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Boston remained an economic center through the 19th century, both as a financial hub and as a port through which manufactured goods such as shoes and textiles were shipped. At the onset of the 20th century, the availability of cheaper labor in the Southern states led to a decline in New England manufacturing industries, and hard times for Boston as well. It continued however to be a center for advanced education, the city and its surrounding towns home to dozens of colleges and universities, allowing greater Boston to become a vital center of the technology industries that burgeoned in the last half of the 20th century.

Boston remained an economic center through the 19th century, both as a financial hub and as a port through which manufactured goods such as shoes and textiles were shipped. At the onset of the 20th century, the availability of cheaper labor in the Southern states led to a decline in New England manufacturing industries, and hard times for Boston as well. It continued however to be a center for advanced education, the city and its surrounding towns home to dozens of colleges and universities, allowing greater Boston to become a vital center of the technology industries that burgeoned in the last half of the 20th century.

==Democrat hegemony==

==Democrat hegemony and rat infestation ==

The last [[Republican]] mayor of Boston was elected in 1926.  

The last [[Republican]] mayor of Boston was elected in 1926.  

Boston is one of the ten most rat infested cities of the world.<ref>http://www.animalplanet.com/wild-animals/3-baltimore-md/</ref>  

Boston is one of the ten most rat infested cities of the world.<ref>http://www.animalplanet.com/wild-animals/3-baltimore-md/</ref>  

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== See also ==

== See also ==

[[Image:Fenway.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Fenway Park, home of the [[Boston Red Sox]].]]

[[Image:Fenway.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Fenway Park, home of the [[Boston Red Sox]].]]