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Boston is the largest city in New England and the capitol of
Massachusetts. It is one of the oldest, most culturally significant, and
wealthiest cities in the United States. The economy is based on health care,
education, technology, and finance.
Boston has many nicknames. The City on a Hill refers to the original three hills
of Boston. Beantown refers to early Bostonians making baked beans with imported
molasses. The Hub is a shortened form of The Hub of the Universe. William Tudor,
co-founder of the North American Review, christened the city The Athens of
America for its cultural and intellectual influence. Boston is also called the
Puritan City because its founders were Puritans from England who settled in the
1600’s. Citizens of the greater Boston area are called Bostonians.
The city lies at the center of the Boston Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical
Area, which is the seventh largest in the United States. The area encompasses
parts of the states of Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. The
Greater Boston area contains the cities of Cambridge, Brookline, Quincy, Newton,
as well as other nearby suburban communities.
Most of the city has been built on landfill, including most of Back Bay and the
South End. Two and a half of Boston's three original hills were used as a source
of material for landfill. Only Beacon Hill, the smallest of the three original
hills, remains partially intact and has now become one of the oldest and most
desirable neighborhoods in town. The downtown area is mainly made up of stone
and low-rise brick buildings, most of the older buildings were built in the
Federal style. In the Financial District, Government Center, Back Bay, and the
South Boston waterfront many of these buildings mix in with modern high-rises.
The South End Historic District is the nation's largest surviving Victorian-era
neighborhood.
The Charles River separates Boston from Cambridge, Watertown, and Charlestown.
To the east is Boston Harbor and the Harbor Islands, which are part of the
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The Neponset River forms the
boundary between Boston's southern neighborhoods and the cities of Quincy and
Milton. The Mystic River separates the neighborhoods of East Boston and
Charlestown from Chelsea and Everett.
Climate
Boston experiences a continental climate that is very common in New England. The
weather in Boston, like much of New England, changes rapidly. It is not uncommon
for the city to experience temperature swings of 54 Fahrenheit degrees (30
Celsius degrees) or more over the course of a couple of days. Summers are
typically warm and humid, while winters are cold, windy and snowy. It has been
known to snow in October and get quite warm with highs well into the 80s in
February.
Boston's reputation as the Athens of America derives in large part from the
teaching and research activities of more than 100 colleges and universities
located in its metropolitan area. Boston College was the first institution of
higher education established in the city. It was originally located in the South
End before moving to Chestnut Hill, on the city's western edge. Its campus
gradually expanded and it is now within the outer edges of the city's political
boundaries. Boston University, now the city's second largest employer and one of
the largest private universities in the country, was originally established in
Vermont before moving to Brookline and later to its present campus in the Back
Bay in the 1950s. Harvard University, the nation's oldest institution of higher
learning, is based across the Charles River in Cambridge; however, most of its
current land holdings lie in Boston. These holdings include the Arnold
Arboretum, and its business and medical schools. Harvard recently announced
plans to expand its main campus across the Charles River into Boston's Allston
neighborhood, which already hosts some of the university's dormitories and
sports facilities. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) operates
several major laboratories within the city. Emerson College, a highly regarded
arts & communications school, maintains a campus near the Theatre District at
the southeast corner of Boston Common. Northeastern University, a large private
university with a distinctive co-op (cooperative education) program, maintains a
campus in the Fenway district. Suffolk University, a small private university
known for its law school, maintains a campus on Beacon Hill. The city is also
home to a number of conservatories and art schools, including the Massachusetts
College of Art, New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, and Berklee
College of Music. The University of Massachusetts Boston, Roxbury Community
College, and Bunker Hill Community College are the city's three state-run
colleges.