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donkadunny t1_j6hr8mj wrote

Is that mt wachusett in the background?

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MoltenMirrors t1_j6husbs wrote

Ah yes, the little known hamlet of Alberta, Massachusetts.

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weareeverywhereee t1_j6hvxhm wrote

Lol we said the same thing like….uh no mountains like that 10 miles west of Boston

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megsperspective t1_j6hwpfh wrote

10 miles west is more like Newton! No view like that there.

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PakkyT t1_j6hxjol wrote

10 miles west of Boston? No such thing. Western Mass is a myth don't ya know? This picture proves it.

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NativeMasshole t1_j6hy7f8 wrote

And Bill lives in the rolling countryside of Framingham.

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palinsafterbirth t1_j6hyf0h wrote

Bill was located in Lincoln, what the fuck was he wasting gas going to New Bedford for?

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Mayv2 t1_j6hyoli wrote

Wow Route 9 after just 20 years of no humans… breathtaking

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5teerPike t1_j6hzwrd wrote

It's closer to chestnut hill lol

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Upthespurs1882 t1_j6i027w wrote

Good luck crossing the Sierras of Framingham on foot pal

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Beantownbrews t1_j6i0lkv wrote

People seriously lack basic understanding of the scale, distance a geography of Massachusetts. Even fellow members of the commonwealth.

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highlander666666 t1_j6i70jz wrote

doesn t look like any think 10 miles from Boston to me.. mountains in back ground?

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ButterAndPaint t1_j6i8ks5 wrote

Kind of like The Deer Hunter (1970s Deniro/Walken movie), where they go on a hunting trip from their Pennsylvania coal town and clearly end up somewhere in the Rockies or somewhere else thousands of miles away.

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karhall t1_j6i9oj1 wrote

Maybe they meant to write 100 miles, otherwise Newton looks a lot different from what I remember.

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JJ2o2o t1_j6ia51y wrote

I don't see the remnants of a Dunks. Calling bullshit. 🙃

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ricdesi t1_j6ib190 wrote

Man, 128 looks different on Netflix

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RedditSkippy t1_j6ibhjj wrote

Finally an accurate depiction of WMass! /jk (just in case that wasn’t obvious.)

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homeostasis3434 t1_j6ic4hv wrote

Yeah this was a bad screenshot for the supposed setting.

Later in the episode it shows them walking by a bunch of wetlands and crossing bridges over a slow moving river. Those scenes were more accurate.

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djsmith89 t1_j6iculh wrote

I mean don't you know a horde of mushroom zombies can swarm the state house from Faneuil Hall in a minute?

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AJohnnyTruant t1_j6iewrz wrote

Replying to adamdreaming (#1,616,078)

I expected that out of Bartlet after seeing White Lotus. But Jesus Christ I wasn’t prepared for Offerman of all actors to do that to me. My wife was a blubbering mess. I forgot that I was watching an episode of a series for a second. It’s so good.

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AutomationBias t1_j6iij9s wrote

I’d heart heartbreak hill was tough, but I had no idea until I got there

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JerryKook t1_j6ijqle wrote

This is what South Natick will look like after they remove the damn from the Charles River.

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BlackJesus420 t1_j6il9oe wrote

The way I hollered at the TV when I saw this. Great show but it’s like they went out of their way to make this not look like eastern Mass lol

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Cersad t1_j6iltgy wrote

Replying to gravitas-deficiency (#1,616,010)

Ski sloped in the Northeast are always swarmed. Always.

The difference between lift lines for a ski lift in the Northeast after freezing rain is like 5x longer than lines for a ski lift in Breckenridge on a powder day.

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PM_ME_PHYS_PROBLEMS t1_j6imphd wrote

Replying to UltravioletClearance (#1,614,756)

It's clearly foreshadowing the deep lore that their timeline branches from ours not with the mutation of the cortyceps in 2003, but with an earlier cumby's rebranding campaign that happened to be identical to the one that happened in 2009 in the real world.

