aristo, thanks. I knew about the Billy Bulger thing but had forgotten. I know the "Hill" term...used to read a lot of novels by Bostonian George V. Higgins (of "Friends of Eddie Coyle" fame) and one was titled "City on a Hill".
geeker: Then you no doubt know Boston as The Hub of the Universe. 🤓 Oliver Wendell Holmes said that the State House was the center of, well, everything (certainly of corruption).
Many years ago, me and my brothers went to NYC , and went to where CBGB was because of it's connection with 'The Ramones', mainly, and punk rock in general. There's a street named after the lead singer on the corner - 'Joey Ramone Place'.