Why Boston Has the Best Tasting Tap Water in the Nation

[Warpy]

10. I left before much of the cleanup had taken effect

and what I remember most about Boston water was that it tasted like fish, and not in a good way. I was told it was due to the algae in all the old pipes. I just got used to it. At least it didn't give me the shits like water in Florida always did.

As for the accent, it's probably still alive and well in places in Boston like Maverick Square and there is still likely a center of eastern Mass people keeping it alive in Taunton. Once you get into Back Bay or the financial district, you run into the people who came from elsewhere or paid to get rid of the worst of it.

My favorite accent story is about a lady who was a commercial spokeswoman for Star Market for many years. She went on happily, "I'm Kay McCahthy for Stah Mahket...." Shortly before I left, someone decided she was sounding downscale and needed elocution lessons. She very proudly did one commercial, "I'm Kay McCahthy for StARRRR (think pirate) MaRRRRRket..." It killed her career. Moral: leave regional accents alone, it never works all that well to kill them off.