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ErkMcGurk t1_j6ioc2j wrote

They just forgot to specify it's also 100 miles north.

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diba_ t1_j6ioft1 wrote

Mmm no, Natick is a little further than 10 miles, and it’s southwest of Boston. This is more like closer to Route 2 just before Lincoln.

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tjlightbulb t1_j6ip9v7 wrote

In the Game it’s supposed to be Lincoln

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thegunnersdaughter t1_j6iqbvn wrote

Replying to ButterAndPaint (#1,614,781)

As someone from the PA Appalachians this was always jarring to me as well. Pretty much the whole movie was shot locally but then this one scene they shoot in the Cascades and it's like - this is not anywhere on the east coast, let alone southwest PA.

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oh-gee-golly t1_j6iqcnq wrote

Iron Man 3 did a similar thing with Chattanooga. At they time they had the fastest internet in the world available as a public offering to citizens and the movie made it seem like it had one stop sign and a traffic light.

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DMala t1_j6itbew wrote

Replying to Cersad (#1,617,648)

The secret is first chair. Get out there as soon as the lifts open, and you get an hour or two of untouched corduroy and almost no one around. Yeah you have to drag your ass out of bed, but it’s totally worth it.

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YellowSea11 t1_j6itisj wrote

Dude I was on Google maps the moment I saw that , and was like .. Newton? Huh? No kidding . .HBO has outdone itself with this show. You could think it's a ridiculous rehash of Walking Dead with its 1 billion seasons, but last nights episode was absolutely amazing. A movie in itself that needs to be re-watched.

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YellowSea11 t1_j6itxk7 wrote

Replying to adamdreaming (#1,616,078)

Little abashed cause when I saw Nick Offerman at first I didn't recognize him. Then I was like .. this guy is a nutcase survivalist , and you know who they should have gotten to play ... oh. What a perfect casting job.

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revjoe918 t1_j6iu1vq wrote

Zombies are taking over..... but it's fictitious mountains outside of Boston that cause concern.

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Hoosac_Love t1_j6iuheg wrote

I don't even think that photo is even Massachusetts.I have spent my whole life driving the back roads and woods of W.Mass and never have seen a scene like that.

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Waggmans t1_j6j026u wrote

By Bill's home they show them passing the "Entering New Bedford" sign. We know that's not "10mi West of Boston" but I doubt most people watching the show does.

Great episode BTW.

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TheSecretAgenda t1_j6j0lv8 wrote

Californians should be banned from writing about New England. They always get it wrong.

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NeonLoveGalaxy t1_j6j3exa wrote

Replying to kissmekate48 (#1,614,167)

I live within walking distance of that dam and it has been a part of my whole life in this town. I don't want to see it go, but if it coming down makes this town look like the image above then I'm all for it.

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Vaiiki t1_j6j4fjz wrote

Replying to Vaiiki (#1,618,702)

You all know the one I'm talking about. With the sushi ninja guy. You'd have to pull off Rt. 9 doing like 50 mph into a little parking lot. Always wondered about that place.

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ForwardBound t1_j6jb9vu wrote

I know this is an unpopular opinion but I really wish the marathon route didn't go through this part of the town. Bad for runners and bad for nature.

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Scribblr t1_j6jeftv wrote

I can think of a place in Clinton that looks like that, but only from a very very specific angle.

So, 30mi outside of Boston

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thisisntmynametoday t1_j6jffmc wrote

Clearly that’s a view from just below the summit of Blue Hill. On a clear day you can see the Pru just past those hills in the distance.

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mettiusfufettius t1_j6jhtxt wrote

Omg I had the exaaaact same though! Like wow, how’d they move the Berkshires 200 miles closer to Boston after the outbreak?

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heresdevking t1_j6jl6z7 wrote

Replying to newestJourney (#1,620,051)

My favorite is parking at the trailhead of the North Road. You can continue up to a scenic vista with a couple of nice picnic tables or take the left fork toward Balance Rock -- there's a very pretty pool on the way. In the winter, I avoid the steep side trails. The Echo Lake road with parking near Mountainside Bakery & Cafe goes to the lake, with another nice picnic table. At the lake you can go left along a popular route for cross-country skiers or to the right on a steep climb up to an old orchard/meadow with a comfortable bench.

