Pioneer, Boston, and Me

Here at Pioneer World HQ, we’ve often joked about a letter to the Globe a few years back that referred to our “plush cloakroom.” The implication was that this is a fancy place full of movers and shakers, a kind of Vault 2.0.

Um, no. Pioneer fights above our weight. In a think-tank-o-sphere dominated by big institutions with heavyweight endowments, Pioneer is a bantam contender. In that way, we’re a good fit for our hometown. Boston is unlikely to attract the Olympics anytime soon (thank Zeus), but this remains an inordinately important little city. I’ll offer only one boosterish example: this is the eleventh-largest metropolitan economy in the world. Not impressed? Measured by population, metro Boston is in fifty-second place.

Which is to say: So long! I am saying goodbye to Pioneer, grateful for the opportunity to have learned from a small crew of brilliant people. Happily, I’m not leaving town; it may be unfashionable to say so, but I like it here.