BOSTON
Boston is situated in the north-east of the USA, on the Atlantic coast. It is a big port and ship-building centre. The Americans call Boston "the city of yesterday and tomorrow". It is called the city of yesterday because it has a very interesting history connected with the War of Independence against the British. Visitors can find historic reminders a century and a half older than the USA itself. It is called the city of tomorrow because it is a city with the most modern highways, lots of parking facilities, motels and hotels and other conveniences. Boston is a large town with many high buildings, but not like New York and Chicago. There are many places of interest in Boston such as the Museum of Fine Arts with a rich collection of paintings and sculptures, the Prudential Centre, an old Gothic style building of Boston College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which is the largest scientific and technical school in the USA and many others.
Boston has three universities. Harward University is the oldest university in the USA.
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