Which statement about Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA is accurate?

• A. They are both inland cities.
• B. They are both capital cities of their states.
• C. They are both coastal cities.
• D. They are both located on islands.

Answer: (C)

Both Boston and San Francisco have coastlines, so they are coastal cities. Boston sits on the eastern edge of Massachusetts along the Atlantic Ocean and Boston Harbor. San Francisco is on the west coast of California, bordered by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, and sits on a peninsula. They aren’t inland. One is the capital of its state, but the other isn’t (Sacramento is California’s capital). And neither is on an island—San Francisco is on a peninsula, and Boston is on the mainland near the harbor. So describing them as coastal cities is the accurate statement.