New England is depressing

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Anonymous wrote:What was depressing about it?

PP here.. i just re-read your post.

You know that NE is really really really old, right? It's going to be "tired". They are not going to have new fangled buildings in their downtowns.

Also, it's the fall. It's cold up there. There aren't going to be too many festivals outside.

What were you expecting, exactly?

Like any region there are parts of NE that are tired and rundown. Where exactly did you go to that you felt it was depressing?

OP here. I don’t mind old architecture. I love it! I was expecting for Boston and other towns to look more like European cities in Germany/Austria/Switzerland. It was depressing.

Get a passport and spend a weekend in Quebec City for that European vibe.

Meanwhile, stop crapping on New England. We are the cradle of Liberty and will be the last bastion of sanity when this country goes nuts for fascism. We are more intelligent and have a better quality of life than the rest of the country and it is a beautiful area with fantastic natural beauty and diverse culture, especially southern New England. If you didn’t enjoy yourself here it is because you are a negative Nelly with unreasonable expectations.

The bolded is hilarious. The ‘more intelligent’ are upset with your opinion.

Op, I’ve been to New England several times. Spending a good deal of time in Maine, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. It is underwhelming when compared to the WASPy hype about their ‘charming’ New England lifestyle.

Parts are very scenic, but that’s the same everywhere.

The Maine coast is actually unique to that part of the Atlantic, PP. From midcoast and up, there’s nothing else like it in the U.S.

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Anonymous wrote:Went for a weekend to New England. Did Boston, Salem and fall foliage around Cape Ann. Had high hopes for this trip - that region is depressing! Was hoping for a nice vibe and all felt so tired and nasty. Is New England really the best the US has to offer?

I bet you enjoy spending time in Reston Town Center.

Savage.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you been to America? This whole country is a s-hole. And yes, New England is the best of it. Which tells you something.

OP here. That is a problem. I haven’t seen much of America. Love DC and NYC but haven’t really been outside those two cities. Was hoping for New England to feel more like Europe based on what I read. It was so disappointing. Boston looked like a larger Baltimore and had no vibe. What people usually like about New England? Fall foliage was nice but those are just trees; I can get the same views around DMV.

I see VA as NE. The only difference is the hydrangea predominance in the gardens (especially in Cape Cod and the islands), the lobsters, the natural food stores, and the tall mountains in NH.

There is literally NOTHING about VA that is like New England. - lived in both places for 20+ years each

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Although New England and Virginia were both established by people from England. they were established for completely different reasons. New England was established by people fleeing religious persecution and desiring a theocracy in the New World. Virginia was established as a money-making enterprise centered on tobacco.

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Boston is great but you had a weird itinerary

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New England has its own version of rednecking. We’ve seen Trump-Pence signs and some of the flags deniers hold up in the VA countryside. That was purely depressing.
We then visited Nantucket and our souls got nourished again.

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Yeah NE and Boston do nothing for me - I wouldn’t have had your expectations OP going in for much. If you love NYC esp lol could not be more different. Bostons a clique-y place. I actually don’t care for most of NE. You prob would fare better out west as the beauty there is so refreshing. From desert to mountains to sea. You have to pick specific scenic spots to visit in US - most big cities aren’t all that. Nova Scotia is prob the only place I really like and it’s more towards Canada.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah NE and Boston do nothing for me - I wouldn’t have had your expectations OP going in for much. If you love NYC esp lol could not be more different. Bostons a clique-y place. I actually don’t care for most of NE. You prob would fare better out west as the beauty there is so refreshing. From desert to mountains to sea. You have to pick specific scenic spots to visit in US - most big cities aren’t all that. Nova Scotia is prob the only place I really like and it’s more towards Canada.

Um, what?

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Anonymous wrote:What was depressing about it?

PP here.. i just re-read your post.

You know that NE is really really really old, right? It's going to be "tired". They are not going to have new fangled buildings in their downtowns.

Also, it's the fall. It's cold up there. There aren't going to be too many festivals outside.

What were you expecting, exactly?

Like any region there are parts of NE that are tired and rundown. Where exactly did you go to that you felt it was depressing?

OP here. I don’t mind old architecture. I love it! I was expecting for Boston and other towns to look more like European cities in Germany/Austria/Switzerland. It was depressing.

Did you not take US history at any point in your education?

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah NE and Boston do nothing for me - I wouldn’t have had your expectations OP going in for much. If you love NYC esp lol could not be more different. Bostons a clique-y place. I actually don’t care for most of NE. You prob would fare better out west as the beauty there is so refreshing. From desert to mountains to sea. You have to pick specific scenic spots to visit in US - most big cities aren’t all that. Nova Scotia is prob the only place I really like and it’s more towards Canada.

Um, what?

She doesn’t know Nova Scotia is in Canada.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah NE and Boston do nothing for me - I wouldn’t have had your expectations OP going in for much. If you love NYC esp lol could not be more different. Bostons a clique-y place. I actually don’t care for most of NE. You prob would fare better out west as the beauty there is so refreshing. From desert to mountains to sea. You have to pick specific scenic spots to visit in US - most big cities aren’t all that. Nova Scotia is prob the only place I really like and it’s more towards Canada.

Lmao. Nova Scotia IS Canada.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah NE and Boston do nothing for me - I wouldn’t have had your expectations OP going in for much. If you love NYC esp lol could not be more different. Bostons a clique-y place. I actually don’t care for most of NE. You prob would fare better out west as the beauty there is so refreshing. From desert to mountains to sea. You have to pick specific scenic spots to visit in US - most big cities aren’t all that. Nova Scotia is prob the only place I really like and it’s more towards Canada.

Um, what?

Right? Lolllll

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How was the weather when you were there, OP? I find weather can really make a difference. I lived in Pittsburgh for 10 years and when the sun is shining, it makes all the difference. When it's cloudy and grey-super depressing.

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Anonymous wrote:For more of a New England feel, try Burlington, VT and the Berkshires.

Not op but which town in the Berkshires are nice?

Stockbridge
Lenox
Great Barrington
West Stockbridge (has improved a lot)
Becket
Monterey
Tyringham
New Marlborough
Williamstown

None of them are impressive. Just a bit nicer than other places, but it can turn depressing when it rains for five days and you only have six days for vacation.

PP asked which towns in the Berkshires are nice. The previously listed towns are nice.

You may not find that area worthy of a visit (or maybe you are incapable of enjoying rural New England scenery and atmosphere that is nothing at all like the overrated DC area) but they are the nicer places to visit in the Berkshires

Lenox was designed in a lab to be the most charming small town. Like you’ve stepped into a Rockwell painting but the people are richer. (And if you like Rockwell, the museum is just down the road!). And because of all the rich people, really great restaurants and boutiques and (in the summer) theaters and concerts.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you stop at Dunkin Donuts? That is the real heart of new england.

You got that right!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Did you stop at Dunkin Donuts? That is the real heart of new england.

You got that right!!!

Never saw the appeal. But, I grew up eating doughnuts from independent old school bakeries.