Boston Real Estate

The academician will immediately inform you that Boston is America's college town, claiming many of the world's most revered colleges and universities, and hosting a student population which richly adds to Boston's intellectual tradition. A businessperson will remind you that Boston is home to some of the oldest and most prosperous industrial and commercial enterprises in the country, as well as an expanding center of innovative medical and high technology ventures.

To a sociologist, Boston is the original melting pot, through which various ethnic groups have passed and often stayed to create unique neighborhoods which contribute to the city's cultural palette. The political observer will note that Boston has been considered a hotbed of political activity since the American Revolution, producing many famed national leaders and continuing to spawn ereat political battles like the Irish-Yankee political donnybrooks of years past.

The culture-seeker will naturally recite the endless lists of museums, theaters, galleries, and musical organizations that have always been an integral part of Boston's appeal. The sports fan will tell you of the unequaled knowledge and intensity of Boston's baseball fans and their undying devotion to the Red Sox, as well as the Celtic basketball dynasty, the Bruins and the perennially promising Patriots. Boston's influence in the fields of education, law, medicine, literature, art, theater, music, and technology is so pervasive that it is doubtful there is any activity in these fields that has not been affected by the work of some past or present inhabitant of the city.

A short walk through the city will bring you in direct contact with the features of Boston's past and present which have established Boston as one of the most noted and loved cities in the world.

The cobblestoned streets, the old townhouses, the wharves, and the city and state buildings radiate Boston's illustrious history. The Charles River on a warm spring day will be full of sailboats and rowing crews, while its banks will be lined with college students preparing for exams while enjoying the sunshine. Fanueil Hall, Quincy Market and Haymarket Square will be full of shoppers seeking items from souvenirs to fresh tomatoes.

A walk up Beacon Hill will afford a view of the gold-domed statehouse as well as homes of Boston's Old Yankee elite. From here it's only a short stroll to the North End, where Italian cuisine and culture still exist in a strong, close community that is only one of several of Boston's tightly-knit ethnic neighborhoods.

Even Boston's subway system has been immortalized, in the KingstonTrio's "Charlie on the MTA". The evening view of Boston's skyline, best seen from the Prudential or John Hancock skywalks, is breathtaking, and illustrates the growth of Boston from a seventeenth century settlement to a twentieth century urban metropolis.

Whether you are planning to be a resident of Boston, one of its suburbs, or an outlying community, you will come to value the wealth of educational, cultural, social, and commercial resources which Boston has to offer. The history and grandeur of Boston will be yours for the asking.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts maintains a page of excellent links to further information on Boston here.