2006-12-09 02:34:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Boston
For the legions of college students who have called Boston home (in this, the world’s biggest college town), it’s always been known as the “hub”. But that term actually came from writer and jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes who wrote in 1858 that Boston was “the hub of the solar system”. Whether or not you buy into that grandiose vision of Boston’s importance, there’s no denying that it’s one of America’s most cosmopolitan and sophisticated cities, and a delight to visit.
2006-12-11 03:50:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you looked at a map of Boston, you'll see the roads make a pattern like spokes on a wheel and Boston is the "hub". Oliver Wendall Holmes also said that "Boston is the Hub of the Universe"
2006-12-10 20:22:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oliver Wendall Holmes named Boston as the Hub of the universe. On the same token as the "Athens of America"
Most people from Boston are unaware of this fact. I took my own research to find this out when I moved.
2006-12-11 19:54:57 · answer #3 · answered by OliveTheCat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Route 128 makes a big circle around Boston from South Shore to North Shore and tons of highways go out to it from the inner city making it look like an old fashioned spoked wheel.
2006-12-10 21:21:29 · answer #4 · answered by Casperia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The It's Called Bruins slogan of last year was a failure as was the team so they changed it.
2006-12-11 11:14:12 · answer #5 · answered by Jim G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