Rednecks?
Harvard, MIT, BC, BU, Berklee School of Music, Northeastern, etc. etc.
Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics and Bruins
Population of greater Boston is 4.5 million people, makes it the 10th largest metro area in the US
"much of Boston's culture originates at its universities"
"Boston is also one of the birthplaces of the
hardcore punk genre of music"
"Boston's reputation as "the Athens of America" derives in large part from the teaching and research activities of more than 100 colleges and universities located in the
Greater Boston Area, with more than 250,000 students attending college in Boston and Cambridge alone."