Reason to enjoy living in MA

[dwarven1]

OK, we all complain about the state... but it's really the legistraitors that make this state bad. I'd like to tell you about a reason to like living here that I experienced a couple of weeks ago.

Kathy & I went to Salem Cross Inn to celebrate her birthday. We signed up for a Fireplace Feast - a Prime Rib dinner with Clam Chowdah, fresh baked apple pie for dessert... with the prime rib and the chowdah made IN THE FIREPLACE (I got to help stir the chowdah - they made it in a HUGE iron cauldron).

Anyway, while the prime rib was cooking, they had hot mulled cider and cheese & crackers during a kind of social hour in the downstairs hall. They also had sleigh rides in the fields in back. So Kath & I went on a sleigh ride. (well, it was more of a wheeled trailer - but still pulled by two big horses)

There were about a dozen and a half of us in the sleigh, and it'd just started snowing lightly... and the family next to us started to sing Jingle Bells. The next thing you know, the whole group of us joined in, singing Jingle Bells while being pulled in a two-horse open sleigh, in the snow... over the fields... It was a really magical moment.

Ross

(PS - yes, I'm Jewish. I sang anyway - I like singing. )

 

[Adam_MA]

(PS - yes, I'm Jewish. I sang anyway - I like singing. )

Just because you are Jewish doesn't mean you can't also be happy and joyful during the Christmas season... I don't care what religion you are, it is just a fun time of the year, and people (for the most part) are genuinely happy, and want to spread good cheer...

Aint nothing wrong with that in my book!

Adam

 

[Skald]

Ok, I'm jealous. That sounds like a blast. Definatley got to check it out as a possible place to take a date.

 

[Admin]

sounds like a blast!

 

[C-pher]

Yea, we do have some cool things here. Hell, we have a place up the street at work that will deliver breakfast. How cool is that.

Can I get a bacon egg and cheese sandwich on a english muffin? Thanks, yep, ext xxxx. See you in a bit.


And the music scene here in the Boston/Providence areas are really good.


And Ross, they have everyone on this board. [shock]

 

[Nickle]

Mass isn't the only state like that, but most of them are in the Nort East. Personally, I don't want to live outside New England or New York. Lot's to do, good dining, reasonably friendly people, decent scenery (try Chicago, ugh). So some of our politicians are horrible, and the locals are frequently sheeple. That's fixable. Get the Pol's out of office and educate the sheeple.

In fact, VT is the only state I know where most of the Liberals are actually Pro-Gun (or at least not Anti) and Support the troops, though they may disagree with them being there. Since Sep 2001, I've had a lot of folks come up and thank me, while I'm wearing the uniform, and some have sneakily bought my coffee (a couple of times) in the morning, when I was on my way to Guard Drill. In that time, not one person has come up to me and bitched about anything relating to the military. Try that in the People's Republik of Kommiefornia.

 

[SnakeEye]

And the music scene here in the Boston areas are really good.

gotta disagree with you there, all of the good clubs in boston were driven out of business and theres not the thriving music scene you once saw here a decade 15 years ago. As a professional musician myself i can say its not the place it once was.
Most of the real talent here moved to Austin,TX and seatlle in the late 90's where theres a much younger demographic and a more receptive local goverment.

 

[dwarven1]

Just because you are Jewish doesn't mean you can't also be happy and joyful during the Christmas season...

Yup. Just didn't want some Scrooge asking me why I was singing a Christmas carol!

It was just a great time, really. And just the way that folks spontaneously started singing was wonderful! Try that in NYC! You'd never see it.

 

[MrsWildweasel]

Coming from someone who grew up on the west coast,I have alot reasons why I like New England. I only read in history books that most here take for granted. One of the things I have absolutely loved is seeing New England through the history that is here.
I also love the 4 seasons. Might bitch about winter and it being cold,but I do love the landscape just after it has snowed, and I joke that it looks like Curier and Ives,but it truly is beautiful.
Fall is also one of my favorite times,the colors of the leaves turning,and the weather turning cooler.
I also like that most people are friendly,and the town I'm in most people help each other. There's alot more,but that is just some of it.

 

[dwarven1]

I do love the landscape just after it has snowed, and I joke that it looks like Curier and Ives,but it truly is beautiful.

True story:

My mother was up visiting one weekend in the winter, and it had snowed about 5"-6" the night before this happened.

So that morning, we're driving down to Framingham, and we take the back way from Marlboro, going down Edgell Road. We come out by the Framingham common, with the Framingham Historical Society (old fieldstone building) and about 4 churches ringing this big open empty field, all covered with snow...

And my mother says, "Oh, isn't that pretty! It looks just like a picture postcard of New England!"



"Uh, Mom? It probably is on a postcard already. Here's your sign."

 

[MrsWildweasel]

Too Funny. [lol]

 

[Nickle]

The area where I live has several battlefields within a 1 hour drive, and several more within 2-3 hours. I've visited several, including Fort Ticonderoga. You don't find much of that anywheres else, except possibly part of Virginia.

 

[dwarven1]

The area where I live has several battlefields within a 1 hour drive, and several more within 2-3 hours. I've visited several, including Fort Ticonderoga.

Ooh! Ooh! ROAD TRIP!!!

In the spring, that is... Canth will need to stretch his wings by then, and my foot should be 100% and able to tolerate the vibration of the footpegs. Maybe I can bring Liz!

 

[Nickle]

The area where I live has several battlefields within a 1 hour drive, and several more within 2-3 hours. I've visited several, including Fort Ticonderoga.

Ooh! Ooh! ROAD TRIP!!!

