Rankings
Boston Ranked Ninth Healthiest Place to Live by TIME
TIME magazine has released a new book in which its editors pick what they believe to be the 10 healthiest places to live in the United States. […]
Emerson, BU Make The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Film Schools List
Since 2011, The Hollywood Reporter has ranked annually the top 25 film schools in the country. Understandably, a fair number are based in LA and NYC. […]
Massachusetts Is Filled with (Crazy, Neurotic, Intelligent) Cat People
Massachusetts has the highest ratio of cats to dogs in the United States, according to data published in the Washington Post. That’s right, we are a […]
Mass General Ranked Second in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals List
For the second year in a row, Massachusetts General Hospital has been named the No. 2 hospital in the country. No surprise here. What is […]
Boston Is Watching the World Cup More than Most U.S. Cities
Not many cities in America are more consumed with the Team USA’s World Cup games than Boston. According to ESPN, just three cities had higher […]
El Pelón Taqueria’s Burrito Ranked One of the Country’s Best
Political prognosticator. Celebrated sabermetrics guru. Writer and editor-in-chief of ESPN’s FiveThirtyEight blog. Nate Silver is many things, but there is one attribute most people don’t know: the acclaimed […]
Paste Magazine Ranks 10 New England Beers in Its ‘Must-Try’ List
Since being posted on May 30, Paste Magazine‘s “100 American Craft Beers Every Beer-Lover Should Drink” has gone viral. The music and pop culture magazine, based […]
Cambridge Buys More Print Books on Amazon Than Any Other (Small) City
Maybe it’s all of the Harvard and MIT students, intellecutally stimulated residents, and the fact that Amazon.com has a satellite office there. But whatever the reason, […]
Boston Goes From Sixth to Ninth in Fitness Rankings
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) released its seventh annual American Fitness Index (AFI) data report Wednesday, which highlights the health and fitness “status” of the 50 […]
Why Isn’t Boston a Blue Zone?
Life expectancy reached an all-time high in Massachusetts in 2009 (the last time the information was made public) with citizens reaching an average of 80.7 […]
Boston’s Small, Winding Streets Are Good for Something: Pedestrian Safety
The, uh, quirky design of our city streets here in Boston elicits a lot of complaints from a lot of groups: tourists trying to find […]
Massachusetts Is the Fifth Healthiest State for Seniors
The United Health Foundation released its annual America’s Health Rankings Senior Report 2014 on Wednesday, and Massachusetts is the fifth healthiest state for seniors in the […]
Northern New England Has the Lowest Teen Pregnancy Rates in the Country
Sometimes being last in a rankings list is a good thing. And in the case of teen pregnancy rates, New England is as low as you […]
A Poll Says Massachusetts Residents Aren’t Sure We’re the Best State
For all our defiant state pride—or “Massholery,” if you prefer—it turns out that Massachusetts residents are actually pretty modest about how the state measures up […]
Should Boston Mind That It’s One of the ‘Worst Cities for Parking’?
Perhaps you saw the study from NerdWallet that ranked Boston the fifth worst city for parking, and perhaps you felt that finally, someone out there […]