Boston city is located in the eastern part of Massachusetts, on Boston Harbour, at the mouth of the Charles River. Boston is the largest and most influential city in the six-state New England region. The liberal tradition that spawned the Kennedys remains alive, fed in part by the presence in the city of more than one hundred universities and colleges, including Harvard University. The famous Quincy Market has served as a blueprint for urban development worldwide with its busy street life, imaginative museums and galleries, fine architecture and palpable history.