<p>I'm thinking about applying to Duke from a suburban town in Massachusetts. How different is Durham from the northeast? Anything I should be aware of or warned about?</p>
<p>Hey! I'm from suburban eastern mass too! I loooove Duke. I don't know how different it would be but i'm excited :)</p>
<p>hey,
I'm a freshman at duke from northeastern massachusetts. It's true that Durham is different than mass, but nothing you should be worried about. Everyone is very nice down here, you can see the southern hospitality. It also gets to be around 45-50 degrees out and people are complaining that it's too cold, when 45-50 is a nice spring day up in massachusetts. So overall, yea its different, but for me, it was nice to get a change of scenery. hope this helps!</p>