I like Boston a lot, too. I still regret leaving Brandeis, for all but one or two reasons. I think the public transportation system, though, is what really makes the town. The whole place seems so unified, everything in Boston so reachable, that it's almost like a small town. I like the people, too, and the area.
I dunno if I'd live there, later, though, live in the city, but I'd like to work there. Hopefully, I'll be going to school in Boston as well, once I graduate from CU.
Good beer, good history, pretty, near the water, good schools.
A lot of the suburbs around Boston are also remarkably nice.
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