I think Bostonians would take issue with your assumption:
- Boston has one of the best public transportation systems in the country (ranked #4 by Us news) [1]
- Boston and the surrounding area is very densely populated making things generally not far away. In fact, Boston is about 4x as dense as Atlanta and the surrounding cites of Cambridge and Somerville are more dense still. [2,3,4,5]
- Boston is pretty much covered in college campuses. They're in the middle of the city, edges of the city, and outskirts of the city.
- Boston has one of the best public transportation systems in the country (ranked #4 by Us news) [1]
- Boston and the surrounding area is very densely populated making things generally not far away. In fact, Boston is about 4x as dense as Atlanta and the surrounding cites of Cambridge and Somerville are more dense still. [2,3,4,5]
- Boston is pretty much covered in college campuses. They're in the middle of the city, edges of the city, and outskirts of the city.
[1] http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/the-10-best-cities-for...
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta