aint even 21 yet and i know shits changed. used to be able to sit on your steps all hours and not have to worry about SHIT. now im afraid to fucking walk through there in broad daylight. sucks dont it?

jacqui on October 5, 2005 08:19 PM.

I think that anyone reading these postings would come to the conclusion that the schools in "Southie" need to overhaul their curriculums so that they won't churn out so many cabbage sucking ignoramuses!! Proud to be Irish? You're white. Get over it.

orangeman on October 17, 2005 02:22 PM.

southie is the best fucking place in the world!!!!!!!!!!!! people how say stuff about southie szould go fuck them selfs

chris c on October 22, 2005 05:54 PM.

Reading all the above comments simply confirmed my viewpoints about Irish Catholics. (Actually the ones in the UK aren't any better--they're fifth-columnist, dole-abusing, IRA supporting swine). I have never been (nor would I ever go) to "Southie", but it sounds kind of like a lower-income version of Breezy Point, Queens (if any of you know about that spot) aka "The Irish Riviera".

Three cheers for Oliver Cromwell, Good Queen Bess and Sty. Patrick, the poor Welshman who was kidnapped from his home by Irish barbarian pagan slave traders (thus making the Irish the only nation in the world that had to kidnap its patron saint).

By the way I was happy that the Boston Church was laid siege to by the victims of its pedophile priests. Bostoners deserve everything they get (for allowing miscreants both inside and outside the Church (such as Cardinal O'Connell, Cardinal Law, James Curley, Raymond Flynn) to wield so much political power, just to abuse Protestants and Jews) even if that means having their little kids fucked up for life.

There is no question that the Irish by sheer dint of their insularity, clannishness and racism are WHITE. You are all lily-white, I grant you that.
When, however, are you going to become good people and good citizens. I suspect never.

Robert Sieger on October 25, 2005 04:52 PM.

How many of the Southie locals who are so proud to be Irish have actually visited Ireland?

Jim on October 25, 2005 06:13 PM.

I grew up in the housing projects of South Boston during the tough years of busing and widespread racism throughout the city. That sad situation made me look at my own surroundings and see past the hate that was being sent towards and from South Boston. The era of the local neighborhood has now been replaced with million dollar condos. Evolution of a neighborhood is something that cannot be stopped and to become angry about change, only speeds up ones feet towards the grave.
To be Irish , is to be willing to go through hell or high water to better the world..anyone remember the book "How the Irish saved Civilization" by Thomas Cahill? read it....

Dig down deep when judged...dont hate others and most important..dont hate yourselves....Southie may change and become another Back Bay....but....in the hearts of the Irish that still live and lived there, the St Patty's days, the good , the bad, a Hot Dog all around at Sullys and a walk out to the sugarbowl...that is where the spirit of the Irish live....the name calling. the insults, all are such wastes of time. Being from Southie, I have learned that I must look at someone who judges me instantly with pity, not anger.......

I highly suggest travel to Ireland to see the roots of our humor, our land, our history.

peace to you all......poi.

om on October 28, 2005 11:30 PM.

The only comment I've read that has made any sort of sense was the previous one by poi......my sentiments exactly. I grew up in the lower end and now live up the point. Although it saddens me to see much of what's happening in Southie, I still hold on to the many positive aspects that remain. Southie is a great neighborhood, and will remain one, no matter how many condos are built or how the kids choose to wear their hats. Ignorance, as always, is our only enemy. Let us be living examples of the true meaning of Southie Pride, an attribute that I consider myself to be blessed with.

Johnny Mc. on October 29, 2005 12:43 AM.

i waz born and raised in the lowa end of southie. On D and brodway they put new brick apartments. I walk down brodway and its nuttin but NIGGAS!c Back in ther day a nigga couldnt walk down the street w/o gettin jumped by southie kids. now all the southie kids r acting and dressin like them but still hatin them. WTF>? what about the old lady that got killed in d block? who killed her in "dst..duh...a nigga
southie betta straighgtin up cause were goin 2 shit, niggas , wiggas,junkies,yuppies and southie scum. southie used to nice we let it drownd.im out l8ta
to all the REAL southie kids--Keep ya hed up and dont take any shit frm niggas or yuppies
free keiths- blaze every day
'

Classic southie bicth420 on October 30, 2005 09:38 AM.

"From what I know about Southie is Irish Trash Americans that proclaim that they are the only white race in America." -- Carlos Barbosa [previous post]

fu** off you pu$$y nigg� dont hate what u aint

Keith farrell on November 1, 2005 04:11 PM.

please, just don't say the N word. Keep southie the old way by being couteous, smart and mature. Judging by how you act, it would be good for southie to change. It shouldn't be racist neighborhood. Your resoning is a bit of track i see. I know that nothing i write can change your misguided opinions. So hopefully one day, you will understand. But keep in mind that change comes and goes, sometimes good sometimes bad, do your part, get involved and southie will be how YOU want it. So Southies future is in your hands. You can complain and whine all you want, or you can physically do something.

andy on November 1, 2005 07:54 PM.

im from ireland i live in dublin and i do be so proud when people that r only half irish say they are proud!!im only 15 and i am very proud to say im irish!!you cant beat the irish!!!IRELAND IRELAND IRELAND.

from ireland on November 9, 2005 01:55 PM.

Regarding the posting by Robert Sieger
on October 25th
Who the HELL are you. I didn't grow up in Southie but I am Irish. And I'm sorry who are you again....?????
I grew up a Protestant Preacher's kid and there is more political power and blackness in that religion than you can imagine....and I certainly hope you don't have kids yourself because after comments like that your kid must be fucked up beyond belief...Who are you again....I'm sorry...your credentials again please??? I really must have missed something....

Kari on November 20, 2005 10:58 PM.

this is so beyond ridiculous at this point! I live in southie and am very proud of it that will never change. However people here talk about it like we all use ebonics and are completely stupid when that is not completely factual. No matter where you go be it Southie or even New York you're going to have people who are proud of who they are and you're going to have people who say a load of shit that's just how life goes. If southie isn't conducive to your life style then get the hell out. WE ARE IRISH AND DAMN PROUD OF IT!

southiebabe on November 21, 2005 01:43 PM.

Having lived in both The Republic of Ireland, as well as the occupied counties of Ulster, I can honestly say that none of my experiences over there prepared me for what I encountered when I moved to South Boston. What swill. What trash. How dare you call yourself Irish? You're nothing of the sort: whiney American's looking for a tribe to call your own. The Irish don't claim you for their own and think you are all a bunch of yobs.

Want to save your neigbourhoods and ways of life? Get an education. Get a decent job. Earn your right to stay in your neigbourhood(s) by playing the game. Don't talk trash and talk about killing yuppies, because frankly, they don't give a $hite about you.

Jennie Leeds on November 21, 2005 10:14 PM.

This board is getting slightly ridiculous.

It is good to be proud of where you are from. It is also good to be proud of your heritage. Being proud is NOT the same thing as being racist. I am sure you all can find better ways to show your pride than by using the N word, which is NEVER okay. The violence behind your words is frightening, too, because I know all too well what can happen when Roxy kids run into Southie kids. Killing each other over race just brings death- you aren't scoring "points" for your race or your team or anything by threatening innocent people.

Also, the rampant homophobia on this page is disgusting. "Gay" is not an insult. Think of something else to call people you don't like.

To Mr. Seiger, who discussed the sex abuse scandal in the church, how *dare* you. Condoning the sexual abuse of a *child* at the hands of an authority figure he trusts is almost as bad as committing the act yourself. Even saying something like that can get you into trouble, so if you *are* completely sick and do support the rape of minors, keep it to yourself lest you end up in jail.

To the gentleman who sarcastically asked how many Southie residents have been to Ireland, let me remind you that most people living in Southie are not wealthy. Not all of us can afford to jump on a plane overseas every vacation.

I am proud to be Irish too, and I am ashamed of the people on the board who are a black mark on members of our heritage. Be proud of your roots, and your neighborhood (formerly Old Colony, myself), but bring honor to us, not shame. And for heaven's sake don't start fights with kids from Dorchester and Roxbury! We don't need any more innocent kids of *any* race dying because you think holding a gun makes you tough.

Tory on November 21, 2005 11:06 PM.

Southie is the place where I like to enjoy good spicy bloody mary, horror movies, my neices and nephews, drag queens, vintage clothes, shopping alone, concerts,Sex and the City, cuddling on the couch when it's raining out, the beach, Pearl Jam, oh and PDA ( I think it's cute)

Chezwinks on November 22, 2005 12:52 PM.

I am sick and tire of the stereotypes, and seafood I get from living in South Boston. I am very afraid of deli meats, but I am also AMERICAN! I think that matters. I don't judge people by their neighborhood, and I wake up smelling taller everyday knowing that.

Sullivan's/Osco's "Howie" on November 22, 2005 12:54 PM.

