The Real World: Boston is the sixth season of MTV's reality television
series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers
living together for several months in a different city each season, as
cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the
only season of The Real World to be filmed in the New England region
of the United States, specifically in Massachusetts.The season
featured seven people who lived in a converted historic firehouse at
127 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, which is located right
off of Charles Street and was also used in the television series
Spenser: For Hire. The season premiered on July 15, 1997 and consisted
of 23 episodes.The season featured seven people who lived in a
converted historic firehouse at 127 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston,
Massachusetts, which is located right off of Charles Street and was
also used in the television series Spenser: For Hire. The season
premiered on July 15, 1997 and consisted of 23 episodes.Almost every
season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has
included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the
housemates. The Boston cast worked with children at an after-school
program in East Boston. Some of the cast worry they will not get along
with youngsters or like the job, but in the end they all enjoy it.
Montana, however, was fired from the job as a result of allegations
involving alcohol and has to find another way to volunteer, since she
is required to volunteer for 20 hours a week by contract while she is
in Boston. Kameelah and Elka also get into trouble for an argument
they have, within earshot of the children, stemming from Kameelah's
anger towards Elka for discussing what she believes was a sexual
interlude that Kameelah had at the house. At the end of the season,
Syrus becomes emotional when he talks about how he will miss the
children.The cast lived in a 2,500-square-foot (230 m2) converted
firehouse at 127 Mt. Vernon Street in Beacon Hill, a 19th-century
downtown Boston residential neighborhood. During filming, the
Firehouse, which originally housed the Safety Inspectors for the
Boston Fire Department, featured two double bedrooms and one triple
bedroom. The Control Room was located in the basement. The Firehouse
had previously been seen as the home of Spenser on the 1980s TV series
Spenser: For Hire. It is currently occupied by Hill House, a
non-profit community center. The Real World: Boston Top Movies & Young Movies