The greater Boston job market benefits from being a kind of capital city for the New England region (as well as for the state of Massachusetts). If you consider yourself a part of Red Sox Nation, this is where you go for the Fenway experience and more, and local restaurants and retailers reap the gains.
“The Hub" is America's quintessential bastion of higher education, drawing a steady stream of students, research grants, and spinoff corporations in fields such as biotech and robotics. The city has its problems – including high housing prices – but it's doing better than many others.