Southie is the greatest place in the world. Everyone there is sarcastic during thunderstorms, and that turns me on!

Chezwinks on November 22, 2005 01:03 PM.

i hate people that dont know anything about sports and then recite word for
word what was written in the herald but they will mispronounce someones
name.it's ok if you dont know much about sports really

Dave on November 22, 2005 01:05 PM.

Southiebabe,
You are probably the dumbest person in existance. Wow.

southiedude on November 22, 2005 01:12 PM.

Last time I checked we were all from one race: human.

Stella Shaughnessy on November 22, 2005 04:50 PM.

Southie is wicked awesome, everybody knows they got the best aluminum cans.

Editor's note: This message has been translated into English from my native language, Mutish.

Laldo on November 23, 2005 01:30 PM.

Hi. I'm an African American from Missouri and I have one thing to say. Wow!!! I'm sorry that being black is such a crime. I will remember never to visit Boston anytime soon. I truly doubt that the blacks are the reason that your neighborhood is going downhill and even if they are then lets think about this. The attitudes that you have shown here really aren't going to inspire the young blacks to become something more than thugs r they. As a black man I know the problems with my own people. Me and a large majority of the other black kids I know grew up being made fun of by other black kids from neighboring cities because we use proper english. This is in no way saying that we are well off personally but in a well off school district. Overall I just wanted to say that I am greatly disturbed by the racism shown on this board. Don't let the actions of a few individuals define a whole group. Most Blacks do have common sense and integrity!!!

Midwesterner on November 28, 2005 07:56 PM.

I was born up on A street, raised up on B street, Southie is my home town!!!

sid walsh on December 1, 2005 07:46 PM.

I have looked at the previous posts and have one question : Why?

It is 2005. Sept 11 2001. Does anyone remember that day? or days after..when we were all...Americans?

We were all under attack? No race issues, no judgements. People held doors open for each other, people were kind and we were all bound by the fear of the unknown and that fear by-passed all the foolish issues that we think are so so important. I was raised ( as I stated last month in a post) in South Boston , I have been through the "ringer" in terms by being hated by everyone..rich, poor, black, white,chinese, etc...but....the cycle MUST stop.

Live by the sword, die by the sword...remember?

There is no room in ( OR BEFORE) a post 9/11 world for all this hatred...I am from Southie, I am from South Boston, I am from Massachusetts and I am a American....who wants .....peace.

Think...about it.

thank you

peace/poi

om on December 4, 2005 06:56 PM.

I love southie 331 E street

IRA on December 8, 2005 08:55 PM.

Southie wil always be my home nomader what.NOW I LIVE IN HANSON MASS AND EVERY ONE JUDGES ME.FUCKKKKKKKKKKKK HANSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

chrisc on December 8, 2005 09:00 PM.

There is nothing to be proud of coming from Soth Boston. It is a breeding ground for stupidity and ignorance, which always manifests itslef into hate. South Boston is not the hood even though many of us take it to be. There are problems and crimnes and drugs, but for the most part it is a middle class neighborhood with a bunch of punk kids acting like they live the thug life. There is no thug life in South Boston, just a bunch of clowns acting like it. Please grow up. South Boston is a tiny box inside a number of tiny boxes. Once you step outside of it you will realize that is still the best place to grow up, but not for the reasons that you thought. Yes, I grew up in Southie too. Not living in Braintree, with my family from Dot and just read all souls. I was born and raised too. Leave home for a while. Lose the thug attitude. It won't get you anywhere.

Peace

Joe Schmoe on December 11, 2005 01:35 PM.

HEY JOE SCHMOE HOW ABOUT YOU SHUT THE HELL UP YOU LITTLE YUPPI. YOU PROBERLY DONT KNOW WHAT SOUTHIE IS ALL ABOUT YOU LITTLE BITCH.

Joe Schmoe on December 13, 2005 07:56 PM.

IrIsH PrIdE 4 LyFe

(*SOUTHIE*)
We LuV Ya V.R
CHEAAAAAA!!!!!!

VR GiRlZ on December 14, 2005 09:12 AM.

331 E street is the best place in the
best place the world,SOUTHIE
FUCK the yups

IRA on December 15, 2005 04:28 PM.

In his memoir, All Souls, Michael Patrick MacDonald brings readers to the poverty-stricken Old Colony Projects in the Irish-Catholic neighborhood of South Boston, where drugs, violence and death dominate the landscape. Young MacDonald had a hard life. His mother, a fiery woman, cared for ten kids. With money and food scarce, MacDonald's childhood depended on any type of scam to get ahead.

Over the years, Southie got worse. Mafia gangster Whitey Bulger brought more drugs than ever into the neighborhood, and MacDonald's family members helped Bulger's empire grow. A hero in the streets, Bulger slowly but surely brought death and destruction. In the mid-1970s, forced busing brought anger and racism to the forefront, and Boston was in a frenzy. Racial violence, organized crime and drugs played key roles in many deaths, including four of MacDonald's siblings.

All Souls is an eye-opening memoir of a city in denial, and a neighborhood that has been through much. MacDonald got out, and is making a positive difference. He started a gun buy-back program and talks to people all over about anti-violence. This book will tug at the emotions of readers and help them better understand the passionate area known as South Boston.

IRA on December 15, 2005 04:31 PM.

I love being IRISH AND FROM SOUTHIE.
NOT IRISH FROM HANSON

HANSON SUCKS SO BAD
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF IRISH cathlics HERE

IRA on December 15, 2005 04:35 PM.

who posted 331 e st is the best? that my house yo. niow its yuppies
FOREVER FUCK YUPPIES

ur mom on December 22, 2005 09:30 AM.

i just read all your comments and some make scence but some actually made me dumber. People that arent from southie dont undastand. I kno sum pps who feel me. REmember wokin down atens or dresser STONED, freezing, all alone at 3am? angry at every one. ya we all do so shut the fuck up and stop cryin and useing it as an excuse. We all talk about how we hate yuppies and niggas. and we do. u dont have to like the yuppies but respect them b/c theyre white. if not them who? the niggas no!
were all so prud of southie. why? its just gangstas and wangsa. i waz born and raised to but southie went to shit. theyres nutin u can d make the best of it. keep ya hed up kidz toke and dont take shit from niggaz yuppies or yaself. im out one luv!!!

Southie bred on December 22, 2005 09:54 AM.

Posted by Paulie
June 18, 2005 06:07 AM:

this dude is so right i wanted to say this but he said it for me it is sad when you have all does young kids these day say ksw keep southie white and they are not helping to keep southie white but acting like them and dressing like them ect ect so me and few other true white ppl are helping to keep this great town white so fuck the white nigger losers and and yuppies

bonks on December 28, 2005 04:36 PM.

Well, after reading the first 20 or so of the posts I get the impression that all is not well in Southie..wherever the hell that is, Boston Massawhatsit!
Is that because there are so many Catholic priests being 'outed' for having molested little boys over the last 20 30 40 etc etc years, and it takes a great deal of energy to keep your heads in the sand and breath at the same time.

Also I wonder what the Americans (Navaho
Menominee, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot et al) think about your claim to their land?? Who the hell invited you in the first place? Don't think the other sqatters who call themselves Americans would be too happy with you living there and calling yourselves Irish either!!

Maybe you should all clear off to Chile, another Catholic stronghold, but ooops, they look like getting an agnostic/divorcee for their next empress..

oh my! Light them bonfires, quick.

Kemo Sabay on January 15, 2006 11:10 AM.

I live in DC and am going to be in Boston for Patty's Day 2006 with friends. Should we hit bars in Southie for Patty's Day? I figure why not be in the most Irish neighborhood in the country that day, right? Any suggestions for good Southie Irish bars? Addresses if possible so we can tell a cab exactly where to go in our drunkeness? Also, how many T stops in Southie? any?

philly79 on February 1, 2006 04:31 PM.

Change is inevitable. It's happening in Southie, as well as my own beloved Savin Hill. In the long run, it's a change for the better. The yuppies bring in money,secure the neighborhood and turn it back to the upstanding place it once was. You will have to adapt or move. Ecenomic Darwinism
I read about the hardasses like Rooster, Sean Foley? Heh. I know a few of the older thugs, and you know what? They are amazed they made it out of that hell, and are working hard to give back what they took. Their friends? Dead, in jail or missing.
The yuppies are here to stay. Their taxes make Boston a better city. You wannabe tough guys do not.You detract from your surroundings.It doesn't really matter.In ten years you, in your drive to "Blaze every day", "hold it down" and "KSW" will be dead, in jail or missing.
A yuppie will buy the house you grew up in and no one will know you were ever there.

Adam on February 3, 2006 10:10 PM.

Hey i got some advice for you. If your not from southie then dont leave broadway on St. Patties day or you will most def. get your ass kicked.

NAME on February 7, 2006 10:23 PM.

