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Old 08-17-2012, 08:25 PM
 
Location: In the hot spot!
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Was born and raised in Western MA, have been fortunate enough to travel overseas and all over the U.S. and have seen and experienced some incredible places. Have lived out West for the past 14 years, but every now and then my eye wanders back to my home state. As a young man I took it for granted and couldn't wait to leave, but now a little older I see how much the state has to offer. Am I just holding on to yesterday's memories or is Mass still a wonderful place to live?

I know all about the taxes, cost of living and the winters and still think it's a cool place to live.
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Old 08-17-2012, 10:09 PM
 
Location: Grand Junction,Co
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I have lived in western Colo. for 30 years. Grew up in NY ciy. Got used to wide open spaces. Good to hear your opinion. I was looking at homes that have views of farmland Granby,So.Hadley. Thanks, 77apple
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Old 08-18-2012, 03:50 PM
 
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I have lived in western Colo. for 30 years. Grew up in NY ciy. Got used to wide open spaces. Good to hear your opinion. I was looking at homes that have views of farmland Granby,So.Hadley. Thanks, 77apple
Granby and So. Hadley are nice smaller towns with open space. Maybe not as large as those in Colorado, but they are there. The pace of life is slower in those places as well. I used to cover the town of Granby as a young reporter for the local newspaper.
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Old 08-18-2012, 08:10 PM
 
Location: Cambridge, MA
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Mass. has still "got it." It's never left. What also hasn't left is the cross-state resentment that some people between the Connecticut River and the New York border have. The centers of population, culture, and power are of course all in Boston. So there are those who envy that and cloak it in complaining.

No matter which portion of western MA the OP is referencing, he'd be able to return and feel like he'd never been gone. Toward the end of spring this year I got that sensation when I took a trip to Great Barrington (last visited in 1992) by way of Amherst and Northampton (former resident while at UMass, hadn't returned since '96.) Sure, a road had been widened here and a business replaced there. But for the most part it was like time had stopped.
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