<p>Without entering into the argument over Worcester and Greater Boston, I’d like to point out to the OP that Tufts itself is in a Boston suburb, nowhere near the downtown or most of the other colleges and college activities. I’m not saying this to be down on Tufts, but because I’ve noticed a tendency to lump in “Boston” colleges like Harvard, MIT and Tufts together, when in fact Tufts is considerably further from the city.</p>