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BobQuasit t1_j6btmqg wrote

The White Mountains. It's like traveling back in time.

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Bada__Ping t1_j6bvqk1 wrote

Get dinner at the continental in Saugus. Place hasn’t changed since it opened. Same waitresses and everything.

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Adriennesegur t1_j6bz6o9 wrote

Stockbridge. You’ll be in a Norman Rockwell painting, literally. Not much to do there though.

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Shewhotriesherbest t1_j6d6utm wrote

In Massachusetts, go to the Wayside Inn and order the turkey dinner. Don't worry, it is always on the menu. In New Hampshire, go the the Common Man.

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Comfortable_Plant667 t1_j6dpmr6 wrote

Kingston, NY! Their infrastructural social policies have remained largely untouched since the 50s so you'll see lots of classic racism, hospital-acquired infections, punishment as mental health treatment, sinkholes in roads and failed anti-drug policies. At night, you can see the flickering methane torches burning near the top layer of the landfill!

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Hemmschwelle t1_j6f11nd wrote

Diners in and around Lowell National Historical Park. Arthur's Paradise Diner on Bridge Street even serves traditional mill worker sandwiches.
There's a large variety of more typical 50's style diners for example Four Sisters Owl Diner. One could make a study. They're interesting to see from the outside once you've had enough to eat.

Of course the mills were still operating in the 50's so the park has some worthwhile exhibits. Come on a nice day and walk around, lots of 50's architecture like https://www.google.com/maps/@42.644723,-71.3136828,3a,36.2y,341.93h,95.74t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2_C5B3_S00wMvQ4izfrKDg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D2_C5B3_S00wMvQ4izfrKDg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D214.984%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

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kdex86 t1_j6ffwra wrote

In Doc Brown’s Delorean.

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MoreGuitarPlease t1_j6fg33t wrote

Parts of Vermont and the parts of Maine that tourists don’t go to are as close as you will get within driving distance. Start by finding places with no cel service and no Walmarts/dunks/McDonald’s nearby.

Or go to Cuba.

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modernhomeowner t1_j6fzzrf wrote

That was my first thought, but really just the American cars are 1950s. They did get some Soviet cars and those friendly with the government have some Mercedes. But the rest of the country is just run down old buildings or Soviet era buildings, some newer ones going in too. It's not at all 1950s living.

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darksideofthemoon131 t1_j6jv77c wrote

I got stuck in a storm up through there and got a room at a roadside motel with a restaurant /bar attached to it. Like a different world. Arguably one of the best times of my life.

Pine Cone Inn, somewhere new Hampshire.

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