Boston always had close connections with Nova Scotia. Many a lad or lass moved to "the Boston States" from Cape Breton and other parts of the province, for work which was plentiful there, and often there were relatives ahead of them to offer shelter and advice. Boston, in my experience, is one of the few US cities where most people will know something about NS, and often will have ancestors who came from here. It's my favourite US city, having taken a vacation there years ago. I didn't meet a single person who wasn't kind, generous and entirely welcoming, and the parts of the city I saw were beautiful. Of course, it likely helped that my goals were galleries, museums, second hand stores, bookshops and pubs with live music!