Chunderbutt t1_jd3w2xq wrote on March 21, 2023 at 5:29 PM

Reply to comment by UniqueCartel in Hooray for Western Mass by richg0404

Until Belchertown builds a link to the Norwotuck trail, it sucks in my book.

mallorn_hugger t1_jd656vj wrote on March 22, 2023 at 2:35 AM

I grew up in Western Mass. I'm sorry, but Belchertown does kind of suck. Not as bad as Ware, which really sucks, but pretty bad. It's not far from Amherst and it has the Quabbin, so it has that going for it.

Unless Charlemont has changed a lot in the last 15 years, it also kind of sucks. Don't get me wrong - it is BEAUTIFUL, but remote, poor, and there isn't much there.

Is it bad that I hope a lot of these stay largely undiscovered? The Amherst-Hadley-Norhtampton hub, where I grew up, and where four generations of my family have lived, has become so crowded and over- developed, it's hardly recognizable. I don't want it to happen to the rest of Western Mass.

wittgensteins-boat t1_jd6ws1l wrote on March 22, 2023 at 7:40 AM

There is no reason to live in Charlemont.

No interstate, no college. No downtown. No housing. No jobs.

mallorn_hugger t1_jd85dlj wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:03 PM

Right?? It's great for hiking and it's only 15 minutes or so from Shelburne Falls, which is quaint and lovely, but a hidden gem people are missing out on? No.