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Originally Posted by Crawford
Boston is very high profile in the Eastern U.S. No doubt somewhat higher profile than Philly, and in the same general tier as DC. It doesn't have quite the global feel of the biggest U.S. metros but it's a heavyweight. Not quite the Bay Area, but not tremendously off either.
There isn't much to Mass outside the Boston CSA, and this small area is mostly college towns and second home areas for wealthy New Yorkers and Bostonians. So, no, not particularly Rust Belt anymore. Maybe Springfield, a bit, but not really. And Upstate NY near Mass isn't really Rust Belt. It's more of the college town/second home/recreational feel. The whole Hudson Valley, and hilly scenery north of NYC, whether in NY, CT or MA, is pretty expensive these days, with bad housing shortages. The real Rust is to the west of the Hudson Valley/Catskills.
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Starts around the Utica area though the Capital District had some pretty rusty areas' e.g., Schenectady.
As for Boston, it absolutely does loom large of the northeast and ranks up there with New York and DC for it areas for career opportunities. Perhaps, not if you're shopping around for someone to look at your screenplay...