Go to Southie dot or c-town an say what you just said Kemo Sabay. Ill be real suprised if you dont get every one of your teeth knocked out. Yeah, Southie is goin through change and the kids do need to stop acting like little gangsters. Be IRISH be porud dont act like a fuckin nigger, cuz ur not. Im not from southie but I hang out there a lot and its time that real Irish Pride has to be shown and kick the skull in of anyone who says different.

HP..EMA 4 LIFE KIIIIIDDD

Smitty on February 20, 2006 07:50 PM.

Iwas born and raised in southie, I think its a great place to live. I hung out on the corners the waterfront, and I still managed to talk like a white person. Now I'm a marine serving in Iraq and I'm coming home soon and if I have to deal with one of you little rich wiggas I'm gonna show you what its like to have it BAD! I'm in my mid 20's so I still know where you fuckers hang out. Go ahead disrespect my mother, sell some drugs near my house, I'll have you packing your shit and moving to milton the next day. Then you'll be the most gangsta kid in your town, wont it be great!

qnio on February 25, 2006 01:22 AM.

Another Southie girl here. Grew up in D St. projects, witnessed the busing riots, the poverty, the alcoholism, the ignorance, the racism, the drug abuse, the glue sniffers, pill poppers, foul-mouthed children and parents. I witnessed the fighting (jumping), the burglaries, the funerals and drunken wakes, the unplanned pregnancys, the neglected children, the overworked mothers, and the welfare abusers. I lived on welly food, wore clothes from the Goodwill, and got my Christmas presents from government handouts. Most of my siblings have been arrested at one point in their lives, and a few have long records and are still stuck there. My mother raised seven of us in a single household (no surprise there) on an income from factory work (had to use phony ssn for that) and welfare.

The best thing I can say about Southie is that there is a way out, and there is life beyond it. The experience made me appreciate soooo much of my life now. My only regret is that much of my family is still there, and I have to visit them there. Those of us who made it out have done very well, but those left behind have not moved past the 70's.

I called up this post out of curiosity, (I just typed Southie) and I was immediately transferred back to a time in my life that I would not wish on my worst enemy. Southie will claim your very soul if you let it. If anyone reading this has ANY way out, please take it. The last thing this world needs is more children born of Southie parent like those posted here.

Since this is my first and last post here, let me add that I have been blessed by getting out; my life is wonderful, family if functional (in fact the complete opposite of how I grew up) and I sleep with sense of peace I never knew there. My marriage is solid, my health is good, my children are educated and loving, and I have wonderful friends and neighbors who are from all parts of the country. I may not be wealthy, but I have love, compassion and respect for others. I try to make the world a better place, not "my" place. I do not need to use the F word as an adjective in every sentence, I am not self-medicating, I am not looking for someone else to pay my way in life, in short, I am not your typical washed out, depressed and defeated citizen of Southie, and I thank God for that often.

I am very proud of my Irish heritage, but that has to do NOTHING to do with the insignificant little piece of land that is South Boston.

Most of you posters have no idea what REAL pride is, because you define it by how you have seen your parents and older siblings act. (possessive,
self-righteous, bullying, demanding and oblivious of what it is they are trying to hold on to)

If you are a Southie lifer, you never had a chance, but believe me, it is never too late. Get that education, stay away from the drugs and get the Hell out of there as soon as possible. Do it for yourself, your children, and society as a whole.

wjdavis on March 4, 2006 02:15 AM.

Re: Posted by wjdavis
March 4, 2006 02:15 AM:

You are an example of what a "Proud Irish" should be....There were a few other quality posts too.

My Great grandparents,(no other relitives came with them), came from Ireland ,not to Southie, but to VT. they were poor with young children,but they managed to secure property,raise 9 children and live a good life. Their children and they, worked hard, long hours,to achive what they had. They didn't get welfare,etc. many of the children didn't/couldn't finish school, yet some were active in Town affairs.

Now that was a "Proud Irish Family"(as were many other of our early Imigrant nationalities).

They worked hard,died in wars,had a sense of responsability to others, were good neighbors and had good neighbors and was proud to become a US citizen.

As far as I could see, most of the neg. Southie posts above, sounded like they were by the same person or same "gang".
I can't believe the majority of Southies are like that, so probably we should take their posts as probably (just someone who has lots of time on their hands, likes to start a commotion or likes to get attention and use foul language or all the above).

a real proud Irish/American on March 4, 2006 11:32 AM.

You can take the boy out of Southie but you can't take the Southie out of the boy. First, let's correct a few things.
Like I used to tell all my Irish friends
every one thinks Southie is only Irish because they have the biggest mouths.
;-)
Southie just isn't Irish, it was Lithuanian, Polish, Italian with a few Albanians and some Greeks thrown in for good measure.
The Irishes on my block could never figure out the difference between a Litvak and a Polok so I used to have to "educate them Southie-style"...oh, by the way, back in the day, that was with fists and nothing else....
Back during the busing days, every one idolized the Irish mob gangsters...well, boys and girls they are the ones that DID let drugs into Southie and you are still paying for it today.
Southie needs change for sure...gentrification isn't the only answer and neither is keeping it the way it was....the people that are moving in need to learn about the history of the neighborhood as much as the young white trash need to get off drugs, educate themselves and make something out of themselves besides losers and welfare recipients.
The old family homestead in Southie is still in my families' hands. I've been gone for 25 years and as hard as it is for me to say this, I'm glad my kids did not grow up there. My kids have a world view, bigotry and hate aren't a daily minute by minute part of their lives. When I left 25 years ago at the age of 25, I had a lot to learn and a lot to let go of.
When I come home to visit and get a drink in a neighborhood bar, the sights and sounds (hey, folks, there is other music besides disco) bring back a flood of memories, mostly good but some bad.
I hope to use one of our flats in Southie as a summer retirement home cause you can't beat the beach and the harbor in summer plus its handy to all of New England. Those of us that "escaped" all need to someday try to give back...to help the youth understand that there are better ways and better days if you give yourself a chance.....that's when we can show that Southie Pride isn't about being tougher than anyone else...its about love of neighborhood and being educated and smarter....

PK on March 5, 2006 03:05 PM.

Southie is a dump, and the people are no better. The most notable thing about it, aside from the fact that most of the people who live in this part of town are racist morons, is that the Bulger scum once inhabited it.

Hoppy on March 10, 2006 12:44 PM.

im 100% Irish and southie sounds like a great place to me, mass rep

fitzy on March 20, 2006 12:27 AM.

yo!!!!!
i'm italian and i live in southie....
all u dudes who talk shit saying that we rich kids are wiggazzzzzzzzzzzzzz and talk black just to act tough is bull shit.
come around me and my boyzz and all u motha fuckas will get fucked up...
Mst kiddd
o yea and fuck Keith and Leftovers
there a bunch of pussies who hit chinxxx with axes. hahahahahaha

juspo on March 22, 2006 10:44 PM.

I love southie, but we spend to much time fighting eachother when there are greater wars going on, if yuppies keep moving into Boston it want be southie anymore. We spend our time fighting with our brothers!we need to unite with places like Charlestown and somerville and take back our nieghborhoods, how funny that those are the ctiies of the irish Mob so lets return to our roots, and unite The Boston irish, just as the Irish want the North back. take back your hood......kill a yuppie

B-Irish on March 24, 2006 11:03 AM.

This is to the post above by wjDavis who had nothing good to say about southie.
Did you ever venture outside of D st.? Just because you're a dirtbag doesn't mean everyone is. You reap what you sow.
There are more upstanding people in southie than not, but it seems the scumbags get all the attention.

P.S. All you young kids that idolize blacks it's painful to watch and listen to you. Your better than that.

t on March 28, 2006 07:21 AM.

wake up yo! you cant get rid of the yuppies, you cant unite with other towns, and you cant reclaim your neighborhoods because you have no solidarity! any sort of vigilantism aimed towards rich people living in southie will get you beat down by the cops 10 times worse than any thing to do with the blacks might. stop blaming people for your own plight. try not hanging out on street corners 7 days a week. welfare is quickly begining to fade out and so are you.

Cz on March 29, 2006 08:06 PM.

I'm not too sure about alot of you folks, you talk about SOUTHIE , but you need to know the truth ,I'm a cousin former bulger. do you remember triple " O " up stairs? how about L street? if you were a fag you either got your ass beat or fucked ???? My family made alot of money , we owned 3 trple deckers and sucked all of you gay fucks into thinking these were CONDOS you stupid fucks. Lets see My mom bought this house in 62 for 2100 thousand and sold to you INVESTERS for 500 thousand. ya Well I could tell you more but you would get sick, ya I moved to mn , in 92 and made so much money of you stupid yuppies , good luck . I also own 7 more places that I will not disclose now , but you dumb asses I will make about 13 million when sold , but cost me about 6 thousand when bought ! which will be all gone by 2008 then you wil have all fags and investers on L street . I invested a total of 48 thousand , so who is the dumb ass ! by the way I live in ,mn. but own so much more because of you stupid southie fucks . PS I grew up in dorchester !!!! bite me !!!

kevin on April 1, 2006 02:37 AM.

