Online Travel Mag Mocks Natick

By Barry Thompson and Charlene Arsenault (Patch Staff)

There’s nothing unusual about having a love/hate attitude about your hometown. Of course, some people lean harder toward the dark side of the spectrum than others.

Online travel and food magazine Thrillist published an article titled “Does Your Boston Suburb Suck? An Investigation,” which mixes good-humored ribbing with fairly tasteless slights from former (current?) Boston suburbanites. For better or worse, it critiques a substantial portion of Eastern Mass. towns.

Here’s what Thrillist had to say about Natick:

“DOUG FLUTIE, THE MALL; DOUG FLUTIE, THE MALL; DOUG FLUTIE, THE MALL. Also, Newbury Comics. (Serious question: who lives in those luxury condos by the mall? I’m obsessed with the idea that “Nouvelle at Natick,” WHICH IS WHAT THEY’RE CALLING THOSE RESIDENCES BY THE WAY, is only populated by associate managers at Hollister. Don’t ruin my dream.)“

What do you think? Is Natick struggling with an identity crisis or is Thrillist just being a jerk?