Shall we throw in a toothless fat bitch for good measure?
If he moves to those aformentioned areas you won't have to throw one in!
Now if he'd like a cold bitch with that menu, possibly I could send one down from Boston. That would be number one on the list of cons from the Boston area.
2. Super Expensive, a good home costs 500k. Rent for a one bedroom apt about $1000 a month, outside of the city. In the city, about $1500.
3. City wasn't planned so it's takes people years to learn how to drive in it.
4. Traffic sucks but has improved in the last few years.
5. As Goose said, people tend to always be in a rush, makes their driving pretty bad.
Pros
1. The Sox, even if you hate them, as long as you're a baseball fan summer won't be boring.
2. There is plenty to do, sports, museums, history, top-notch food, mountains and beaches both two hours away.
3. Higher education is solid if you have kids.
4. Portland, Maine isn't far away. Great drinking town.
5. 3 Super Bowls out of 4 years. Even better when the Pats start 9-1, play some 6-4 team those idiot announcers talk up and then go in as underdogs and beat the piss out of.
It's a college town but realize that means ice queens in training!

I'm leaving for whereever else this career takes me. Only place I'd consider in the New England area is Maine. Still near the big city but out in the country at the same time(except bad summer traffic).
Mr. I.