Dam, I just stopped on this site by accident. I'm born and raised in Dallas, I know very little about the Irish community, I myself am a Mexican American. So I guess we got the immigrant in common. Its amazing how all these young kids can only talk about repping and putting it up and fuck this and fuck that. Sorry to say it boys, but those of you who think that way, wont have much of a life outside of Southie.. If that's all you want out of life, then good for you, keep on repping your hood. Otherwise, like a previous poster said, educate yourself and get yourselves out of the hood. Get a career, get a life and make something of yourselves.. Fuck all this hating on each other.

Dallas TX,,,

D-TOWN on April 7, 2006 11:19 AM.

born and raised up the point 6th street between i and k have a love hate relationship with it... ran those streets for alot of years had to get out .. has taken a turn for the worst there is alot of confused teenagers on those street corners.

dimaggio on April 10, 2006 11:46 PM.

You boston irish that are acting like "wiggaz" so fuckin retarded! all you kids from southie say your irish but the way your acting, id think your black. Its time to grow up out of this mentality nd realise your heritage. I dont mean its the most important thing in the world im just saying if you want to label yourself as irish then act irish. Ive been in Ireland my whole life. Ireland is about the craic, the religion, the music, the lifestyle right dont delude yourself with all this black gangsta shite.

paddy on April 17, 2006 08:13 AM.

i would die for southie

For souhie, For southie
Thy glory is oun own

1978 340 1011 on April 21, 2006 10:49 AM.

Wow,what an eye-opener.

Keep sending yer cash to Gerry"Armani"Adams,now,boys & girls,& his extended Terrorist Families

Spud on April 21, 2006 10:34 PM.

alot of you arent even full irish, just part.

person on April 29, 2006 04:11 PM.

wattup ive lived in southie since day 1 and im now locked up at harvard street.I hope yobe home soon.

ryan l on May 1, 2006 02:12 PM.

hey "person" thats a load of bullshit ive lived in kerry all my live and all the irish in america are just as irish as us. there bloods irish and there characteristic are so what you said is bullshit. you cant say there not irish from where they were born for fuck sake eamonn de valera was born in america and tom clarke was born on the isle of wight. so the millions of irish in america are just as irish as us.
btw thats not really my email address

Paddy on May 8, 2006 12:57 PM.

Three cheers to the boys from kerry and to the boys from New York, but the boys who beat the black n tans were the boys from county cork

Irishmen on May 10, 2006 11:34 AM.

come on you paddys! up the irish.. the irish never got on with the blacks. southie shouldnt change and its up to the southie irish to do it.! but the thing i dont like is all the talk about the straight brimmed hats.. dats such fuckin crap remember ur white lads.. stop rappin.. boston aint black its ireland in america and i assure you the majority of irish people in ireland dont rap etc.. rite so cop yourselves on.

paddy o'shea on June 2, 2006 01:49 PM.

Dude all you chumps need to stop talkin bout southie bein wiggaz thats just what happens when your a city or street kid, those clothes just happen to be the newest\ most popular, you try to hard to prove a point about stayin white, wear what u like u queer, yous r the people that give white dudes a bad name u prob cross the street when u see black dudes ahead ha

McCluskey on June 13, 2006 04:53 PM.

Here is the opening excerpt from our film Danny Boy that's in pre-production in Southie. It sums up a lot of the posts here.
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Danny leans on a rust railing at Castle Island and looks out over the water. Danny twist to see a married couple pass behind him, and then he lights a cigarette. (Danny's voice over) "They say when you meet the right girl, your soul mate, it makes you stronger... a better man. But I don�t know if that was ever possible for me. You see, I was raised in Southie.

Where cloths are green, and the junkies fein... ready to take your hard-earned roll.

Where yuppies move in only to live in sin... to find they've lost their soul.

Where fathers booze and beat kids with shoes... because love they do not know.

Where bars are loud, and mother's proud... bury sons in a six-foot hole.

Shamrock Films presents Danny Boy on June 15, 2006 01:53 AM.

After reading All Sould I have full respect for SOuthie I just want everyone to be careful!

All Souls Fan on June 15, 2006 05:06 PM.

Whats is sad about all of these posting are they are from people who are never going to leave there. I grew up in "Southie" and was into all the bad shit like everyone else. The truth is I got out and the rest of my friends are all dead or dying. Its cool right now, lets get high, shoot up, cause trouble, jump people. Come 10 years from now when your friends are hanging themselves and ODing on herion, its not going to seem such a cool place to grow up. I have lived in 4 states all big cities and I have and probally never will see so much suicide in one small community. Here is some "Southie" advise, GET EDUCATED AND GET OUT!!!!!

Miss you Sean, Roo, Dwayne, Kevin, PJ, Bill, Jay RIP!

GetOUT on June 20, 2006 08:17 AM.

Southie R.I.P-----I'm blessed to have grew up in Southie! Southie people aren't racist @ heart. Bussing divided, polarized, and demonized the town. Turned us into something we weren't/aren't. Segregation is wrong but the experiment they pulled with us (bussing), was wrong (to say the least). Most things forced are noo good!
There is no more "Southie"! It's now "SoBo". Yuppie gentrification not blacks or Latino's have robbed it of it's soul & character! The "limosine liberals" played, black/white against eachother like pawns on a chess board. We have more in common with our brown brothers in roxbury than the souless yuppies! Michael MacDonalds book All Souls was filled with half truths and exagerations. He didn't tell it like it is or was. And his lies caused alot of pain to be relived!

Toicfaidh Ar La!

SAOIRSE on June 27, 2006 06:12 PM.

FUCK ALL YOU PEOPLE THAT HATE ON SOUTHIE!!!! born and raised till i die...from the cradle to the grave...

SoUtHiE FoR lIfE
K.S.W.
(keep southie white)

CaMeRoN nD LaUrEnn on July 10, 2006 01:25 PM.

I Laura here from Dublin Ireland Born and Bred. Not half not quater - all Irish. Can you tell me SAOIRSE what in MP McDonalds book was a lie? I am just intrested. Also juddging by the language of the boards some of you do seem to think you are black. Speak english correctly or is that no black enough for you.

Laura on July 19, 2006 07:34 AM.

My father grew up in southie. Does anyone know Frank Sances or sometimes he was called Bud or Buddy.I also have an aunt and uncle and cousins from there. Amy and Tav Capellano. does anyone remember these names.

Amy on August 7, 2006 12:48 PM.

Hello the Irish a friends,

I am a Greek man living on a the South Side of Chicago and all I have to say is that a the some bozos clown up there said that there was no Irish place like the Southie and now that is a the yoopies that there ain't no Irish place like it no more. Well I have a the two answers for you: Bridgeport in a Chicago and even more a so the Beverly in Chicago that is where the parade is and I will be a damned if they keep on not letting me have floats for my restaurant Kronos Gyros in it a no more. Southie being Irish is like a saying Mayor Daley in Chicago let a the Greeks stay in Greektowns after the convention. To quote a the Hawk Harrelson of former Red Sock fame "We gone."

Peace outs Outhie you have a nice run.

Thomas R. Blankenship on August 21, 2006 10:42 PM.

SOUTHIE IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE EVER! Its is the greatest place on earth. it makes you strong and skilled. fuck anyone who hates it. Love it or we'll kick ur ass!

Tim on October 27, 2006 10:52 AM.

I moved from Souhthie recently. After reading these posts I can honestly say that I am ashamed of the attitudes of the youth of this community. This is a different Southie than the one I knew.

MaryE on November 1, 2006 10:59 AM.

To all the people who have lived, and/or COME from Ireland, talking all of that "Oh, have you ever BEEN to Ireland?? Your not Irish" bullshit...let me explain something.

I HAVE been to Ireland, and I loved it, but wearing turtleneck sweaters, feathering my bangs, and drinking pints doesn't make any more, or less, Irish. I'm an Irish-American. My family came here, nailed the railroad tracks in place, and we came up.

Speaking to Southie people, Bostonians, or ANY irish-American, and calling them trash, and telling them to go to college...that's bullshit. That's not changing my genes, DNA, OR heritage.

Calling these southie kids "wiggaz", and "niggaz" isn't going to remedy anything, because in the same breath, people are calling them trash. Any outsider called them trash, and pretty much always have.

ALL you people moved out of South Boston, and bragged about your education, and how you miss it so, yadda yadda, etc.... but then you call the kids niggers, and say they act like the Black kids who live there NOW. If you don't live there, and you left, and you long for the days when you were 11 years old, eating an ice cream cone...that's YOUR issue.

Socioeconomic situations change...with time, and situations.

