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mallorn_hugger t1_jd656vj wrote

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

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.

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wittgensteins-boat t1_jd6ws1l wrote

There is no reason to live in Charlemont.

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

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mallorn_hugger t1_jd85dlj wrote

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.

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