NewEngland, often called "New England" by local Chinese, is located in the northeast corner of the continental United States, bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Canada. New England includes six states in the United States, from north to south: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, is the largest city and economic and cultural center in the region. There are many oldest towns in America in New England. There are many historic buildings, parks and beautiful street scenes in the following towns: Boston and its surrounding areas, Plymouth County (Massachusetts), Providence (Rhode Island), Portsmouth (New Hampshire), Newport (Rhode Island), New Haven (Connecticut), newbury Harbor (Massachusetts) and Gloucester (Massachusetts). The coastal areas of New England are highly urbanized, while the western areas are vast rural areas, even in a highly urbanized state like Massachusetts. This unique population distribution is mainly caused by historical reasons. Most of the earliest settlers settled on the coast of Massachusetts Bay. Vermont is the only state in New England that does not have the Atlantic Ocean, and it is also the state with the least population. After nearly 400 years, the vast majority of this area still retains the historical population distribution. The coast of New England is densely covered with urban centers, such as Portland, Portsmouth, Boston, Newbedford, Fallon, Newport, Providence (Rhode Island), New Haven, Bridgeport and Stamford. Smaller towns are newbury Harbor, Gloucester, Bedford, Bath, Lochrane and New London. Due to the preservation of unique historical features, some small fishing villages such as Gloucester are famous local tourist attractions. Cape Cod, a hooked peninsula in Massachusetts, is also a famous tourist attraction. There are beaches and small hotels along the coast to provide breakfast and accommodation. Maine attracts a large number of tourists with its carpet-like beaches, picturesque scenery and lobster. New Hampshire, which has the shortest coastline in the coastal sea, also has a good tourist source because of its Hampton Beach. There are many regional radio and television companies in New England, including New England Cable News Network (NECN), New England Sports Network (NESN) and ESPN, which is a national cable sports network headquartered in Bristol, Connecticut. New England Cable News Network is the largest regional news network in the United States, broadcasting programs to more than 3.2 million families in New England every day. Its recording studio is located in Newton (Massachusetts) outside Boston, and it also has offices in Manchester (New Hampshire), Hartford (Connecticut), Worcester County (Massachusetts), Portland (Maine) and Burlington (Vermont). The New England Sports Network reports the games of all sports teams in New England. Headquartered in fairfield County, Connecticut. Most cities in New England have their own daily newspapers. The Globe and The New York Times are all over New England. New England has the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher education in the United States. The oldest is Harvard University, and 1636 was founded in Cambridge (Massachusetts). At first, the school mainly trained priests. Yale University, 1707, founded in New Haven, Connecticut, is the first school in the United States to award a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D), which was first awarded to 186 1. And it is the first university in the United States to formally offer science courses. Therefore, Yale University is generally regarded as the first comprehensive university in the United States. According to the article in US News and World Report, there are 13 universities in the top 50 in the United States, and 13 universities in the top 50 liberal arts colleges in the United States are located in New England. These include four of the eight Ivy League schools (Brown University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University and Yale University), Most College, Bates College, brandeis University, Boston University, Boston College, Bowdoin College, Colby College, college of the holy cross, Connecticut College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Middlebury College, Rhode Island School of Design, Trinity College (Connecticut), Tufts College and so on.