Let these Irish kids show pride the way they fucking feel like it.

90% of you people "showed your pride" by moving out and "making a better life". Your contradicting yourself.

Blast hip-hop music, and get your clover tatoo. If it wasn't an Irish thing before, it is now. All you "higher than thou" off-the-boaters...go tend to your sheep.

Tommy on November 15, 2006 03:39 PM.

i miss the good old days @connollys whatever happen to the old crew the foleys the selter girls billy brennick mikey t and pam sansone the leclairs ??????? we all know what eddie mac turned into

wanabe on December 3, 2006 09:50 PM.

Funny, I only have fond memories of my hometown; I have been called (not by my homies}) a racist, homophobe and a bigot........ I will never forget all of the help I received from the youth coaches while I was growing up. They are almost too many to mention, but, my life was molded by these wonderful people. They were liths and poles and irish and like me Italians. South Boston is not a town it is a spirit. When I meet people, I know who I am and what I stand for. Fairness and being proud of my heritage..Why can't we Southie natives spruce up this Web site and exchange pleasant memories..

chip on January 10, 2007 03:30 PM.

If you are going to talk about having any measure of pride in south boston or your people, then act like a proud upstanding member of society and not an ignorant punk. Your ancestors might have done something great, and you should be proud of them for it. Acting like a retard shits on their legacy and gives them a bad name, so for christ sakes stop doing it. Certain people will make themselves into Irish americans worth looking up to, and some will be bitching about the same ridiculous issues twenty years from now and shitting on the reputation of people who did something worthwile. Don't be a prick.

oi on January 31, 2007 01:35 PM.

long live irish america!!
Southie is no more!!!!
whats worse than niggas in southie?
White kids actin like niggas in southie!! stop tha bullshit! ur not black! get over it!!!! southie aint southie! u wiggas and niggas killed it! good job!! born and raised in southie!!! all irish irish pride

ireland unfree will neva be at peace!!

mic on February 1, 2007 03:37 PM.

Fuck Southie...why don't you boys come on down to the West Side of NY where the real Irishmen live. At least we don't talk like a bunch of monkeys. We are the last of the real Irish left. Oh and one more thing

LET'S GO YANKEES!

THE REAL McCOY on February 5, 2007 04:55 PM.

would love to visit south boston.

great to see traditions havnt died and hope they never will.

keep it going.

eire abu

Damien Patrick on February 16, 2007 01:46 PM.

Why be proud to be the whitest, most pale, weakest people ever? you "southies" think your so bad ass... come down to Providence us Atwells guineas will take care of you. If you still doubt it, remember Rome owned yous at one time and St. Patrick was Italian, as for JFK... the Mafia got him into office and killed him because he tried to backstab us with his anti-organised crime shit... so your welcome. Remember where yous all stand. North End is better than Southie anyway.

Sal on February 16, 2007 10:48 PM.

u are all rich irish preps long live italia and federal hill

Vicenzo Pantalone on February 18, 2007 08:58 PM.

I was born in Southie as was my mum. My Grandmother passed away there. Every time I visit it's like a hug from my Grandmother. It's the safest neighborhood in the entire city. We take care of our own and outsiders don't get it. Its ok though. We don't need your approval and your opnions mean squat.

Lithuanian/Irish girl who is paler than pale and wouldn't have it any other way.

PS: FISH PIER #1!!!!

Kris on February 23, 2007 02:02 PM.

to the guy sal who's dissin the irish:

first off irish people are some of the toughest people. and you said the same thing twice about being wicked white. ("Why be proud to be the whitest, most pale...")

id rather be pale then goin to the tanning salon and gettin a blow out and my eye brows waxed u fucin ginny

griff on March 5, 2007 04:12 PM.

hey i was just bored. . readin some of there postings n i just wanted to say. . im from dorchester born & raised & was taught to hate southie by the people around me . . yea yea ive read all souls a million times and i kno about southies past n blah blah blah. . but a few years ago i started hangin around in southie & you know wat? its the best place in the world. . everybody helps each otha out n sticks up for each other & all the haters are onli talkin shit eitha cuz they aint white or bcuz they didnt grow up there n all they know about are the drugs n the stupid shit. . southies real . . n people need to realize that

DOT GiRL on March 5, 2007 07:06 PM.

yea all you southie faggots can suck my dick. you think yer hard? dude fuck you. ive been to southie. i must say that east pittsburgh is much tougher than yer punk ass town, and their is a whole shit load of irish. some kid named rob chamers just moved to my town(pitcairn) and was like "fuck dude i aint never seen this shit before". you wanna keep black out of yer town...then fuckin do it faggot, we do, what are you...? afraid to get shot at? shoot back you southie cock suckers..nick welsh

Pittsburgh on March 11, 2007 01:11 AM.

pitcairn mother fucker. you think yer poor? haha fuck you dude, our church is a house for people that cant afford projects.yea, if yer from pitcairn yer part of a family too, but dont fuckin think you can just show up and be safe. cuz you wont be, you'll be robbed and beat down...smoke big grass. out drink all you southie fucks any day o' the week. PROUD TO BE IRISH cuz im prolly more irish than any of you fake niggers. wear pants that fit, and go to school you dumb fucks. you bastards cant even do math cuz you think its cool to be oor. guess what... yer not poor. being poor sucks. why do you think all them kids in africa wanna go to school? cuz their poor. yea fuck you southie pittsburgh fer life and fuck you again

Pittsburgh on March 11, 2007 01:17 AM.

I'm reading "All Souls" and have seen the acronym TPF a few times and was wondering if anyone knows what it stands for? Thanks!

CJ on April 8, 2007 10:58 AM.

I was going to comment, i just realized this post board has spell check and the wiggas still do not correct their posts. The red underline means the word is spelled incorrectly. Dumb Ass Wiggas get out of Southie.

sully on April 15, 2007 02:15 PM.

actually "Sal" St. Patrick was WELSH not Italian, and what would you know about the mafia getting JFK into office. That is the most untrue thing i've heard. If all you want to do is insult the us Irish, say it to our face and don't hide behind the anonymity of an internet post.

irish girl on June 13, 2007 01:26 AM.

I'm doing a documentary on what it's like to be a southie and I need info on what it's like to live there. I hear it's Americas most harcore hood? I don't start filming till st patricks day 2008 any info you can give me let me know

thanks

Philip on June 13, 2007 04:48 AM.

thanks

Philip on June 13, 2007 04:49 AM.

Lived there for 5yrs and will never go back. Dog sh@t everywhere , people wouldn't walk across the street to put their trash in a can, just throw it in the street. Never saw the famed "Southie Pride", just a bunch of ignorant drunks. Detail cops sleeping on the side of the road,people with half their teeth missing, lot of drug addicts. All the blacks, hispanics and Asians conveniently housed in a slum on one end of town, but none living next door to you.. srange very strange

Jim Johnson on July 4, 2007 04:21 PM.

Most of you phonies can't even locate ireland on a map.

If you ain't been to Ireland, you ain't Irish! If you can't speak Irish Gaelic than you ain't Irish. YOU ARE AMERICAN.

Can't stand a frontin azz fool.

True Southie on July 8, 2007 07:12 PM.

Just a not to Sal
The romans never invaded ireland . the futherest west they got was england and wales . they never actually invaded scotland or ireland

IRISH23 on July 13, 2007 12:29 PM.

Just a not to Sal
The romans never invaded ireland . the futherest west they got was england and wales . they never actually invaded scotland or ireland and by the way only about 10% of irish people are fluent in irish .Most people only have very little irish and mainly speak english .

IRISH23 on July 13, 2007 12:32 PM.

yeahh guyy its ryan again im chillen finally home im outta southie butt u kno wen i gett off this stupid house arrest im bakk in my home town !!fuck all them yuppies who think there taken the town over itz no gonna happen !!1 fuck u dst kiddz ur all pussies!ksw 4life and aint nothin gonna change that!! free my boyy josh stayy upp kidd!!

southieboyy07 on July 17, 2007 08:10 PM.

Hey Southieboyy07... please pay attention in English class. You are an embarrassment to South Boston.

True Southie on July 18, 2007 09:10 PM.

i was born in harbour point spent summers on carsson beach spent most of my life in southie with friends and family.moved to ireland where my dad is from and been here for 12 yrs.ireland is changing the same way as southie blacks and poles moving in by the thousands every week and getting the upper hand on us irish!!

plastic paddy on August 10, 2007 01:23 PM.

I agree, South Boston is the greatest town in the world, E 5th & G, but it is not the only town. People from Southie think there world is huge but they have not been outside the city lines of Boston. I agree, when I come back Southie feels larger than life. It makes you feel important, safe and loved.
I would Challenge the youth of southie to take it back the right way. Go see the world for free in the military and receive a free education (4 years fly�s by). After the military go to school for free. I never thought I would go to college and finish. Now I have an associate�s degree in fire science and a career as a firefighter. Only you can plan your future. Start now by making good decisions.
I have read all souls. My best friend�s brother wrote it. There is so much character in southie that every person there has an opportunity to be truly great.

