Article: Into the swamp: how will the Atlantic fare when it leaves the capital of dissent?(MAGAZINES)

The recent news that The Atlantic Monthly was pulling up stakes and moving to Washington from Boston, its home since 1857, came as a disappointment but not exactly a surprise to New Englanders who have been losing electoral clout since the Electoral College was created. Boston has lost a lot lately, which might help outsiders appreciate what the Red Sox victory meant last fall. Gillette, the great shaving manufacturer, whose factory has guarded the approach to South Station for generations, has been acquired by Procter & Gamble and will be managed from Cincinnati. Fleet Bank has been acquired by Bank of America, forcing a renaming of the Fleet Center, just as Bostonians ...

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