Word: metropolitanism
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Gentrification, long recognized as a problem in Boston's suburbs, is spreading throughout the metropolitan area, raising rents in traditionally wealthy communities like Cambridge and in poorer neighborhoods such as Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan...
First-class universities, cultural institutions and rapidly expanding computer and biotechnology sectors are attracting swarms of people and resources to the metropolitan area, sparking a city-wide renaissance, impacting even the poorest sections of Boston...
Time was when you were falling behind at work or arguing too much with your spouse, you called your mom or dad for advice. If they couldn't help, you probably talked out your troubles with a friend. If you lived in a metropolitan area (and had decent insurance), you might have gone to a therapist to sort out the underlying conflicts. But you wouldn't have hired a coach. Those were the guys in sweat pants with whistles dangling around their necks. They concerned themselves with motivating kids on the soccer field or perhaps toning the flabby thighs...
...base. Cardinal fans are rabid. No team's fans in the New York metropolitan area compare to those of the Cardinals. Earlier this summer, Sports Illustrated called St. Louis the best baseball town in America, and The Sporting News called St. Louis the best sports town in America...
...Boston and Cambridge politicians say the lack of affordable housing is the most pressing issue facing the metropolitan area, stemming from the end of rent control in 1994 and the current boom in real estate. Over the past five years, Cambridge has lost about 16,000 price-controlled units and Boston about...