Tuesday, April 10, 2007

The license plate game -- MA only

A bunch of friends have told me that they really enjoyed the post below in which I evoke the old license plate game that we would play as our parents drove us on long trips. The object was to identify as many states as possible. (OK, I admit that I have weird and/or nostalgic friends.)

Here's the local variant, for those of you who live in this state. This the Massachusetts city-and-town license plate game. We are going to see how many cities and towns in the Commonwealth are represented by those of you viewing this blog. This could take some time, as there are 351 municipalities.

I'll start off the list with names I have recently seen. I will add those I see on StatCounter during the coming days. You can add to the list by submitting a comment with the city or town from which you are visiting. Here goes:

Amherst, Andover, Arlington, Ashland, Barnstable, Belchertown, Bellingham, Belmont, Beverly, Billerica, Blandford, Boston, Boxford, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Canton, Chatham, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Concord, Dracut, Dudley, Eastham, Edgartown, Everett, Fall River, Falmouth, Framingham, Franklin, Harvard, Holyoke, Hopkinton, Hudson, Ipswich, Lawrence, Lexington, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Mansfield, Marblehead, Marshfield, Maynard, Medford, Melrose, Methuen, Middleboro, Milford, Millis, Milton, Natick, Needham, New Bedford, Newburyport, Newton, Norfolk, North Andover, North Adams, Northbridge, North Dartmouth, North Reading, Norton, Norwell, Norwood, Peabody, Plymouth, Provincetown, Quincy, Randolph, Reading, Revere, Rockland, Salem, Sandwich, Saugus, Sharon, Sherborn, Somerville, South Hadley, Springfield, Stoughton, Southwick, Swampscott, Taunton, Topsfield, Truro, Walpole, Waltham, Watertown, Webster, Wellfleet, Wellesley, Westminster, Weston, Westfield, West Springfield, Weymouth, Whately, Williamstown, Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn, Worcester, Wrentham. (107)

31 comments:

  1. Paul,

    You can add Edgartown and Whately, since I live in both and read your blog from either.
    KEP

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  2. Don't forget all the folks from Brandeis in Waltham (I'm sure some folks in the Heller School must be readers. It can't just be this lowly undergrad/soon-to-be med student ;) )

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  3. I'd never forget you -- and Professor Altman, too!

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  4. Another blog started me reading this just yesterday. Weight it as you may based on that, but Ipswich can be added to the list. (You only need to see the license plate for a split second for it to count, right...?)

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  5. Absolutely right!

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  6. We're even further west than Northampton if you can believe it! Will you count North Adams as a Massachusetts city too? :)

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  7. How about Nairobi? It's somewhere near Charlestown (within about 8000nm).

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  8. I live in Quincy and read regularly - thanks for having the courage to start this formum

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  9. please include Somerville (aka Slummer-ville) too! Those of us working in low-paid health care jobs have to live somewhere!

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  10. Thanks, all in.

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  11. I live in Norwood, MA and read your blog from there.

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  12. Got it, thanks.

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  13. A reader from Wrentham.

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  14. Milford, MA ... reading for about a week ... and loving your open, honest, candid approach to the blog.

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  15. Hello from a reader in Belchertown - thanks for a very informative blog!

    Mary

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  16. Thanks airwick and Mary! Two of my favorite towns . . .

    And, then there is the shopping in Wrentham!

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  17. Middleboro! :)

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  18. Thanks, you're on!

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  19. Paul - you can knock off Needham. Love reading your blog.
    Sarah

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  20. Hi Sarah b,

    No, you have it backwards. I am adding to the list, not taking them off.

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  21. I'm from Maynard. I believe it's the smallest town in Mass. Keep up the good work on the blog!

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  22. Thanks! (Never knew which was the smallest...)

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  23. Watertown. Just came across your blog.

    Go here for smallest town in MA by population & land area http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisctlist/ctlistidx.htm

    Sorry Maynard is neither.

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  24. Hello from Webster Lake, great Blog.

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  25. hello - I see you have the town of Northbridge listed, but it is made up of Whitinsville, Linwood, Rochdale (rockdale), and Riverdale... I am not sure if they are listed separately or not. I am from Rochdale.

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  26. Sorry, I don't list the villages within a town, just the 351 official municipalities.

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  27. Don't forget Harvard, MA!

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