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brownstonebk t1_jasv4s5 wrote

Reply to comment by RickWest495 in Learning the larger cities and towns of Massachusetts by adgo1

Springfield and Hartford are essentially one metro area.

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Tacoman404 t1_jaubkp3 wrote

Sort of and on paper sure. The connection isn’t one of a typical metro area. There is quite a bit of work commute between the two or rather from their suburbs to each other, but there isn’t a ton of built up infrastructure connecting them like other metro areas.

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RickWest495 t1_jasvmzk wrote

Metro regions are not physical towns. It is a combination of cities and towns. The comment was about the town of Springfield only.

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brownstonebk t1_jaswe8u wrote

I'm aware. I'm an urban planner. I was merely pointing out Springfield and Hartford being part of the same metro to highlight how far south Springfield is. I believe only 25 miles or so separate the two cities. The dot may look too far south to you because the dot itself is probably much larger than the city at that scale.

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RickWest495 t1_jatctae wrote

I checked maps and a see the point. But Springfield is also geographically large. And the Mass Turnpike goes through it and people think it is horizontal across the state. It’s not. It goes southwest across the state, but still appears somewhat horizontal. I think it is an optical illusion that fooled me.

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singalong37 t1_jb0exaq wrote

Southwest from Boston-Sturbridge, then more or less westerly. After Westfield, northwest toward Albany.

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RickWest495 t1_jb1hyi8 wrote

Yes. Optical illusion. People think is a straight East/West highway. There is a cool video on YouTube about the creation of the highway and why is was built where it is. If crosses the least number of rivers, goes around the most number of hills and saved the most number of buildings possible.

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RickWest495 t1_jasxn56 wrote

I see the point. Springfield is on the Mass Turnpike, which appears to cross the state horizontally. It’s actually going southwest. And it’s geographically large. But it doesn’t border Connecticut as someone else said.

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Tacoman404 t1_jaubo0n wrote

Springfield is one town from bordering Connecticut.

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