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From Lively to Eerie
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From Lively to Eerie
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When I think of Boston, I think of a bustling, never silent city. I picture many people walking on sidewalks, the T packed full, and stores and restaurants filled. Since COVID hit the city, it has completely changed. The city is much quieter than it used to be. The sidewalks are scattered with few pedestrians. The stores have fewer shoppers and close earlier, fewer people ride the T, and restaurants serve fewer sit-down meals. People just grab a meal and go back home. When my mom and I were driving through the city to drop me back off at school one day, she said how ghostly the city was now. I completely agree. The city is a ghost of itself; nobody was out that day. Nobody is out a lot of days. We saw nobody walking on the sidewalk. There was no car traffic, and all the restaurants were empty. The definition of a ghost is “a faint shadowy trace.” Boston right now seems like a faint shadowy trace of the city I met as a freshman.
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12/01/2020
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12/01/2020
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12/01/2020
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