Goodneighbor

Goodneighbor, known as Scollay Square before the Great War, is a section of Boston. In 2287, it is 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. It can be reached from the Mass Fusion building by traveling to the southeast.

The town was once ruled over by a criminal named Vic who was later overthrown by John Hancock. He 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 is also a hub of crime, which was one of the reasons why a security team called the Neighborhood Watch was established to keep order under Hancock's rule and defend the town from raiders and rival organizations such as the Triggermen and the Institute, among others.

Even with vigilantism encouraged and the presence of the Neighborhood Watch, various criminal activity is commonplace in Goodneighbor, such as 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 is tended by Whitechapel Charlie.

Inhabitants

 * Companions
 * John Hancock
 * MacCready


 * Residents


 * Generic
 * 19 drifters
 * 10 Neighborhood Watch
 * Various Triggermen

Notable loot

 * See respective location articles

Companion comments

 * When at this location companions make comments, which are activated at the entrance.

Appearances
Goodneighbor appears in Fallout 4 and is mentioned in Fallout Shelter.

Behind the scenes

 * In the real world, 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, marking the general end of the Scollay Square district. Her surname served as the inspiration for Goodneighbor's name.
 * In the game, the Memory Den's facade and marquee are based on the Gordon's Scollay Square Olympia Theater, though it is about a block and a half away from where that building was. The proprietor of the Memory Den, Irma, is also named and styled after Mary Goodneighbor, whose stage name was Irma the Body.

Bugs

 * Bobbi's terminal is inaccessible. Even without collision, there is no way to use the terminal. This prevents the player from opening the nearby safe as it can only be unlocked via Bobbi's terminal. With the console command 'unlock', one can access the safe, though there will be no prompt indicating that the safe exists.
 * When entering Goodneighbor, jumping as you open the door can put your character in a suspended jumping motion. You can fix this simply by pulling your weapon out.
 * When shooting a Triggerman in the warehouses using VATS with a full critical bar, the whole game may start to glitch and result in a crash.