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ASTalumna06 · #1 09-21-2013, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

No one could believe you could go 4 hours from New Orleans in Louisiana, but then again, most people think it's the only city in the state.

Right after I graduated high school, my mom moved in with my stepdad in MA. When I was in college and would talk about going home to Massachusetts, EVERYONE asked me, "Are you from Boston?"

Apparently it's the only MA city that exists

clemsongirl · #2 09-21-2013, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Right after I graduated high school, my mom moved in with my stepdad in MA. When I was in college and would talk about going home to Massachusetts, EVERYONE asked me, "Are you from Boston?"

Apparently it's the only MA city that exists

I don't believe Western Massachusetts exists. It's like the North Dakota of New England. There's nothing past Worcester and I-495

ASTalumna06 · #3 09-21-2013, 11:17 PM

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I don't believe Western Massachusetts exists. It's like the North Dakota of New England. There's nothing past Worcester and I-495

Ha, this is true. I used to have to drive through western MA and upstate NY to get to school in PA. Longest. Drive. Ever.

We would get excited when we saw Oreo cows (that's what my mom would call the cows that are black with the white stripe around their stomachs). Every time it was my mom saying, "Oreo would be so smart to use those cows in their commercials.." LOL

sigmagirl2000 · #4 09-22-2013, 08:27 AM

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I don't believe Western Massachusetts exists. It's like the North Dakota of New England. There's nothing past Worcester and I-495

Hey hey! NOT cool. I live outside 495 (by like.... 8 minutes) . Worcester is at least 15 minutes outside 495. The Pioneer Valley definitely exists. Oh how I miss the 413!

DGTess · #5 09-22-2013, 10:48 AM

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I don't believe Western Massachusetts exists. It's like the North Dakota of New England. There's nothing past Worcester and I-495

Having been born and raised in Berkshire County, I know full well that anything east of Springfield is "out near Boston".

sigmagirl2000 · #6 09-22-2013, 10:55 AM

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Having been born and raised in Berkshire County, I know full well that anything east of Springfield is "out near Boston".

You may be my fav GCer now, just for knowing Springfield exists. Everytime I told people I spent my summers in Tolland, they always assumed CT, not MA. Then they looked at me funny when I confirmed I was speaking of MA.

(Though I will add that I have to take a pile of students camping in Mt. Washington next weekend and have never heard of Mt. Washington, MA before.... I'm assuming super western MA?)

AGDee · #7 09-21-2013, 11:26 PM

Y'all are cracking me up but it reminded me of a college experience. I lived in the international dorm so there were these two guys from Germany on our floor. The first week of school, they were asking if anybody wanted to roadtrip to California for the weekend. We all just stared.. had to explain that was a 3-4 day drive. They couldn't believe it because they could drive through MANY countries in 3-4 days in Europe! They were so sad.

ETA: I'll be in Rhode Island the first weekend in November! College visit time for the boy!

ASTalumna06 · #8 09-21-2013, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

Y'all are cracking me up but it reminded me of a college experience. I lived in the international dorm so there were these two guys from Germany on our floor. The first week of school, they were asking if anybody wanted to roadtrip to California for the weekend. We all just stared.. had to explain that was a 3-4 day drive. They couldn't believe it because they could drive through MANY countries in 3-4 days in Europe! They were so sad.

ETA: I'll be in Rhode Island the first weekend in November! College visit time for the boy!

Love RI! It's such a great place to go to school.. or to do just about anything. Tons of beaches!

clemsongirl · #9 09-21-2013, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

We would get excited when we saw Oreo cows (that's what my mom would call the cows that are black with the white stripe around their stomachs). Every time it was my mom saying, "Oreo would be so smart to use those cows in their commercials.." LOL

Oreo cows! They have those near my grandma's house in southern Maine! We would always say hello to them as we drove by.

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ETA: I'll be in Rhode Island the first weekend in November! College visit time for the boy!

Hope he enjoys it! College Hill is a beautiful place at that time of year, but be prepared to hunt for parking. If you get the chance to pop through the Rhode Island School of Design art museum I'd highly recommend it, and the Providence Place Mall is also fun. My best friend goes to Brown and loves every minute of it

AGDee · #10 09-22-2013, 12:18 AM

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Hope he enjoys it! College Hill is a beautiful place at that time of year, but be prepared to hunt for parking. If you get the chance to pop through the Rhode Island School of Design art museum I'd highly recommend it, and the Providence Place Mall is also fun. My best friend goes to Brown and loves every minute of it

I loved Providence when I went there my D to visit Brown. We're flying into Providence, driving to Ithaca to see Cornell, then back to Providence to visit Brown and flying home. It sounds convoluted but it was the most economical way to see both in one trip.