Aileen is right. You might want to skip the car if you stay in the city. Me, I'm a brave soul and have driven in Boston many times. My mother-in-law (who lives in Danvers) won't even consider driving downtown. I am the fearless one and always take the wheel when we go in. See, in Boston signs are for cissies, red lights are a suggestion and you can't realistically expect that truck in front of you to keep driving just because he is moving now. At some point he will just come to a screeching halt and get out. No, he will not pull over or anything, just get out! That's what I meant by an adventure. I have to say, though, that I've never been in an accident in the city and I have only been lost once so my track record isn't too bad. My little brother lived right down in the back bay forever so I got lots of practice driving down there.