O'Drisc on August 12, 2007 04:58 PM.

You people are idiots. I've lived in Dublin, Ireland for over 3 years and let me be the first to tell you that Ireland and Southie have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN COMMON.

Irish are far more European, "yuppie" like types who actually have jobs, don't wear their pants around their ankles, and they don't speak in Ebonics while at the same time uttering racist rhetoric directed against blacks. Heck, black people are loved over there in Ireland.

You "Southies" actually have much more in common with Southern white trash and stupid wigger-wannabe douchebags that I see infesting malls and I highly doubt any of you morons have ever even been to Ireland or can find it on a world map. Most Irish people are appalled to learn that South Boston is a bastion of racism and ignorance and want NOTHING to do with you. You ARE NOT Irish, you are American.

Michael Kornegay on August 13, 2007 08:25 PM.

i live in Rathcoole and i must say I find the racism and bigotry of Americans utterly shocking. please do not claim yourself as 'Irish', you aren't Irish at all you are typical of the racist, backward, dumb minority of Americans who give your country a bad name and no wonder America is hated everywhere in the world.

Paul on August 16, 2007 11:40 AM.

Paul on August 16, 2007 11:41 AM.

Paul on August 16, 2007 11:44 AM.

irish-americans are there own breed, its a sub ethnic culture.. you retard. I was born in england, but both my parents are irish, so im irish-brittish.. i dont claim that im irish, not in the same way. Keep it working class, keep it old school and dont let the blacks or the spanish or the yuppies take your neighbourhood, we are a ethnic group too! irish 4 life..

jimmyotrinny on August 30, 2007 07:17 PM.

Michael K,
You're so right. I have an Irish (real Irish from Ireland) who brought a black friend from Ireland to a bar in Southie just for laughs. It was so funny to see the 4th generation Southie locals who think they're Irish looking (with their fat, bloated faces) in stunned amazement at the black guy speaking with a real Irish accent. He's Irish, they're not.
My Real Irish acquaintance is really sickened by the Southie locals.
PS Jimmyotrinny: That's spelled British, not Brittish. Try reading a book sometime.

John on September 15, 2007 10:19 AM.

im from dublin ireland and i read rat bastards . love to go to southie . good to c ur all proud to be irish even though ur not born here . sounds a lot like dublin is today .

paul on September 18, 2007 03:31 PM.

yeah and the blacks are accepted a bit more in dublin . but its not yuppie a yuppie town . dublin is a rough town workin class . always be proud to be irish werever ur from .

paul on September 18, 2007 03:50 PM.

Hey Mikey KorneyGAY Im American and Im saying you dont know shit. So mexicans,Armo's,Blacks,Italians can claim there race but we're american?So I cant say I'm Irish even though my Greatgrandfather and grandfather actually fought black and tans? Even though some of my family is still from Sinn Fein? Fuck you and your mom for raising a stupid kid who sounds like an eletist coward. Just be glad that you got white gangsters to deal with and not the Mexican Black and Asian ones like in LA who cant fight but like to shoot. If any of you pussy's get a DUI in America It'll be Irish Americans who save your assholes if you go to jail from all the Wogs you love so much.Go Boston Go Southie!Irish Pride

Jay on September 22, 2007 05:54 AM.

I'm not Irish, but I've lived in Southie my whole life. I'm not exactly a "Southie kid" because I don't wander around the streets and get smashed and all that because it's just not my thing. Most of my friends in Southie aren't the hardcore Irish pride type either, but I get along with the Southie kids when I'm with them and there's no tension.

Most Southie kids are all "ksw" and as ignorant as everyone says in their teen years, but once they grow up, they get with the program more. The ones who don't mature end up as bums or die off from drugs. Then their kids become the same way, and that's the stereotypical Southie kid. But most of the Southie kids I know are tough on the outside, but really good people on the inside. Not to mention funny as hell.

Most of this "wigga" stuff isn't Southie as much as it is kids being kids. The guys listen to rap and the girls wear Abercrombie because that's American pop culture being thrown at them no matter where they live- Southie or not. Give them a few years either at college or working a job, and they learn pretty quick and drop all the "wigga" habits. You don't see a 30 year old white guy from Southie walking down the street with baggy jeans and trying to be gangsta. It's just a kid thing that will pass.

What makes Southie great is the sense of community. It's a town where everyone knows/is related to everyone else, and they're really loyal to their friends. Southie people know the community's their greatest strength, so no one's going to be happy when new people move in. Blacks have a different culture than white Irish Americans. So do yuppies. I have nothing against black people normally, but I think it's in everyone's best interest if the standing social structure isn't intruded on. There wouldn't be anywhere near as much racism in Southie if people didn't have to be afraid of compromising part of the community that means so much to them. Integration is usually a good thing, but Southie's different, at least for now.

The whole busing thing was because Southie didn't want its traditional community threatened. The people back then had a right to be angry, but it evolved into racism. That's the racism that kids here see now- they just know that their parents are racist, but don't have the same justification for it as their parents did. That's not good.

I think if you want to really know what Southie is, and could be, you have to listen to the Dropkick Murphys. Their lyrics capture the spirit perfectly. The same for All Souls. It's about people who are going through a rough time (usually poor) who spend their lives fighting to make things better. Sometimes they fail in the process, but at least they were real. That's what the Irish thing is all about- the drinking and the Irish pride are only parts of it.

I'm still a kid (well educated, applying to some really good colleges at the moment, intend to make something of myself), but I have to say that the adults in my neighborhood understand Southie better than the kids do. Those are the people who sit on their front steps and talk to you when you walk by, just saying hi because they know you're from Southie. It's not about trying to be "from the hood," and the kids who are like that will figure that out sooner or later.

Southie's got problems, but it's got a lot of good there too. There's hate and homophobia, but you just have to accept everything about the place whether you like it or not. I do, and I love it here.

sb11 on October 8, 2007 02:09 AM.

I just moved to somerville and I've yet to come on down to southie. My Mums from Belfast and my dad is from Newfoundland and I grew up in hells kitchen. I just want to say to the people who are saying that Irish americans are racist your a little off. We are just trying to hold onto our ethnic identity. As far as the yuppies go keep them out, look what they did to the kitchen. As some other people on here have said dont try and be black thats their identity not ours! There will always be some form of gangsters in communitys that police themselves but at least ours dont do random drive bys. That being said dont think cause your irish your a gangster it is not a life you should envy. I have 2 brothers serveing life 1 doing 10 years one who od and one who was shot. My 2 sisters and I have worked hard to become something. My point is in that life style you dont do it half way. We must keep our identity ours and our streets ours, but youd be amazed what approching it with intelligence will do. Keep southie yours and dont let what happend to the kitchen happen to your streets! P.S Im proud to be a Narrow back!

Narrow back on October 10, 2007 05:48 PM.

It's over. Yuppies are not taking over Southie. They already have...and it's great!! Less crime, higher property valuees, safer streets, no drugs, pretty soon we'll have good schools also. More Yuppies Please!!

Lost Cause on October 12, 2007 07:08 PM.

I've never even been to Southie and I love it. Read All Souls though.
Cheers

DJ Irish on October 23, 2007 02:37 PM.

Some yuppies moved in next door to my grandma's place. THey are mad cool. they look out for her and are mad nice. they help her with her groceries and what not. guess some yuppies are cool; some arent.

Real Southie on October 28, 2007 06:50 PM.

People of Irish descent do great things in this country. People like President Reagan; people like Chuck Feeney. Just don't go looking for bright lights in Southie. Southie is a rat-hole where people like Whitey Bulger are annointed saints.
"We all stick together here"...tell that to Stephan Rakes and the former junior-high girls Bulger's gang raped.
Do you goons think all your problems are caused by yuppies, blacks and hispanics? Gee, do you think some of your problems might be caused by your 6th grade reading level?

Zan G on October 28, 2007 10:41 PM.

I have a friend that lives near the corner of E and West 2nd street. The area is nice and quiet yet only a 5 minute walk to the T. A few of her neighbors (who she is friends with now) are gay and they love it in Southie. I have been to her place a hundred times and I love it also. I don't see white kids acting "black". I don't see white trash. I don't see trash littered across the streets... so I am not sure what half these posts are about.

Gay Pride on October 30, 2007 09:46 PM.

You all need a reality check. I only read about 2/3 of the comments here, but here's what I have to say.

I've lived here for about a year, and all of you life long residents are straight up miserable. Get a grip. You complain about the yuppies, and I suppose you have your reasons. But the yuppies are the ones that are paying an arm and a leg to rent your mommy and daddy's condo. Do you have any idea how many places I looked at that were "the house I inherited from my father, and now we're renting it out"? Please... if it wasn't for yuppies paying the bullshit rent posted by you so called real Southie Irish, none of you would have a way out.

