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Old 05-14-2007, 10:16 AM
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My work is moving me to Holyoke, based on what I've read on this site I don't want to particularly live there. Any location suggestions for a young single woman. I don't mind driving up to an hour away if its up and down I-91.

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Old 05-15-2007, 09:50 AM
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Hi, I live in that area. The towns you would pobably look into are Ludlow (on the mass pike, easy commute), Northampton, Sunderland, South Deerfield (all on 91), South Hadley (bordering town of Holyoke), and Amherst- (a bit farther but not undoable at all- 20 mins?). There is also Granby and Belchertown but there is not a lot to rent there and Belchertown would be a half hour drive which would be the farthest to drive from. If you need to live on less finances than also try Palmer which is also on the pike- some shabbier areas but not like Holyoke. There are some nice areas in Holyoke but I am not familiar with the renting situation area there and there are some very not nice areas there as well. Northampton and Amherst are trendy with shops, food, and college students but the rents will also be higher. Try to avoid apartment complexes although they are so bad, but you will definitely end up with a different crowd. They have a rep for drinking parties (not the cool kind), drugs, roaches and also families who just can't afford to move anywhere better.

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Old 05-15-2007, 01:59 PM
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there are some nice places over there, holyoke is actually nice, i dont know what people are talking about, but if you dont like it springfield isnt that bad of a drive try there, but my advise is take a look around holyoke im sure you will like it.

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Old 05-15-2007, 02:02 PM
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my dad lives in Holyoke and I see y u don't wanna go there. Its pretty dangerous n filled with ghettos. try Northampton, trust me cuz I'm from Forest Park aka the ghetto

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Old 05-15-2007, 04:41 PM
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I was there in West MA for six days last week since Ill be starting my internship in Baystate. I wasnt impress with Holyoke. The only area that I liked about Holyoke was Ingleside and in fact thats where Im going to be living in an apt complex call Devonshire Place Apartments, its in a nice area and very close to I-91, the mall, gas stations, restaurants etc etc.

Armhest is a little too far especially in the winter months with icy road conditions etc etc. Northampton is pretty nice but its a college party area. I also went to springfield and cannot give you an opinion based on what I saw since I only saw main street and the area around the hospital (baystate).

If you can get an apartment at Devonshire it would be awesome since it would be less than 5 minutes from your work.

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