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Halloween, football, the weather, and Thanksgiving all came to mind more immediately than foliage.
Umm hmm! I just asked DH, from almost treeless Nebraska and a huge Nebraska football fan what he thinks of when he hears the word "autumn". He said "falling leaves".
Umm hmm! I just asked DH, from almost treeless Nebraska and a huge Nebraska football fan what he thinks of when he hears the word "autumn". He said "falling leaves".
Yes, and pumpkin spice latte and sub 70 degree temps.
Halloween, football, the weather, and Thanksgiving all came to mind more immediately than foliage.
If you grew up or live in the rural Northeast, it’s hard not to have that come to mind first. You are surrounded by mountains and hills filled with changing leaves. It is breathtaking, and surely the most distinctive feature of fall to an adult.
Halloween, football, the weather, and Thanksgiving all came to mind more immediately than foliage.
All of it, really. And while Boston doesn't "Own" Halloween or Thanksgiving, I'd make the claim that Plymouth and Salem MA (both parts of the Boston MSA) are probably the two places most commonly associated with Thanksgiving (Plymouth) or Halloween (Salem). I agree with another poster who mentioned that Football isn't as strong a tradition in New England as it is elsewhere though.
All of it, really. And while Boston doesn't "Own" Halloween or Thanksgiving, I'd make the claim that Plymouth and Salem MA (both parts of the Boston MSA) are probably the two places most commonly associated with Thanksgiving (Plymouth) or Halloween (Salem). I agree with another poster who mentioned that Football isn't as strong a tradition in New England as it is elsewhere though.
I agree with you about the football tradition. My wife and I lived in the Boston area for a year and a half. Football interest there seemed to be only high in NFL football, whereas football on all levels (youth league, middle school, high school, college, and NFL) are all huge in the South (where I live now). It's not a knock, just an observation. Just like hockey is really big in New England, but nearly nonexistent in the South.
Is New England really that much better than the Midwest in this regard?
NE key advantage over the Midwest is mountains. There are also some secondary advantages in that
1) Northern NW has high forest cover,
2) proximity to the I95 cities supports a massive tourism industry that fuels quaint towns.
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