The East Coast, and certainly Boston, has a provincial quality to it that makes it harder to bust out and move up. Try to be too different and they'll pull you down.
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Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams.
I'm from Boston, and I'm hard-headed, opinionated and a good arguer.
New York is very provincial. They're very cut-off; they don't have an awareness of so much that is going on in the world.
Boston is actually the capital of the world. You didn't know that? We breed smart-ass, quippy, funny people. Not that I'm one of them. I just sorta sneaked in under the radar.
There are a lot of interesting differences between Boston and New York in general, and I think they're sort of heightened in Long Island.
Boston has a lot of European qualities to it, and one of them is the charm of its above-ground trollies.
I kind of grew up on the East Coast, lived in New York for a while, then moved to L.A. So I'm not a New Yorker at all, but I'm much happier in New York; I've always liked it better.
New York is just as provincial as anyone else.
I miss Boston so much and want to get back there someday.
We have a great location between Boston and New York, a highly educated work force, and Connecticut is a beautiful place to live.
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