Describing someone as having a Boston back bay lineage. So which is correct, the way I have it in the thread title or the way I used it in my first senence?
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All Capitals in Boston Back Bay?
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Bostonians capitalize Back Bay, North End, Southie, Beacon Hill . . .
All the neighborhood names are capped.
All the neighborhood names are capped.
Not being familiar with Boston, I didn't know that Back Bay was a neighborhood. I think you need the capitals to indicate that it's a proper name.
Definitely capitalized, just like Swillburg is where I live now, as the recognized proper name of a neighborhood.
Maryn, formerly of Boston
Maryn, formerly of Boston
The word "the" precedes it when it's used as a noun, by many (but in my experience, not all). She moved to the Back Bay or Take the T to any stop in the Back Bay.
But when it's used as an adjective, no "the." She's a Back Bay real estate specialist, or Back Bay rents are among the highest.
Maryn, whose Kid Two is in Boston as we speak
But when it's used as an adjective, no "the." She's a Back Bay real estate specialist, or Back Bay rents are among the highest.
Maryn, whose Kid Two is in Boston as we speak