Today’s Globe features a boilerplate trend-tastic bit about Bostonians who live on boats. The piece speaks to Bostonians who live on boats, who complain about bills and sometimes tell funny stories, and cites some statistics which illustrate the trend as a growing one.
The author also has the good sense to know what to do with this quote, which is, run it high: “When the water hasn’t frozen and the boat’s not sinking, it’s really not that bad.”
Of course, this isn’t the first time the literate public has been introduced to funny people who live in boats in Boston Harbor. The New Yorker led a long piece a year ago by introducing us to a Russian expat who now now lives nautically.
That dude doesn’t float around town because it’s trendy or cheap, though. He views his boat as a “survival capsule,” because, he argues, “we don’t have to wait long before sail-based transportation is the only option.” He’s a dystopian awaiting the end of the world. With a bitchin’ skyline view.