Ah, yes, I remember that. I remember driving through there in teinedreugan's shiny new Civic when I was out visiting, on my very first day of driving in Boston.

Perhaps that's why I think of most of Boston as seeming somewhat sane compared to what people say about it. A few trips in and out of the Mahoney Circle to start with and set up the right mindset, and nothing else is going to be as bad.

(I hear in the old days they also used to train Jedi by having them drive through it.)