Submitted by adgo1 t3_11h2l14 in massachusetts
I made a map based geography quiz about major cities and towns in Massachusetts:
https://geographyquiz.app/quiz/usa-massachusetts-cities/226
You need to locate 20 cities and towns on a map of the state and thus learning the location of them. And I know you'll kill me because directly adjacent cities of Boston are missing (e.g. Cambride).
19/20! Fumbled on Framingham and Marlborough
That was the one I looked at the most. I picked right but I was hesitant!
Me too 19/20 because I screwed up Marlborough.
Why was Marlborough even on this, it’s not a big town.
It's a city, not a town. There are only 59 cities in MA out of 351 municipalities.
What is that mythical lands you show west of Framingham?
District 13, you must never go there Simba.
Here be there dragons.
Or more rarely a Republican.
Got dinged because I was on mobile and didn't see the question at the bottom, so randomly click a dot. Lol
Still got 18/20.
Damn Framingham
This made me realize how little I know about Eastern MA. Thanks for the bit of fun.
20/20 - Back in college I used to move cars all over the state for a car rental company.
15/20.
Same. I was so confident! But then I barely got a C grade.
Weird, me too....
It's hard without the highways in there for reference!
19/20, tapped Newton for Framingham.
DO another! with lesser know towns. That was fun!
Oddly, I did worse the closer I got to my house. I don't use a map locally so guess I can't recognize towns by shape.
19/20 Gloucester vs salem
18/20, clicked Fitchburg for Marlboro and Taunton for Brockton
That was fun! Thanks for making it! I did pretty well, 19/20 :)
13/20, not terrible for a Midwest transplant. Fun quiz!
Damn, I got the same score and my family has been in MA since the 1640s
Springfield looks too far south.
Springfield is pretty south. It always surprises me somehow.
Springfield and Hartford are essentially one metro area.
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.
Metro regions are not physical towns. It is a combination of cities and towns. The comment was about the town of Springfield only.
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.
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.
Southwest from Boston-Sturbridge, then more or less westerly. After Westfield, northwest toward Albany.
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.
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.
Springfield is one town from bordering Connecticut.
Springfield is a "essentially" a border town. It practically borders Enfield CT. It is the gates of Mordor.
How do you get from Springfield to Enfield without going through Longmeadow?
I fixed it. 91 south feels like you're going from Springfield to CT directly but it actually traverses Longmeadow. Thanks for pointing that out.
It caught me off guard also. I put it further north.
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Springfield does not share a border with Connecticut.
You are right. it is 1.9 miles from Conn.
It‘s pretty close.
Close is not bordering. It’s like being a little bit pregnant or partially dead.
More like being pedantic over a trivial matter or in this case…1 single mile.
No. More like some being fuzzy over something that is fact. Either it is or it isn’t. It’s not a gray area. Facts are not pedantic. It’s like saying that you live on the border of Massachusetts and Maine.
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No, that's us! We're 20 minutes from the CT border
Others here say you are on the Connecticut border.
19/20 because I couldnt remember the Pike exits. That was fun though
13/20
20/20, what's my prize?
20/20. Got them all. Most likely because I’ve been to almost every corner of the state lol
Ugh- I screwed up and clicked Gloucester instead of Salem. 19/20
I got 13/20 on my first try, hubby got 9/20. Yes, we're transplants. 6 years on, I don't think that's too bad.
Loved it
Aww that was fun and I didn’t do too badly!
dammit. 15/20. I shoulda been better.
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18/20, Brockton and Northampton
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That was fun. 14/20 but for a couple I did mis-tap because of fat fingers and I didn't zoom in when I should have.
17/20. Cool quiz
19/20
got fall river wrong
This was fun, thanks! I got 19/20...the only one I had trouble locating was Fitchburg. For some reason I always picture Fitchburg as being in the MetroWest area.
18/20. Fumbled Springfield and didn't know Taunton.
Marlborough and Framingham was a tough one for me. Did well otherwise! Would totally do more of these!
20/20 I am a know it all.
15 out of 20. Would have been 16 if my fingers were not Oscar Mayer brand.
I liked that it was fun! I got 15/20
Now do the smallest cities in towns. I want to see people try and find Florida, Peru, and Wales on a Massachusetts map.
Give me rowe, clarksburg, and warwick
Those ones at least vaguely sound like they could be in Massachusetts instead of a whole other continent
Lol true but I bet most of this sub hasn’t heard of them
100% here. Wicked masshole knows her geography, khed.
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Loved it that was good fun