You think you guys are hard down here. Come to the Bronx, where I'm from. Take a look at the people there who take the hard knocks with the good times and learn to love life without complaining about minorities, gays, or yuppies.

I like it here, but your buses are for shit and you people don't give a crap about your streets. Come see the amount of trash that gets thrown over the fence and into my yard. If it wasn't for the regular street sweepers, you'd all be knee deep in your own mess.

Talk all you want about Southie. I see you little white kids walking down the street acting hard, and quite frankly, black. You guys have no idea. Come to my world back in NY anytime you want and you'll realize how spoiled and ungrateful you are. Last bastion of Irish Middle Class, my ass...you all sold out a long time ago, along with your rat ass Whitey Bulger. Now he runs and hides... typical rat bastard.

If it weren't for how this place is portrayed in Cinema, you would have nothing. Wake up...you're not gansters and you're not Boondock Saints. You're just a bunch of wannabe hard white boys (I am white, btw) who will bitch and moan but never do anything to change your silver platter lifestyles.

Wolfman on November 2, 2007 12:43 AM.

I am new to Southie. Well not that new; I have been living here for almost 2 yrs. Some would call me a yuppie because I am a "Young Professional" (whatever that means). I grew up in the rich suburbs of Massachusetts and I LOVE Southie! It is a great place to live in the city. You have your quiet parts, you have your "hustle and bustle" parts, you have a beach, running trails, you are no more than 4 miles from anyhere in Boston, you have GREAT public transportation and most importantly it's safe. If you are nice to people in Southie they are nice to you. What a wonderful place Southie is and I am glad to be a part of it.

New To Southie on November 18, 2007 09:49 AM.

@ Wolfman. Why is it that every New Yorker I seem to run into uses every conversation as an excuse to be like "I'm from NY and my hometown is better than yours!!!" 1) It's no better or worse and 2)No one actually cares. You think people don't take the "hard knocks with the good times" here? Congratulations, after a year, you still haven't managed to understand the community at all.

Southie is actually a really supportive place to live if you belong in the community. There are bitch fights here and there, but anyone who's sitting here stereotyping everyone in Southie needs to actually look and see what they're talking about. Because honestly, half of you sound just as ignorant as the "ksw" idiots.

sb11 on November 19, 2007 06:26 PM.

Southie is a great place to live. I have been here for 4 years now and the neighborhood has changed a lot. You can argue if it for good or worse..but there has been change. Young professionals have discovered Southie and they are not going anywhere. Especially when they tell all their friends how much they love Southie. I think it's good for the community. Having high salaried residents can only mean good things for the local businesses around Southie.

Steve on November 27, 2007 08:40 PM.

I live in Southie BORN AND RAISED
it just sucks that all the fuxking junkies are stealing shit and so on.

Its just FUCKED how all the yuppies gotta come from NY, LA and so forth on paddys day and fuck EVERYTHING up

Sarah on November 28, 2007 03:04 PM.

When did Southie become THE home for the gay community? Gays are all over Southie now. I'm not a hater..im just saying.

Jon on November 28, 2007 10:25 PM.

I am writing a paper on south boston, i was wondering if anyone would share some of the stereotypes you know and have heard about south boston then tell me how they differ from what southie is really like. if you could give me as much informtaion as possible, that would be great. any stories, memories, or just general information about what you saw growing up in southie would be awesome. thanks a lot!

lizzy on December 7, 2007 10:40 AM.

I was born and raised in Southie. What a life... Lots of GREAT Memories and some not so great. But I take the best from the worst. I was the only girl. My two brothers were Golden Gloves Champs...for those who know what that ment.. I remember certain families that were tops in those days. I remember hitting the iron tops of stove pots ringing the bell as my brothers fought my father with a hockey face mask.. We were happy, the all American family. Until my father and Mother drank too much, then we were the family or the Southie Family...everyone go to bed. But it was good, despite the bull shit, despite the drama... it was good... It was Southie.. it was us. I loved us sitting out infront of our house watching our neighbors going to the local store to buy scratch tickets or lottery.. Or a wintery night and putting out a trash can to save the spot that we thought we owned because we have shoveled it for the past 25 or so years....Southie to me is driving by in a snow storm and seeing trash cans, kitchen chairs, or what ever personal belonging you feel is necessary to put on your parking spot,,,,,priceless. I miss everyone I knew and trhose who were related to us... I miss Miss Krouch..I miss Dix Field, the field, driving down lover's lane and beeping, going to Trisha's house for pizza afterward and hanging out with Maca - (Jimmy Mac), I miss french fries w/ gravy from Ocean Side, the best beef tips and rice pilaf from the Quiet Man...Please tell me they are still there???? Boston Housing Authority, working with Bill Knox was awesome...those are the best memories....I loved Southie, I hope my children create the memories of thier childhood as I have from mine... Let's open the fire hydrants and get wet...ya baby...

kelly on December 10, 2007 11:47 PM.

kelly on December 10, 2007 11:49 PM.

Yea Southie has changed. A lot of young professionals and gays around now. I really don't care as long as they are nice. Plus with gays come good restaraunts!

Melissa on December 11, 2007 07:47 PM.

The young professionals are staying longer too. In other Boston neighborhoods they move out as soon as they get married or are close to having kids. But in Southie you see plently of young married couples pushing strollers around. In my opinion this is good - it feels more like a community.

Jen on December 16, 2007 11:03 PM.

In response to Steve.

Yes. Having residents with more discretionary spending cash is great for local businesses. I am a local business owner and the yuppies have made my business. My family and I are very thankful for that. I just wish my friends and family didn't get priced out and have to move out of Southie.

Ed on December 16, 2007 11:28 PM.

i was born and raised in southie and i moved out when i was 4 years old because the kids got older and became punks.i want to move back because of the blacks!!!their are no black PEOPLE in southie!!!!they think that their better than whites but their NOT!!!!i think people should act their color and cut the fucken shit about everything (meaning the black people)!!!!!!!!!!

paige on December 21, 2007 10:21 PM.

MERRY CHRISTMAS to EVERYONE not just Catholics. It's up to all of us to move foward! :)

Narrow back on December 24, 2007 06:51 PM.

born raisd in southie i was there when all the bussing stARTED HALF OF MY FRIENDS DIED BEFORE WHEY WERE 21 MICHAEL MCDONALD DON'T KNOW SHIT A BOUT SOUTHIE THAT COLUMBIA POINT FAG JUST WROTE DOWN A FEW NAME OF PEOPLE HE DID NOT EVEN KNOW !! THE BUSSING DAYS HE WASENT EVEN THERE HE TOOK OTHER PEOPLES STORIES AND TRIED TO MAKE THEN HIS OWNAND EVEN MADE SHIT UP THAT NEVER TOOK PLACE I WORKED IN THE SOUTH BOSTON LIQUER MART AND TRIPLE O'S. SO FUCK OFF MICHAEL MCDONALD WRITE A STORY ABOUT SOME ONE YOU REALY KNOW. KEEP THE FAITH SOUTHIE.. MIKE MAHAR SOUTHIE FOR EVER

mike mahar on December 28, 2007 06:32 PM.

hey cj tpf stands for tactical police force.any thing else mike mahar keep the faith southie forever

mikemahar on December 28, 2007 07:43 PM.

Ed, do you have much vandalism on your store? I remember talking to a nice woman who said her family owned a theatre on/near Broadway and had to close because the local teenage bastards were always cutting up the seats.
People get priced out of housing all over the place. I grew up in what was the boondocks. People from Malden and other similar places started moving in and before we knew it, we had to lock all the doors. In Southie, the more people who move in, the less you have to lock everything up, the less scratch tickets are blowing around, less dog mess, etc. It's a good thing.

Zan G on January 1, 2008 06:35 PM.

2nd generation Irish Boy here and I will say Southie is better NOW than it has ever been. Yes, it is sad to see people have to leave because they can't afford it but gone are the drugs, gone is the hate and gone is the crime. We still have a close knit community and we have a safe neighborhood for our kids to play in. Now that I am a parent, I'll take those things any day.

Real Irish on January 2, 2008 05:37 PM.

Run whitey run the FEDS are comming!!!!!

andrew j omara on January 5, 2008 03:26 PM.

Hey guys, I am doing a documentary on the busing riots in Southie. Any one that witnessed it or has pictures or whatever please get in touch with me.

K.COCHRAN13@YAHOO.COM

KAT on January 10, 2008 01:01 AM.

