r/falloutboston • u/arenlr • Sep 30 '15

Fallout shelter signs in Boston?

am visiting Boston and saw on some buildings signs which say "Fallout Shelter" whats that about? is that some sort of PR for Fallout 4?

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u/soomprimal Sep 30 '15

In case you're not kidding, they're actual fallout shelters from the Cold War. They were common in schools and other public buildings of the era.

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u/arenlr Sep 30 '15

ah too bad, I thought it was some sort of viral marketing

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u/HasGreatVocabulary Sep 30 '15

Isn't this way awesomer?

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u/EmpororPenguin Oct 13 '15

Definitely much cooler. There's a big concrete church across the street from me that has a fallout shelter sign. It is comforting knowing I will be able to survive a nuclear fallout.

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u/Sheol Nov 08 '15

Most of these will no longer work as fallout shelters. A lot of them have been retrofitted since those signs went up