For Brits who are longing to escape the old world, but are not brash enough for New York or Botoxed enough for LA, Boston might be the right fit. The capital of Massachusetts is often called the most British city in America, and it certainly looks the part: the red-brick Georgian and Victorian architecture, cobbled streets and gas lamps are the stuff of Sunday period dramas. The culture is familiar, too, from the old-money Henry James ambience in Beacon Hill to the British International School, the Irish pubs and the higgledy-piggledy street layout (as opposed to an American grid). The 52-acre Boston Common was designated as parkland before London’s Clapham Common. Brains are more important than brawn here — Harvard and MIT are among the 35…

Source: The Times February 04, 2018 00:04 UTC