Only four arrests, but twice as many public-drinking tickets as last year at St. Patrick's parade

I was in Providence. Mostly tourists and basketball fans.

Like the marathon route, some areas of Boston do not have alcohol enforcement, while others (Autobon Circle towards Kenmore) had some enforcement based on previous incidents involving parties that got out of control.

At the end of the day the police do what the residents of South Boston want them to do, and that is keep obvious disorderly people in check. People who walk around with red cups that look like they have their faculties together aren't bothered. Those who are screaming with bud light bottles in their hands and have puke all over their "Fuck me I'm Irish" shirts are targeted. Selective enforcement 101.

Will you ever answer the question of why you insist on imposing on people to calling Southie, SoBo?

Year ago, it felt like a tongue-in-cheek joke. Later a jab at crass townies. But these days you seem to just want to force it down - arriving in and imposing it. Never responding to why you insist to follow a marketing scheme by a bunch of realtors to make New Yorkers feel more comfortable by a familiar naming convention over agreed convention that organically developed by the large majority in the area.

There's a condo building up at (540) E Broadway & H Street called the Strawberry Hill building; I guess I always assumed it was referencing the hill itself. My bad.

I read a report (Herald? Globe?) that said something like +480 were issued. I thought that sounded high.
I spoke to one officer who issued over two dozen citations for open container violations. He told me out of all of those there was one Boston resident from the Mission Hill neighborhood. All the rest lived outside of Boston.
I don't know how many actual arrests were made. It seemed kind of quiet compared to some years. I did see my share of drunken clowns acting stupid. I wonder if they'd do this in their hometown?

I just read an email from Kerry Ryan, Director of Community Engagement for the Boston Police Department.
She posted on nextdoor.com that there were five arrests (none from South Boston or Boston even). Five licensed establishments were cited (NFI) and 498 citations were issued for violating the open container law. They carry a $200 fine.
I couldn't think of an idea that would cause more problems than allowing people to openly consume alcohol on the day of the parade in South Boston. One can make all the seemingly logical arguments to support it, but after witnessing illogical behavior over the years from people who come here, it won't work.