I'd like to say, "Boston has more universities per square mile than
any other city in the world." But is that true? Does it have more
colleges, if not universities? Does it have more, total -- as opposed
to more per square mile? If not the world, how about the United
States?

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 02 Feb 2005 20:48 PST

This webpage makes your point, rather ungrammatically:

"The students flood to Boston every September, as the city has more
colleges per square mile than any other cities in the world."

http://web1.arch.hawaii.edu/soa_alt1/Practicumstudio/News/Boston.htm 

Two more statements of the claim:

"Boston, MA has more schools per square mile than any other city in the world."

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:uW6iq6nJQ-oJ:www.simplygreek.com/forum/topic.asp

"Boston holds more universities per sq. mi. than anyplace on Earth."

http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2004/11/06/prime-targets/

Do any of these quotes meet your needs?

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Clarification of Question by cribcage-ga on 02 Feb 2005 20:57 PST

Yes, that'll work. Post and collect. :-)

Thank you for accepting my findings as your answer. I've reposted the
links below, with a few additional links that you may find useful.

"The students flood to Boston every September, as the city has more
colleges per square mile than any other cities in the world."

University of Hawaii: Practicum Studio
http://web1.arch.hawaii.edu/soa_alt1/Practicumstudio/News/Boston.htm 

"Boston, MA has more schools per square mile than any other city in the world."

Simply Greek Forums (cached)
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:uW6iq6nJQ-oJ:www.simplygreek.com/forum/topic.asp

"Boston holds more universities per sq. mi. than anyplace on Earth."

The American Street: Prime Targets
http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2004/11/06/prime-targets/

Here are some similar quotes, with "per capita" rather than "per square mile":

"With America's most universities per capita, Boston is a young, hip
town bursting with high-tech companies."

Honolulu Star-Bulletin: 3 Days in Boston
http://starbulletin.com/2002/02/03/travel/story1.html

"In the Twin Cities alone, we have more colleges per capita than any
U.S. metropolitan area except Boston."

Education Minnesota: Report of Co-President Sandra Peterson
http://www.educationminnesota.org/index.cfm?PAGE_ID=3077

"Boston has more colleges per capita than any city in the world."

Valley Advocate: Know Your Fundamentalists
http://www.valleyadvocate.com/gbase/News/content.html?oid=oid:86467

"With America?s most universities per-capita, Boston is a young, hip
town bursting with high-tech companies that give Silicon Valley a run
for the money."

Tour Videos: USA East Coast by Train
http://www.tourvideos.com/pdf/EC36pg%20book.pdf

My Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: boston "more OR most schools OR colleges OR universities per"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=boston+%22more+OR+most+schools+OR+colleges+OR+universities+per

I hope this helps!

Best regards,
pinkfreud

I wanted a few sources to make the assertion, and I got eight.
Pinkfreud came through yet again. Thanks!

Thank you very much for the five-star rating and the nice tip!

~pinkfreud