Everything else aside, I think she picked the wrong neighborhood. Downtown Boston is mostly just a weird mix of weekday business areas (eg. the financial district) and tourist attractions. There are lots of restaurants in that area that aren't even open on weekends, much less late into the night.

I think she should instead focus on the Allston/Brighton area. It's populated primarily by college students and young adults, plus plenty of the restaurants and other businesses are already open late at night.

I don't understand why Mayor Wu picked a half-dead neighborhood that's going to be an uphill battle to even add daytime appeal to when she could've instead just framed Allston/Brighton as the "new downtown" and maybe added some late night T service.