Goodneighbor

Goodneighbor, known as Scollay Square before the Great War, is a major settlement in the Financial District of Boston. In 2287, it is led by a mayor, John Hancock, and inhabited by ghouls, criminals, and other people who do not fit in elsewhere in the Commonwealth.
==Background==
Goodneighbor was founded in 2240 by criminals who were exiled from Diamond City.Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide p. 485: "Built on an ancient area of Boston once known as Scollay Square, Goodneighbor was founded in the year 2240 by a group of criminals banished from Diamond City. But appearances can be deceiving; although plagued with problems, Goodneighbor has its finer qualities: There are no social classes, so everyone is truly equal. There is no bigotry, and even Ghouls are accepted. Goodneighbor has proven instrumental in the success of the Railroad’s operations."Fallout 4 loading screen: "Goodneighbor was founded in the year 2240, by a group of criminals who were banished from Diamond City." It can be reached from the Mass Fusion building by traveling to the southeast.
The town was once ruled by a criminal named Vic who was later overthrown by John Hancock. Hancock assumed the role of mayor and took charge of Goodneighbor, running the community under his philosophy "Of the people, for the people." The town has become the home of many drifters from the wastes. However, Goodneighbor was also a hub of crime, one of the reasons for the establishment of a security team called the Neighborhood Watch under Hancock's rule to maintain order and defend the town from raiders and rival organizations such as the Triggermen and the Institute, among others. Nevertheless, even with vigilantism encouraged and the presence of the Neighborhood Watch, criminal activity is commonplace in Goodneighbor, including murder, extortion, and chem peddling.
There are two shops near the entrance: Kill or Be Killed run by KL-E-0, who sells weapons, and Daisy's Discounts owned by Daisy, who sells general items. The Third Rail is the town bar, built out of an old subway station and tended by Whitechapel Charlie.
==Layout==
==Inhabitants==
;Companions
* John Hancock
* Robert MacCready
;Residents
;Generic
* 19 drifters
* 10 Neighborhood Watch
* Various Triggermen
==Notable loot==
: See respective location articles
==Related quests==
==Notes==
* The Triggermen of Goodneighbor dress and act like pre-War mobsters. People in Diamond City say "they come from the pressed suit and Tommy gun school of thuggery" and "in Goodneighbor two things count, style and body count."
* Goodneighbor residents are vehemently opposed to the Institute and their synths and show contempt towards the denizens of Diamond City, especially Mayor McDonough for exiling the ghoul population in the past.
* Goodneighbor can also be accessed from the collapsed section of the fallen skybridge by simply jumping down into the city, which forces a loading screen. Entry can also be achieved by using the jet pack power armor mod to jump over the main gate.
* Goodneighbor can be exited through the back of the alley behind Hotel Rexford by climbing to the highest vertical point of the power box and jumping across the trash bins and over the steel wall.
* Three Triggermen and the corpse of a drifter can be found in the above-mentioned alley. The former will attack upon being approached.
* There are three Novice-locked doors marked "warehouse" in Goodneighbor. Whitechapel Charlie in the Third Rail offers a quest (after browsing his wares) to clear these buildings of the Triggermen inside. As long as one sneaks into these buildings, nobody in Goodneighbor will attack upon leaving.
* If the Sole Survivor brings Piper to Goodneighbor, the Neighborhood Watch will comment she "is the dame that writes Publick Occurrences, right? Good stuff. I always did appreciate good investigative journalism."
* If the Sole Survivor brings Deacon to Goodneighbor, he will change his outfit to appear similar to the mobsters around town.
* If one enters Goodneighbor before joining The Railroad, Deacon can be found wandering around near Kill or Be Killed.
* Raising affinity with Hancock will eventually get him to mention that Goodneighbor was previously run by a criminal called Vic and his gang, who freely and cruelly exploited the drifters, including Hancock, for their own work. After a particular case of violence caused the death of a drifter, Hancock got drunk, found the clothes of the historical John Hancock, got inspired, and then led a militia to attack and destroy Vic and his gang overnight, after which he then became the current mayor of Goodneighbor.
* If the Sole Survivor steals the Fat Man, mini nuke, and ammunition in KL-E-0's shop undetected, the items will respawn after waiting a few days, allowing the items to be obtained multiple times.
===Companion comments===
* When at this location, companions make comments, which are activated at the entrance.
Location comments	Location comments
Character 	Comment
Cait 	"Wow, this place is a shitehole. And here I thought it couldn't get any worse than the Combat Zone."
Codsworth 	""
Curie 	"Oh, can we see the Old State House? Maybe they have the tourist brochure?"
Danse 	"Safeties off. I don't like the look of this place one bit."
Deacon 	"Hancock turns a blind eye to our... activities. Makes Goodneighbor a great place to lay low."
John Hancock 	"Home sweet home."
Nick Valentine 	""
Piper Wright 	""
Preston Garvey 	""
Robert MacCready 	"Ugh. Nothing says welcome like the stench of urine-soaked garbage."
Strong 	"These humans like fighting."
X6-88 	""
==Appearances==
Goodneighbor appears in Fallout 4 and is mentioned in Fallout Shelter.
==Behind the scenes==
* In the real world, Irma The Body (real name Mary Goodneighbor) was a burlesque performer who was filmed performing a striptease in the Old Howard Theater by Boston's vice squad. This tape was central to getting the Old Howard Theater shut down, generally marking the end of the Scollay Square district.News Google Her surname served as the inspiration for Goodneighbor's name, and her stage name is shared by the proprietor of the Memory Den.The History of Bethesda Game Studios - Emil Pagliarulo: "The name Goodneighbor comes from Holly Goodneighbor , who was one of the last burlesque dancers in Boston."
* In the game, the Memory Den's facade and marquee are based on the real-world Gordon's Scollay Square Olympia Theatre, although it is about a block and a half from the building's real-world location.
* Hancock's philosophy and Goodneighbor's slogan, "of the people, for the people," is adapted from the final line of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, in which he spoke of the struggle to preserve a "government of the people, by the people, for the people."
==Bugs==
 When entering Goodneighbor, jumping as you open the door can put your character in a suspended jumping animation. You can fix this by simply pulling out your weapon.
==Gallery==
Fo4 Goodneighbor.jpg|Goodneighbor exterior
Goodneighbor.jpg|Goodneighbor exterior
Goodneighbor-Stores-Fallout4.jpg|Kill or Be Killed and Daisy's Discounts
Killorbekilled-Fallout4.jpg|Kill or Be Killed
Daisy's Discounts (Fallout 4).jpg|Daisy's Discounts
OldStateHouse Fo4.png|Old State House
The Third Rail.jpg|The Third Rail
Goodneighbor-MemoryDen-Fallout4.jpg|Memory Den
Memory Den.png|Memory Den
FO4 Locations 27621 46.jpg|Scollay Square sign
FO4 Scolsqu 1.jpg|Scollay Square sign
Hotel Rexford.jpg|Hotel Rexford
Fo4_John_Hancock.jpg|Mayor Hancock
CHS and COS Goodneighbor.jpg|Chemistry station and Cooking station
Cooking station SE of Goodneighbor.jpg|Cooking station (southeast)
Cooking station Goodneighbor freeway.jpg|Cooking station
Goodneighbor-Street-Fallout4.jpg|Central street
Goodneighbor-Alley-Fallout4.jpg|Alley inhabited by Triggermen
FO4 street sign 1.jpg|Street sign
Scollay Square.png|Pre-release screenshot
Memory Den concept art E3Demo.png|Memory Den concept art from The Art of Fallout 4
Fo4-memory-den-concept2.png|Memory Den concept art
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