The motel is a few blocks from City Hall, Symphony Hall, the public library and many other landmarks, but it also seems like hobo & freak central. The person who has showered this morning and walks in a straight line without muttering gibberish or shouting at strangers or asking for money is the exception; the entertainment in the subway station was a tone-deaf hobo singing a combination of folk music and gibberish acapella...it was cute for a little while but then it all gets annoying. I am assured by a resident friend that not every neighborhood in the city is like this, however. Despite all that it is still a really awesome city.