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Originally Posted by HemiEd
Exactly. I don't want to get close to a city, especially a big one. The Sams run to Springfield Friday made me break out in aids.
Had a deer walk right beside me mid-day yesterday when I was out washing my car.
Had a turtle walk into my shop today. 
Years ago I was in NY at a Broadway show and there was a murder at the intermission in the lobby.
Pass on the big city, no thanks. |
Whats so nice about Boston, is the city is smaller and more manageable although there's been so much more urban spread since I left. But things are close in New England, so you can leave on weekends for the country easily. Lot of folks I knew, and still know live in the city and have a country place in New Hampshire or Southern Maine. We summered partly in NH on a lake and then on the Cape though we lived in the burbs. When I lived in the city working, I would often go to NH on weekends. In winter you have the mountains if you like skiing. Then you still have access to beaches easily too.
Plus it has quaint looking and historic buildings.
These things are not a long drive from Boston, unlike the MidWest or West where a 4-5 hour drive is considered nothing but is long in New Englander.