Cool new restaurants with exotic menus, cutting-edge art, hip hotels with see-and-be-seen scenes — they’ve even transformed the smelly old harbour into a trendy waterfront. Can this really be Boston?

I first came here several years ago and thought it was boring. Now it’s abuzz with edgy culture, even if the newest museum showing off the city’s most famous moment in history is a little cheesy.

“Huzzah!” the women in the mop cap shouted. That was our cue. “Huzzah,” we all shouted back, as instructed.

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