Massachusetts

In the United States, you may have been born in one state or even in a different country. You may go to school or work in another community, and then move somewhere else by choice or circumstance. What is it that ties us to these places and makes us call them home? And how does our state affect who we are and how we identify ourselves?

Massachusetts

States of America Episode 2 | 3m 59s | CC

Doug is in his freshman year at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A native Californian, he is learning to adapt to the east coast as he settles in to the rigors of Ivy League studies. Many students find themselves split between two states during their college years, but Doug believes one may make a place your home simply by choosing it.

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