Being a cheapskate, I found an inexpensive AirBnB in a sketchy Boston neighborhood when attending a medical conference. My daughter, wife and a patient all warned me against walking the three miles to the the swank Seaport Conference Center.
And, yes... there were some anxiety provoking moments on my early morning perambulation, but then, I would never have seen the goose or witnessed the compassion of random Beantown drivers...
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