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  1. tiltedflipcurves avatar

    RE: holidays in the fall in New England

    by tiltedflipcurves 03 April 2012

    Consider spending a couple of nights in one of the several attractive and historic mountainside towns reachable by rail (or bus) from…

  2. Christnp avatar

    RE: Road-trip NYC/Boston/Toronto/DC

    by Christnp 12 March 2012

    Consider starting your trip by driving out to the end of Long Island, along the North Fork. - Take the Orient Point ferry to New London,…

  3. yaguri avatar

    RE: New England tour via Public transit

    by yaguri 13 June 2011

    There are a lot of cute small towns inland. College towns tend to be scenic, and generally have local bus systems -- Amherst and Northampto…

  4. emagicmtman avatar

    RE: Cuban Alex Cuba Puts Smithers on Map!

    by emagicmtman 14 November 2010

    Tues.night, Nov.16th, he'll be playing at the Iron Horse in Northampton, Massachusetts, just 45-minutes south! (and later this week, in…

  5. zebra avatar

    RE: New England: 2+ Weeks in September (solo)

    by zebra 25 August 2010

    September is a beautiful time to visit New England. I would certainly spend time in Vermont. It gets the some of the earliest foliage.…

  6. SuzanneSchuelke avatar

    RE: New England: 2+ Weeks in September (solo)

    by SuzanneSchuelke 24 August 2010

    Northhampton, Massachusetts.

  7. mshoul avatar

    Re: East Coast USA - where shall we go? Please help a clueless tourist!

    by mshoul 24 April 2009

    There are fabulous areas in western Massachusetts between Boston and New York! You can take a Peter Pan bus from Boston to Northampton,…

  8. DubinNYC avatar

    RE: Amherst Area - University of Mass question

    by DubinNYC 24 April 2008

    Yeah ..... went to UMass for a few years ..... brings back memories, but as you indicate ... the fun hanouts were the bars! There are…

  9. daniel415 avatar

    Nice small town in CT/MA/ME?

    by daniel415 31 October 2007

    I like Western Massachusetts, personally--Northampton, MA is a charming town that combines New England historical charm with an amusing…

  10. DubinNYC avatar

    Day Trip to Amherst and Northampton

    by DubinNYC 16 October 2007

    The free bus service is the PVTA (pioneer valley transport authority), and if I remember correctly runs (definitely) during the school…

  11. chilledbongo avatar

    Day Trip to Amherst and Northampton

    by chilledbongo 15 October 2007

    as a former longtime resident of northampton, or noho as the locals call it, i think it's safe to say that it's a great place to hang…

  12. DC_Dad avatar

    gender segregation

    by DC_Dad 06 June 2007

    Voy -- re, #26, how did you think it influenced your development, both socially and intellectually? The only all-female university I…

  13. apoptosis avatar

    SOON TO "RETIRE" (?)

    by apoptosis 10 May 2007

    Does anybody know where the "successor" is held?

    NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) --
    The Dalai Lama, Tibet's…

  14. bjornsven avatar

    Really neat towns

    by bjornsven 27 April 2007

    I'll second Iowa City, IA. Here are some others:

    Duluth, MN
    Madison, WI
    Milwaukee, WI
    Ithaca, NY
    Saratoga Springs,…

  15. scurvy avatar

    Eastern Seaboard

    by scurvy 30 March 2007

    It depends on what interests you? Big cities, small towns, weirdo eccentric things, old timey haunted type stuff, etc? And if you're travell…

  16. Willysnout avatar

    Quebec to Boston

    by Willysnout 02 March 2007

    Quebec City to Northampton, MA via the Adirondacks is 460 miles -- without any detours from Interstates along the way. Some miles are…

  17. chilledbongo avatar

    Moving to a less congested place in the U.S.

    by chilledbongo 18 February 2007

    Northampton, Massachusetts

  18. rosasharne avatar

    Bowling in the USA

    by rosasharne 19 April 2005

    Lee Lanes
    On the road to Great Barrington (20?) in Lee, MA, is one of the world's great bowling alleys.
    Last time I was there, it…

  19. Ye Olde Thorn Tree avatar

    A little survey -

    by Ye Olde Thorn Tree 16 December 2002

    Northampton, MA
    I don't know if you are looking in the United States, but Northampton, Mass. is so dyke-friendly, it has been nickname…

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