That last line (the new version is better) is YPOV.  This 'new'(your) version just complicates the issue and makes the article less simple to read.  Tell me, why MUST Boston be mentioned as a cultural and business hub at all?  This seems to be at the heart of your bias.  It appears as you want the viewers to get from reading it that Boston is somehow the nerve center and city that New England revolves around and looks up to.  Why MUST this illusion be on the page?