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OP is looking for a college town. Easthampton and certainly Southampton do not have that vibe.
True, to an extent. There isn't a college IN the town, but they're both close enough so that you can jump in the car and be there in minutes. Southampton is where I would live if I could afford it because you are close to the college towns and you have such beauty. But Easthampton--my house used to be exactly ten minutes from downtown Northampton and just a few minutes from Smith College. It was just as good as living in Northampton except if I had kids I wouldn't send them to that school system. But, yeh, you didn't see college kids walking around town and it doesn't have the vibe.
True, to an extent. There isn't a college IN the town, but they're both close enough so that you can jump in the car and be there in minutes. Southampton is where I would live if I could afford it because you are close to the college towns and you have such beauty. But Easthampton--my house used to be exactly ten minutes from downtown Northampton and just a few minutes from Smith College. It was just as good as living in Northampton except if I had kids I wouldn't send them to that school system. But, yeh, you didn't see college kids walking around town and it doesn't have the vibe.
My thoughts exactly. Unless you are in downtown Hamp, it's doesn't have a pure college town feel. I don't think living in Easthampton is all that different than living in the Florence or Leeds sections.
My thoughts exactly. Unless you are in downtown Hamp, it's doesn't have a pure college town feel. I don't think living in Easthampton is all that different than living in the Florence or Leeds sections.
True. I live in Florence and one of the things that I like about it is that I am more or less equi-distance between downtown Northampton and Easthampton, so it makes it easy to go in either direction for shopping or whatever. I also love having the little downtown of Florence here which is closer and less hassle for certain things.
Generally these questions should consider things like education and health care and Transit. I don't know about you but I don't think I'm going to be driving my whole life. At the same point I'm not saying I need a Trauma Center next to me but I'd like to know where I'd be going for Health Care should something happen. And then there's of course the cost of living and access to food.
The problem I see with akademi in general is that it doesn't exactly create wealth It generally subsidizes it. What I mean by that is that what it attracts are usually low-wage. Your bars and restaurants and clubs and small shops are literally not paying enough to live there. Yes there can be some arts and entertainment and I certainly understand that but unless you get something that's either more industrial or business based it's not going to amount to that much.
With respect to Williamstown with Williams College it is a nice little spot but we're talking almost like a district-level amount of niceness gear it's almost on the same level as Montpelier Vermont but even smaller. I could probably enjoy everything that Williamstown has to offer me in less than a half an hour
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