Goodneighbor

Goodneighbor is a settlement built in and around the remains of Boston's old red light district, Scollay Square.

Background
Founded in 2240 by a group of criminals who were banished from Diamond City, Goodneighbor is the jewel's rougher, much less forgiving sibling. Inhabited by outcasts and other people considered to occupy the margins of society, it's a rough place where one can truly be free, so long as they have enough strength to back up their claims.

The rise of Hancock
Prior to the rise of Hancock, the town was run by a sociopathic mayor and ganglord named Vic. He ran the settlement for years as his own personal fiefdom. Although he took a more delicate approach for those denizens with homes, he persecuted the drifters with extreme prejudice. Confiscating their property and using his gang to keep the entire community in line. Occasionally he would let them off the leash and sack the populace at large. Only those with homes that could lock their doors would emerge relatively unscathed. The entire populace was crippled with fear, including the person before he became "Hancock."

One night, some drifter said something to them and they cracked him open like a can of Cram on the pavement. The witnesses all just stood there paralyzed with fear. After participating in classic bystander effect "Hancock" felt like less than nothing. Afterward to numb the pain he got so high that he blacked out completely, eventually coming to on the floor of the Old State House. Right in front of the clothes of John Hancock. First American hoodlum and defender of the People.

Inspired he donned the attire and persona. Afterword he stopped taking chems, got organized, convinced KLEO to loan him some weaponry, gathered a gang of drifters and headed into the ruins to start training. All for the sole purpose of removing Vic and his crew from power. To strike back the next time Vic's crew went on another tear.

The night of the struggle they all got loaded. Hancock's crew with their tactical positions and weaponry and Vic's crew with idleness and alcohol. When Vic's crew was good and drunk Hancock's crew burst through the windows and rooftops. Vic's crew never saw them coming, although they didn't have to fire a shot it turned into a massacre. Once they killed that last survivors they strolled into Vic's quarters in the State House, wrapped a rope around his neck, and threw him off its famous balcony. Killing him.

And there Hancock stood, gun in hand, draped in John Hancock's cloths, looking at all the people of Goodneighbor assembled below. Feeling the need to say something he blurted out the words: "Of the people, for the people!" It was his inaugural address as Mayor Hancock of Goodneighbor. From then on, he vowed to never stand by and watch oppression. Ever again.

Hancock's reign
By 2287 Hancock has abolished all social classes and does not care who inhabits the town – human, ghoul, synth, robot or super mutant – as long as they play nice and obey the rules. In fact, taking justice into your own hands is not just accepted, it's expected. The denizens of Goodneighbor love the freedom this community provides and will do anything necessary to protect their liberty; in fact, this liberty makes it the only place in the Commonwealth that does not fear the Institute.

Layout
Goodneighbor lies smack dab in the middle of the peninsula of Boston. The town opens to two shops, Kill or Be Killed and Daisy's Discounts, which are adjacent to the Old State House. Just behind the shops is a warehouse and the entrance to Bobbi's place. The Third Rail, the local pub and jazz club, is on the east side of the state house, down into what used to be a subways station. On the opposite side of the state house is the Memory Den and the Hotel Rexford, with a small alley between the two. There is also a chemistry station and cooking station outside of the hotel.

Notable loot

 * The Devastator armor set can be bought from KL-E-0 at Kill or Be Killed.
 * The Grognak & The Ruby Ruins edition of ''Grognak the Barbarian, in the Memory Den's basement.
 * The An Experience to Remember edition of Live & Love is found on the bar counter in the plaza of Hotel Rexford. The Advice from a Married Man edition can also be found on top of a toilet in the restrooms of The Third Rail.

Behind the scenes

 * The real Scollay Square ceased to exist in the 1960s. Prior to Boston City Hall Plaza replacing old Scollay Square, it was a major entertainment hub in the 1950s.
 * There has been a subway station in Scollay Square since the first subway in America was built in Boston in 1897.

Appearances
Goodneighbor appears only in Fallout 4.