Submitted by adgo1 t3_11h2l14 in massachusetts
RickWest495 t1_jas4187 wrote
Springfield looks too far south.
sidran32 t1_jasre1v wrote
Springfield is pretty south. It always surprises me somehow.
brownstonebk t1_jasv4s5 wrote
Springfield and Hartford are essentially one metro area.
Tacoman404 t1_jaubkp3 wrote
Sort of and on paper sure. The connection isn’t one of a typical metro area. There is quite a bit of work commute between the two or rather from their suburbs to each other, but there isn’t a ton of built up infrastructure connecting them like other metro areas.
RickWest495 t1_jasvmzk wrote
Metro regions are not physical towns. It is a combination of cities and towns. The comment was about the town of Springfield only.
brownstonebk t1_jaswe8u wrote
I'm aware. I'm an urban planner. I was merely pointing out Springfield and Hartford being part of the same metro to highlight how far south Springfield is. I believe only 25 miles or so separate the two cities. The dot may look too far south to you because the dot itself is probably much larger than the city at that scale.
RickWest495 t1_jatctae wrote
I checked maps and a see the point. But Springfield is also geographically large. And the Mass Turnpike goes through it and people think it is horizontal across the state. It’s not. It goes southwest across the state, but still appears somewhat horizontal. I think it is an optical illusion that fooled me.
singalong37 t1_jb0exaq wrote
Southwest from Boston-Sturbridge, then more or less westerly. After Westfield, northwest toward Albany.
RickWest495 t1_jb1hyi8 wrote
Yes. Optical illusion. People think is a straight East/West highway. There is a cool video on YouTube about the creation of the highway and why is was built where it is. If crosses the least number of rivers, goes around the most number of hills and saved the most number of buildings possible.
RickWest495 t1_jasxn56 wrote
I see the point. Springfield is on the Mass Turnpike, which appears to cross the state horizontally. It’s actually going southwest. And it’s geographically large. But it doesn’t border Connecticut as someone else said.
Tacoman404 t1_jaubo0n wrote
Springfield is one town from bordering Connecticut.
Foxcecil t1_jaunht8 wrote
Springfield is a "essentially" a border town. It practically borders Enfield CT. It is the gates of Mordor.
RickWest495 t1_jaunrax wrote
How do you get from Springfield to Enfield without going through Longmeadow?
Foxcecil t1_jaup2vs wrote
I fixed it. 91 south feels like you're going from Springfield to CT directly but it actually traverses Longmeadow. Thanks for pointing that out.
RickWest495 t1_jaupr4m wrote
It caught me off guard also. I put it further north.
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RickWest495 t1_jasvgk0 wrote
Springfield does not share a border with Connecticut.
[deleted] t1_jasyqrv wrote
You are right. it is 1.9 miles from Conn.
Ex-Pat-Spaz t1_jatcfr9 wrote
It‘s pretty close.
RickWest495 t1_jatcrrz wrote
Close is not bordering. It’s like being a little bit pregnant or partially dead.
Ex-Pat-Spaz t1_jatf4xd wrote
More like being pedantic over a trivial matter or in this case…1 single mile.
RickWest495 t1_jatqfhr wrote
No. More like some being fuzzy over something that is fact. Either it is or it isn’t. It’s not a gray area. Facts are not pedantic. It’s like saying that you live on the border of Massachusetts and Maine.
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dinapal t1_jauerkf wrote
No, that's us! We're 20 minutes from the CT border
RickWest495 t1_jauh47m wrote
Others here say you are on the Connecticut border.
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