Boston oh Boston how we've celebrated so much together

After everyone in front of me dispersed and kind of just disappeared amidst Harvard Square, I stood still and waited to hear or see people yelling and running up and down the streets of Cambridge at least but nope, so I calmly walked towards the Harvard train station to come back home but in a distance I heard honks and before I knew it, what everyone here was waiting for happened! The Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup! I had entered the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge around 9:30 pm and figured the game should be over by the time I got out but not until I heard honks did I run to the closest bar to see everything ensuing this amazing win! So as I made my way to North Station I celebrated with strangers ("new found friends" in my opinion) I celebrated with the commoners, I high-fived anyone and everyone! When I got on the subway (AKA "The T") there was shouting, high-fiving, and people running up and down the train car, everyone was celebrating the win! I wasn't sure what to expect at North Station. So, I get off at Haymarket, which is one stop before North Station, and as soon as I make my way up the stairs, I can barely make out chants or shouts, the ground level at Haymarket was packed, like a summer concert with headliners on street corners. In almost every corner leading up to North Station there were crowds of people gathered in circles, crowdsurfers, people hanging off of light posts, and police loaded with every weapon. The celebrating continued even in North Station where fans, intoxicated (or "buzzed"), tired, lost, in any physical state, were all united as Bruins fans. 

Throughout my time in Massachusetts, there are many things that New Englanders will stick true to but the most powerful uniting force up north is sports. As an enthusiast for any sports (whether I'm playing it or watching it) I can attest that my time in Massachusetts has been well enjoyed. As much as a New York sports fan I am, I also enjoy talking sports with others who can appreciate good sportsmanship and ever since my own first personal visit to this great state in 2008, it is very evident that New England is a sports nation but they live up to that label ever so clear. I would be defying the characteristics of a New Yorker if I said I am now a Boston Bruins fan but let it be known (and hopefully I don't lose some friends). My time in M.A. has been very enlightening to the point where I am now: leaving for Maui within a week or so. So, to all those New Yorker or other residents moving to Massachusetts, I think an "outsider" coming into a state like this has much to appreciate, much to experience (with it's people, it's culture, and it's traditions), and maybe even the opportunity to make something of theirs yours, even if it is a sports team. Oh and while I'm at it, I've been a closet Celtics fan too, hope I didn't break too many hearts in New York. As for that team with socks of red, well, I'm not even  CLOSE to crossing that line, maybe I will in another 80 years. GO BRUINS!