New England - What's so good about it?

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<p>:cool:
How do you know that? I`m impressed.
Got any more?
Everyone should be happy in Calf. weather.</p>

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All the school’s I’m applying to, are within 2 hours of my house. And, my parents want to see my concerts and sport games, and stuff like that. </p>

<p>And, I agree with you about the weather in CA. I wish I lived in CA, the weather in NE sucks!</p>

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<p>Haha! Florida rocks! Just wish there was a boarding school around here that seemed somewhat challenging. Everyone would melt here, but the weather is good. If it gets to 60 during the Winter, I start to get really cold. I guess surviving the NE climate will be a downfall to boarding school.</p>

<p>Oh, and actually, when I went to San Francisco it was a 7.5 hour flight. When I arrived, I felt really tired and grumpy. It’s not exactly an easy trip to make.</p>

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<p>No pains, no gains.</p>

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<p>Hmm interesting! I always thought it got really hot in CA. Shows how much I know~</p>

<p>Speaking of good temperatures, where do you guys want to live? I’d like to live in Greece or Japan, for no particular reason (I don’t know what the weather’s like in either country). LOL</p>

<p>overandover98, it was about 13F when I left for school this morning! You’ll get used to it though. I don’t know if they sell good gloves in Florida with weather like that, so maybe you should wait until you get to NE to buy your gear.</p>

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<p>Where I live (in a very popular city) there’s only 1 store that sells any sort of winter gear (Peter Glenn). I think I own one jacket, a few sweatshirts, and no gloves. We have alot of swim suits though!</p>

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<p>Well besides the fact that people in NE are particularly amazing, the weather’s not bad either. Seriously, even though we’ve had record snowfall this January it’s not all that bad and most of the time it’s medium jacket weather. </p>

<p>New England offers many resources, not just schools. We have a plethora of different museums, resort, vacation destinations, and cities. In New England alone it’s a short drive from the ocean to the mountain or from the big city to the wilderness. </p>

<p>In New England you can find (mostly) whatever you want if you look for it.</p>

<p>So, why New England? Why not?</p>

<p>On education: NE arguably has the highest concentration of highly ranked schools and colleges than anywhere else in the US. (possibly DC or California; but probably NE) </p>

<p>PS: our weather is great, thanks. and no it is not stuffy at all.</p>

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<p>Shoveling snow is a great mind and body exercise. :D</p>

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except great restaurants. :smiley: I’ve looked high and low. What is particularly puzzling is that I have had wonderful meals at people’s homes - just not at restaurants. It’s weird. I don’t know how half of them stay open. </p>

<p>I agree with everything else though. The Berkshires are particularly beautiful and where I live, I am equidistant from Montreal, Boston and NYC. What I particularly enjoy about NE is that one can have a peaceful, pastoral setting without having to sacrifice the arts. There is also relatively little crime. </p>

<p>So let’s hope my roof doesn’t cave in from built up snow. It looks like another couple of feet are headed my way.</p>

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<p>neato, if great restaurants are really important to you, then come to Portland, Maine sometime. You’ll find a whole bunch of James Beard award winners here and many other fine restaurants too. In foodie world, Portland is very well known!</p>

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<p>The best restaurant in NE is a Cracker Barrel. :smiley: :smiley: :D</p>

<p>A lot of fried fish and fries in Portland. A Cardiologist’s delight.</p>

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<p>neato, that sounds like a challenge. :)</p>

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<p>All these snow days. It’s a white out in NE right now!</p>

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<p>^IKR, it feels like e’ve had all of January off! Boy, in my day we would’vce gone to school in this! Why, I remember one time I had to walk uphill, both ways in three feet of snow with nought but my trusty lunch pail, and a slim coat. Kids today and their “snow days”
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<p>it’s about 50 degrees fahrenheit here right now
 heh i can’t WAIT for new england weather
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<p>/sarcasm</p>

<p>well, at least snow is pretty :)</p>

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<p>@DiveAlive,
You won’t think that after you’ve shoveled it. :)</p>

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<p>Instead of asking “What’s so good about New England”, can we change the subject to “What’s so good about the rest of the country”? Don’t want to sound cocky, but the original question sounds more like “What’s so good about Harvard?”. Well, there are always both sides, and it is always personal. It is up to you to find out 
 get it?!</p>

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<p>I’m so sick of this snow. I shovel my walkway once and then in like 30 minutes there’s already another inch. Also, the piles of snow surrounding my walkway are so high that if the shovel brushes up against them, a foot of snow comes crashing down forcing me to shovel 2, 3 or even 4 times. But I have been enjoying the delays, early releases, and snowdays. Its making the time until March go by pretty quickly.</p>

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and that’s why i’m “sick” half of the time. jk</p>

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<p>I have lived in New England all of my life. I have traveled all over the country and New England is, hands down, my favorite. As far as food - I love it and am happy with the “comfort food” I grew up with, so I don’t need fancy restaurants, but in the “Currier and Ives” part of the state I live in, there are some very fine eating establishments. I think the high concentration of excellent and well-known educational institutions combined with the relative small-size of the area and it’s wealth of natural beauty all contribute to the popularity of going to school here.</p>