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My home town – the greater Boston area , MASSACHUSETTS, USA

Since 1950, except for three years of working in Midwest, the greater Boston area of Massachusetts, USA is the place I called home. For the past 42 years I have lived in Lexington MA, a historical town within the area and the birthplace of American revolution for independence..

Boston is also known as the Athens of America (美国学府). Within its environ there are 80+ institutions of higher learning with MIT and Harvard best known. Wellesley College is one of the premier women college in the US. Among her well known graduates are Hilary Clinton and Madame Chiang Kai-shek (宋美齡).

Okay, Boston winters are cold and sleety, and housing is expensive. But residents love the area’s world-class arts, museums, symphony, shopping, restaurants and world famous hospitals. Celebrities world wide often come here for treatment. Walking and biking are easy, and the core of college students—some 250,000, attending more than 80 colleges—makes for one of the most educated addresses around; one in five persons is affiliated with higher education. Sports fans are fierce, whether worshiping at the feet of the Red Sox, New England Patriots (American football), Celtics (Basketball), or Bruins (Hockey). These are all recent or current world champion teams. Here are some statistics from the Chambers of Commerce:

Population: 4,455,217
Median housing price: $479,700
Average number of sunny days: 205
According to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) it is 12^th healthiest place to retire.

Boston is home to American history - the Freedom Trail, a fascinating 2.5-mile hike through early American history; the Minuteman National Historical Park chronicles the story of the American Revolution; the first subway system in the US was built here; as well as many other “first”s in science, medicine, and technology.

Pardon my hometown pride, It is my personal opinion that next to San Francisco Boston is the best place to live in the US. But unlike San Francisco, we do not live in constant  concern for the next big earthquake which many consider to be inevitable for SF.

自1950年以来，除了在中西部工作的3年之外，美国麻省大波士顿地区一直是我称作家的地方。过去42年来我一直住在麻省莱克星敦市，这是该地区的历史名城，美国独立战争的诞生地。

波士顿也被认为是美国的“雅典”，拥有80多所高等院校，其中最著名的就是麻省理工和哈佛。韦尔兹利则是全美主要的女子学院之一。她知名的毕业生包括希拉里和宋美龄。

好吧，我承认，波士顿的冬天寒冷刺骨，雨雪连绵，但是这儿的居民喜爱该地区世界级的艺术、博物馆、交响乐、购物、餐馆以及世界闻名的医院，全世界的名人经常来这里进行治疗。步行和骑自行车十分惬意，由大学学生组成的核心——大约250000名，分属于80多所院校——使得附近地区成了教育气息最浓厚的地方，5个人中就有1个与高等教育有关。这儿的体育粉丝也很疯狂，不论他们崇拜的是红袜棒球队、新英格兰爱国者橄榄球队、凯尔特人篮球队还是褐熊曲棍球队。这些球队全都是新近的或当前的世界冠军球队。以下是商会提供的统计数据：

人口：4455217
平均房屋价格：479700美元
年平均晴天数：205
根据美国退休者协会，她是全美最适宜退休地区的第12名。

波士顿是美国历史的源头——自由之路（Freedom Trail），一段迷人的穿越美国早期历史的2.5英里的路途；民兵国家历史公园记录了美国革命的历史；这里建造了美国第一座地铁系统；以及许多其它的科学、医学和技术方面的“第一”。

请原谅我对于家乡的自豪，在我个人看来，波士顿是仅次于全美最适宜居住的地方。不过与旧金山不同，我们不用成天担心下一场大地震的来临，许多人认为这对旧金山来说是不可避免的。（科学网 梅进译）

Note added 11/1/2017: Latest video about my home town Lexington https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bh9llq4pkkvr6u/Yes%20Lexington%20-%20Hastings%20LCP%20Fire%20House%20v6.mov?dl=0  

Also according to the latest survey, Lexington is the 2nd best small city to live in the US.