BosWash is a term made up by Frenchman Jean Gottman in the 1950's to describe the cluster of urban areas in the northeastern United States. The term has never really caught on. Residents of the area call it the Northeast or simply refer to each place by name.

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Beyond Megalopolis: Exploring America’s New “Megapolitan” Geography by the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, 2005.

Bos Wash

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