Living in Boston
Boston is one of America’s premiere cities. It has a large population of young professionals and students but is also a very family-friendly city. Boston is located at the mouth of the Charles River and has a protected harbor with islands belonging to a National Park off shore. Boston offers a wealth of cultural opportunities including a great symphony orchestra, the Boston Pop’s and its July 4th fireworks concert, world class museums and excellent restaurants. There is even an orchestra composed entirely of physicians, the Longwood Orchestra.
The BWH is located adjacent to Harvard Medical School in the Longwood Medical Area which includes the Beth Israel/Deaconess Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and the Joslin Diabetes Center. The Countway library is one of the country’s major medical libraries. Close by are a number of colleges, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Isabelle Gardner museum. The area is accessible by train as well as the “Riverside Green Line” to the Longwood stop or the “Arborway Green Line” to Brigham Circle. BWH is on Boston’s outer border with Brookline, a mostly residential area.
One major advantage of Boston is the accessibility of wonderful places for day trips. Cape Cod, the mountains and lakes of New Hampshire and Maine are within 2 hours drive. The Berkshire’s of western Massachusetts and the Tanglewood home of the Boston symphony are also major attractions. Sports feature prominently with the Boston Marathon, the Head of the Charles Regatta, college and professional teams and skiing there is activity throughout the year.
Residents choose to live in a variety of communities in and around Boston. Some live in apartments across the street from the hospital, some in Cambridge across the Charles river where Harvard and MIT are located. Others live in Brookline, Somerville or even the suburbs. There is high turnover of housing due to the large numbers of students in the area. Housing prices are however on the high side.
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