Northampton is among the 5 perfect college towns in this article

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<p><a href="http://www.smartertravel.com/travel-advice/five-perfect-college-towns.html?id=2407731%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.smartertravel.com/travel-advice/five-perfect-college-towns.html?id=2407731&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>as it should be</p>

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<p>NoHo has also made a magazine list of great places to retire to, though I forget which one. I'm not sure that I would want to live there permanently but I like visiting there very very very much.</p>

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<p>In the August issue of Lucky magazine, Northampton is listed as having very good shopping (I can't remember the exact title of the feature - I read it at the hairdresser's yesterday).</p>

<p>The following link has short descriptions of the stores featured, though I think the article itself was a little longer.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.luckymag.com/cityguides/northampton_ma/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.luckymag.com/cityguides/northampton_ma/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>