| With 100,000 people in an area of only 6.5 | | | | |
| square miles, Cambridge, Ma is a densely | | | | Cambridge has emerged over the years as a |
| populated cultural and scientific center. It | | | | major hub for leading biotech companies. |
| is best known as the home of Harvard | | | | Today, it is one of the world's most |
| University and the Massachusetts Institute of | | | | important centers for biotech research with |
| Technology. It is often cited for its | | | | its connections to both new and old talent |
| plethora of shops and cafes, as a sort of | | | | coming out of the two great universities |
| Left Bank or countercultural center, but | | | | there, Harvard and MIT. Cambridge's |
| there is also a lot of serious business going | | | | large-scale employment has shifted to where |
| on in Cambridge like hi-tech industries and | | | | besides Harvard and MIT, health care and |
| bio-tech businesses. | | | | biotechnology dominate the Cambridge economy, |
| | | | with Genzyme, Biogen, and Novartis being |
| Cambridge homes vary from the student | | | | large companies there. Biotech's center is |
| enthusiasm of Harvard Square, to quieter | | | | the Kendall Square and East Cambridge areas. |
| neighborhoods in North Cambridge. Cambridge | | | | A number of biotechnology companies are also |
| is just over the Charles River from Boston | | | | located in University Park at MIT. Cambridge |
| and is connected by several subway stops to | | | | is definitely a multi-cultural city, with |
| the Greater Boston area, as well as by MTA | | | | large communities of Spanish, Creole, |
| Bus service. Of course, Cambridge is about as | | | | Portuguese and other language speakers. Air |
| historic as you get in the United States. It | | | | travel is through nearby Boston's Logan |
| was founded by the Pilgrims in 1630, and was | | | | Airport just a short drive down the depressed |
| a center of the American Revolution, leading | | | | Central Artery and the tunnel to East Boston, |
| up to first battles of Lexington and Concord | | | | which is also served by the MTA. |
| in 1775. | | | | |