In the spring, that is... Canth will need to stretch his wings by then, and my foot should be 100% and able to tolerate the vibration of the footpegs. Maybe I can bring Liz!

Damn, you were not far from there when you came up last Labor Day. Just get on VT 125 West and when you get to the bridge, go over it, follw the road to the tee, take a left (NY 9N/22), follow NY 22 south until you see the sign for the fort. It's about 20 miles from the bridge.

Of course, you can always go there while at the BMWMOA National Rally next year (Essex Jct). There's also a small military museum a couple of miles from there (the rally site).

 

[JuergenG]

Hmmm, chowder & music (accompanied by a giant platter of Surf'n Turf) reminds me of a Sunday lunch at the Salty Dog at Quincy Market.
THAT was awesome...

 

[C-pher]

And the music scene here in the Boston areas are really good.

gotta disagree with you there, all of the good clubs in boston were driven out of business and theres not the thriving music scene you once saw here a decade 15 years ago. As a professional musician myself i can say its not the place it once was.
Most of the real talent here moved to Austin,TX and seatlle in the late 90's where theres a much younger demographic and a more receptive local goverment.

If you say so...maybe because I'm coming from Deep South and the Midwest. But I can tell you that I've had a lot more oppertuinity to see bands that I wasn't able to see in other places that I've lived.

And, a lot of the local bands that are playing in all the little clubs for the most part pretty damn good.

But then it may be the places that I go to check out live music and new bands.

 

[Rob Boudrie]

MA

One of the more difficult things for residents of a "green" town in MA who moves to a pro-gun state such as NM, AZ, TX or GA to get used to is the list of all the places they cannot carry which were not prohibited zones back in MA.

The MA ALP-LTC-A is far less restrictive than permits in most other states, particularly the "shall issue" states where various prohibited zones were added as part of the deal making process.

 

[SnakeEye]

And the music scene here in the Boston areas are really good.

gotta disagree with you there, all of the good clubs in boston were driven out of business and theres not the thriving music scene you once saw here a decade 15 years ago. As a professional musician myself i can say its not the place it once was.
Most of the real talent here moved to Austin,TX and seatlle in the late 90's where theres a much younger demographic and a more receptive local goverment.

If you say so...maybe because I'm coming from Deep South and the Midwest. But I can tell you that I've had a lot more oppertuinity to see bands that I wasn't able to see in other places that I've lived.

And, a lot of the local bands that are playing in all the little clubs for the most part pretty damn good.

But then it may be the places that I go to check out live music and new bands.

its not that there isnt good music and good venues to see them here still, i just remeber a different time when boston was "THE" scene andstill had a thriving club scene.

 

[C-pher]

And the music scene here in the Boston areas are really good.

gotta disagree with you there, all of the good clubs in boston were driven out of business and theres not the thriving music scene you once saw here a decade 15 years ago. As a professional musician myself i can say its not the place it once was.
Most of the real talent here moved to Austin,TX and seatlle in the late 90's where theres a much younger demographic and a more receptive local goverment.

If you say so...maybe because I'm coming from Deep South and the Midwest. But I can tell you that I've had a lot more oppertuinity to see bands that I wasn't able to see in other places that I've lived.

And, a lot of the local bands that are playing in all the little clubs for the most part pretty damn good.

But then it may be the places that I go to check out live music and new bands.

its not that there isnt good music and good venues to see them here still, i just remeber a different time when boston was "THE" scene andstill had a thriving club scene.

OK, but to me, because it's not "THE" scene, it's still a good one compared to the rest of the countyr. Yes, it's not a Austin, or a Seattle, or a Savanna... But the Boston/Providence area is still pretty damn good when you look at the rest of the USA.

 

[mark056]

I don't think that I could realistically live anywhere else than in the Northeast. My major interest in music is classical music, and we have a world class symphony orchestra in the Boston Symphony, plus plenty of other musical groups in the region that are truly first class. New England is the mecca if you are into this type of music, even more so than in New York.

The Museum of Fine Arts, and the Gardner Museum are world-class as well, plus the many regional museums. The Worcester Art Museum puts the Los Angeles County Art Museum to shame. Speaking of Worcester, there is the finest collection of arms and armor in North America in the Higgins Museum.

Four seasons, picture post card scenes, and some of the best sports teams in America make this a great place to live, not to mention world class medical facilities.

As another person pointed out, a Mass A LTC ALP gives one a lot more latitude than many if not all "shall issue states" and the state with the best gun laws in the nation: Vermont is part of this region.

I really think Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire are the coolest states in the region, but I gotta tell you, for all of its faults, Massachusetts has its virtures.

Mark

 

[Nickle]

I really think Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire are the coolest states in the region, but I gotta tell you, for all of its faults, Massachusetts has its virtues.

Amen! I like all 4, plus Upstate New York. I won't consider living anywhere else, even with the flaws we have here, the upsides overwhelm them.

 

[MrsWildweasel]

Can't argue that. Even today with all the snow,it truly is gorgeous outside.

 

[Ericman]

I would trade that moment for an Ar15 with a bayonet mount and teloscopic stock anytime. Fortunately I am likely moving to vermont in a few months and I will!

 

[M1911]

I was in Ohio this weekend to visit the inlaws who are ailing. Sigh.

I've got a FL non-res permit, so I knew that I could carry in OH. So I went to Packing.org to check up on the OH CCW laws. What a bleepin' mess. If you carry a loaded gun in your car, even though you have a CCW permit, the gun must be in plain sight. That's right. You can carry concealed outside of the car, but as soon as you get in, you have to remove your cover garment. That would go over real well with the inlaws. Or not.

MA isn't the only place with idiotic gun laws.