Boston – Today

  • Vibrant 
  • Diverse
  • Coastal city
  • Cultural opportunities,
    • Museum of Fine Arts 
    • Isabella Gardner Museum
    • Museum of Science
    • Boston Public Library
      • first big municipally-funded library in the United States,
      • beautiful architecture
      • peaceful courtyard 
  • Walkable
    • Along the Charles River
    • Boston’s Public Garden 
      • Victorian botanical design.
      • Swan boats that have for operated more than 100 years.
      • Make Way for Ducklings
    • Freedom Trail – one of America’s first historic walking tours,
      • 2.5 miles of history revealing the city’s rich and historical background, extending  from Bunker Hill to Boston Common and is filled with fascinating historical sites. 
    • Harbour Walk
      • near-continuous, 43-mile linear park along Boston’s shoreline,
      • connects Boston’s waterfront neighborhoods
        • from the Neponset River in lower Dorchester
        • to Constitution Beach in East Boston via Charlestown, the North End, Downtown, Seaport, South Boston and Dorchester.
    • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway is a one mile long park located in Downtown Boston  consisting of gardens, promenades, plazas, fountains, art, and specialty lighting systems 
    • Cambridge 
      • Mount Auburn cemetery is the first garden, cemetery in the United States,
      • collection of over 5,500 trees includes nearly 700 species and varieties.
  • Transport
    • oldest public transport systems in the country
  • Access to excellent health care,
  • Quality education
    • Harvard
    • MIT
    • BU
    • Tufts
    • Boston College
      Simmonds College
  • Appreciation for History
  • Athletics
    • Boston Red Sox 
      • Century-old Fenway Park – Oldest in the NAtion
      • World Series titles (9)
      • 1903 1912 1915 1916 1918 2004 2007 2013 2018.
    • New England Patriots
      • The Patriots have won
      • 6 Super Bowl titles (2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017, and 2019) and
      • 11 American Football Conference (AFC) championships.
    • Boston Celtics —
      • 17 championships-the most successful NBA team in history.
    • Boston Bruins
      • The Bruins have won the Stanley Cup
      • six times (1929, 1939, 1941, 1970, 1972, and 2011)
    • College teams
  • Nearby
    • Cape Cod,
    • Nantucket, and
    • Martha’s Vineyard.
    • Salem and its Witch trials 
    • new Hampshire
    • Vermont
    • Maine