BOSTON (AP) – Organizers of Boston’s bid for the 2024 Olympics say they’re “wicked excited.”
Ordinary Bostonians – bracing for killer traffic and other headaches if the famously curmudgeonly city actually wins the Games – say they’re just wicked bummed.
Columnists and commuters alike took to the airwaves, the streets and social media Friday to air their grievances, deflating at least a little of Boston’s bubble over beating San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington as the USOC’s choice for the American bid.
Kvetching is a blood sport in Boston, a city of skeptics who seem to relish complaining about the weather, the traffic and, usually, the Red Sox. Many now fear they could be in for another Big Dig – a $15 billion highway project that turned into a massive motorist migraine for a decade and a half.
“Boston’s congested enough already. We do not need another bloated, corrupt sports event,” said Steve Guillerm, a Cambridge accountant.