Hi everbody, I just read Michael MacDonald's book 'Southie' and I've been checking out all the sites. This one is quite interesting. I am Irish-American, however I did not grow up in Southie, or anywhere in Boston for that matter. I was born and raised in Washington State. After reading some of these postings I felt very sad. I don't understand when the government realized the bussing wasn't going to work, why did they continue it? Why didn't they just back off? It is confusing- neither town wanted it- both were willing to fight for it, and the government continued with their experiment. It kind of makes you feel sick to your stomach. Even though it happened so long ago- I understand why these kid's are so angry. The government never backed off. After all the suicides, murders, and drop-outs, Southie has had to endure, now they are changing their town again. What the fuck is going on here? You guy's need to fight in court- Get all the sh*t together- get lawyers and demand your town back. They get away with this kind-of sh*t in towns that are lower incomed, because they can!! Let them know that they can't anymore. My family came into America through New York and Canada and somehow settled in Washington- I guess it reminded them of Ireland- I am the youngest of 9 kids, I now have about 17 neices and nephews, we were catholic until our church got weird and then we became Lutherans. Just thought I'd throw that in. sorry....., anyways Keep up the Pride- and here's a tip: even if you dropped out of high school- you can still go to college- get into politics- save your town.

jen on January 13, 2008 02:48 AM.

Hello!

I've been reading this page with really mixed feelings about southie people! For a start,none of you southie born people are any way irish in any form, culture, we are a proud nation of people, who endured extreme racism and brutality for hundreds of years, the past is in the past now,the north of ireland is beginning to see some kind of peace deal take place, so please quit with I know this I know that about irish history (you don't know shit!! ( your schools don't teach you about our history, you people hear what you want to hear from others probably who've been telling you shite fables of ireland,as it's funny how galway is always the county that you people say your from!! where abouts? what area? who's the irish capatin of the national rugby team? what significance did the rebel countess have with british parliment? This one is to the idiot who thought there were no gay people in ireland..Oscar Wilde! to all the idiots who thought ireland didn't have any black people..Phil Lynott! You all act like you have a massive chip on your shoulder, well why? you people certainly didn't encounter hatred against the irish in your country, so quit with the acting all angry, your only angry because your all confused with your identity as your all really belonging to the pilgrim fathers, your just trying to claim our heritage, well I'm afraid you have to be born and bred in ireland, or at the very least both parents need to be born in ireland, because franky afer the 3rd generation you should just move on with your own american heritage, and be proud of that.

Slainte!!

Sinead on January 21, 2008 02:51 PM.

I was born in Southie, lived there for 14 years. We lived in "Old Harbor" or MEM projects. Problem is there is alot of pride and people from there are against change. I'm very proud to be from ther andeveryone should wether your a Yuppy or not, cause you know what?; Yuppies make good money and are sucessfull, I've become a Yuppy and I'm f'n proud of it...Southie rat for life....

Rory on January 23, 2008 03:10 PM.

Some of you so called 'southie' muthafuckas give real southie people a bad name. you're scared to death. scared to be yourself. scared of what people say. scared of what people think. fuckin scared. big mouth, weasels with no heart. all you coward, racist jerkoffs need to do some pushups. something productive. anything. read. learn. like its cool to not have a fuckin brain. you write nigga this, nigga that, but the fact is, yuppies are the problem, not black people. even with all the yuppies, south boston is still the poorest white 'urban' community in the country. the irish were slaves to the british. the irish were called the blacks of europe. what about when the irish came to america? you clown muthafuckas have no clue. its not the 'minorities' that kick out our grandmothers and grandfathers from their homes, its the yuppies. the same yuppies that would spit on southie 10 years ago when they drove by in their volvos. now, don't get me, some yuppies are good people. but, you so-called 'southie people' cater to yuppies. some sell your houses, businesses, and build nice plate glass windows for them at local bars. you(a few poiticians) are sell outs. big mouth sell outs. in general, southie gets a bad rap. boston, in general, does. there are very good people here. black and white and spanish and asian. boston is made up of clans. and the irish are fiercely loyal. southie people dont like italians, so forget about anyone else. i havent been around the world, but i've gotten a chance to get out of southie for a little while. and guess what, the world is bigger than south boston. life isn't long enough to keep all that hate. help your neighbor out, even if they're young urban professionals, or black, or spanish, or asian, or polish. with all the shit going on in this world, it baffles me how much ugly hate, wasted energy, and useless talk go into everyday life. South (BOSTON) people are better than that. we need to come together, not push each other apart. i'm not a superhero, but, c'mon man, what the fuck?

rick on February 10, 2008 01:20 PM.

It just goes to show how young these posters are. And how much they do not know about Southie.I asked a question on 12-3-06 about the old crew @Connolly"s BILLY BRENNICK /THE SELTER GIRLS ETC ETC and no one had an answer.For you kids out there it was a bar on the corner of E.STREET AND WEST BROADWAY. P.S DO YOU KIDS EVEN KNOW THE SOUTHIE SONG????? FOR THE OLDER GENERATION PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL AN OLD SOUTHIE BOY @wmdb315@comcast.net

wanabe on February 15, 2008 07:35 PM.

dont live in southie but pretty much grew up there. all my famil is there and it is like a second home. fuck all the movies that are making it out to be a shit hole. great place to live and grow up.

brendan on February 17, 2008 01:49 AM.

THE ONLY MOVIE THAT SHOWED THE REAL SOUTHIE. WAS GOOD WILL HUNTING

wanabe on February 18, 2008 09:09 PM.

In response to Amy;

I knew Frank Sances "Budzo" He was a great guy...A really big heart

Kim on February 22, 2008 08:26 PM.

To all those dumb shits that haven't looked around your neighborhood lately.
I don't know if you noticed but us Irish have spread out throughout Eastern Mass and now Southie is Puerto Rican, Black, Italian and all kinds of other races. There is also a huge difference between Southie (South Boston) and the South End (Boston). The South End is a gay community. Don't get me wrong, Southie is still mostly Irish, but not just Irish.

metick1 on February 22, 2008 08:45 PM.

Hey I,m Irish all the way grew up in the suburbs bout 7 miles north of Boston. What's up with all the talk about Southie kids actin black. What the fuck is that supposed to mean. If anyone's interested we share a close history with blacks. Opression cruel poverty discrimination. Maybe you racists are just afraid to see that.

Listenup on March 2, 2008 11:16 AM.

Why is it when any group prefers to stay together, your labeled as a racist. With anything there is shit. Low life's every where. We police our own shit. Southie was like any other place in that aspect, but thats not what makes me proud of where I am from. What does. I know where I come from. I can say My family has owned the same house for over 100 years. How many of you can say you walk the same streets you Great Grandfather and Grandmother did. Go to the same church you parents where married at. There are many good thing about it. I have a connection to the past. Many of the people from Southie feel this way. So how do we expect a bunch of carpet baggers to understand this. Reading through this really makes me understand the downward spiral Southie is in. The place I once knew is dieing. Its sad. I look back, It was a place where everyone knew your family, and you could not get away with shit. Everyone looked out for each other. This is what we are. We come from a people who lost their homes,and loved ones and our way of life to an oppressor. Many of our families suffered great loses. We come to America and at this time it was a place that was not very accepting to the Irish. We had to carve out a piece of America and call it home. We rebuilt what we lost. Regardless of the opposition. To survive this we had to come together. And we did it! We come from a long line of Fighters. What we gained, we fought for. Its the same thing the Italians did in the North End. And the other Ethnic Groups through out Boston. And this is what made Boston as a whole, Special, you could take a trip around the world in 1 day. As I said before, how do we expect any carpet baggers to understand any of this. Just remember they are the Offspring of the shit our Great Grand parents had to deal with. Still trying to destroy our way of life.

Tod on March 15, 2008 04:56 PM.

Here in Scranton, PA (refered to as little Boston by some)we have an Irish-American majority. But now I see the same thing you guys are talking about. The yoing Irish kids in the poor areas and projects have begun to act black. Dont get me wrong I dont dislike all black people, but it breaks my heart to see these kids proclaiming irish Pride while acting, dressing, and speaking like some black thug. I believe its the parents fault.

For those true irish-americans in Southie, I say keep up the good fight. Have the community come together and try to teach those young kids that it really means something to be part of Southie irish-American Culture. And that the best way to rep your neighborhood is to get a college degree, and decent job, and invest back in the neighborhood yourself.

And for the people who got their educations and just washed your hands with the neighborhood by moving out, You are just as much to blame for the downfall of the neighborhood. You could have stayed to set better examples for the confused youth that are coming up nowadays.

scranton Irish on March 23, 2008 08:32 PM.

yo i was born and raised in old colony 49 burke street apt.569 i know what its like living there if ppl wish to talk shit about southie thats their choice if you think their a bunch of faggots walk into these projects and see if you dont get a fucking slug in your head pieces of shits who the fuck do you think you are bad mouth my neighborhood you get shot and thrown in a dumpster and set on fire believe me i witnessed this shit either that go into mary ellen mccormick and talk shit there theyll straight up kill ya bodied wuddup to my ppl in d st

johnny on March 25, 2008 05:25 PM.