Heavy snow pack is the best time to do the Bicentennial trail from the visitor center. Otherwise you're picking your way long a path of big rocks.

There's maps at the trailheads. It's safe to mostly wander, most days.

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DopeDealerCisco t1_j6jrnmj wrote

Anyone’s else disappointed Route 9 or the Pike didn’t make the cut??

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kdex86 t1_j6jwsqx wrote

Natick is supposedly home to a Twinkie factory that can survive a nuclear holocaust.

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amyxry t1_j6k08va wrote

Weird that they put New Bedford Gas in there?

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waffles2go2 t1_j6k3y9x wrote

Pretty sure that's in the Mall and he's walking to his shopping-condo.

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petal14 t1_j6k4bph wrote

The Charles is looking lovely these days!

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Dreizen13 t1_j6k6h8i wrote

Hah! First thing I thought was they must be in New Hampshire now and then the location text came up and I just shook my head.

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sharklar t1_j6k7w71 wrote

Haha , I thought this last night . Apparently the rockies are closer than we thought.

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njtrafficsignshopper t1_j6kapnw wrote

Hm I never get out to Western Mass. You telling me it doesn't look like this?

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adamdreaming t1_j6kb3mp wrote

Replying to YellowSea11 (#1,619,523)

My head canon is that this is 100% the same dude from Parks and Rec. Changing his name after the zombie apocalypse and eating with class like a fucking king and getting together with slightly younger fitter bear is just absolutely, completely congruent with Ron Swanson's character.

They are the same people and Last of Us shares space with the Parks and Rec universe. Prove me wrong.

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cdvma t1_j6kdp2k wrote

Replying to DopeDealerCisco (#1,627,572)

Belly up a while ago. Was failing, changed names to "Octane" which didn't stick, went back to old name, failed, sold to a guy who kept old name but tried to rebrand, failed (hah, didn't see that coming!), sold again and opened as Green Tea Restaurant, failed, sold again and opened as Beacon Street Bar and Grill, failed...still awaiting new opening.

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kd8qdz t1_j6kfklj wrote

The fucking berkshires are a bit more west than 10 miles.

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majoroutage t1_j6kk5zg wrote

This just begs the question of "How big do they think Boston actually is?"

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roadtrip-ne OP t1_j6klcvo wrote

Replying to diba_ (#1,618,251)

Natick Mall came up as 13 miles from me in Cambridge on Google Maps, so if you do Downtown Boston it’s most likely Wellesley. I’m using the Pike and/or Route 9 as directly “west”

If you went Route 2 as west instead since it heads out to Wachusett, 10 miles only gets you to Walden Pond. You can’t even see Wachusett on 2 until at least Leominster

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toomuch1265 t1_j6klnf3 wrote

I think I see the wonderbread factory in the distance.

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roadtrip-ne OP t1_j6km3gg wrote

Replying to Beantownbrews (#1,612,943)

The best quote I saw last week was “the most realistic thing about the Last of Us is that it takes 45 minutes to get to the State House from the North End, and for some reason you need to go through Charlestown”

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toastedmeat_ t1_j6kphd2 wrote

I wish they went to a dunks instead of cumberland, would’ve been awesome

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mari815 t1_j6kpp3x wrote

Haha totally thought the same. I was like “I wish that was 10 miles from Boston!”

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Andy_DiMatteo t1_j6lo6wc wrote

I showed my dad this episode and immediately he mentioned how we definitely don’t have anything like that 10 miles west of Boston.

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CorpusculantCortex t1_j6ltz2x wrote

Why do so many post apocalyptic media take place in Boston?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!

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RedheadsAreNinjas t1_j6lwqi4 wrote

Replying to DMala (#1,619,372)

Ahhh… corduroy. Born and raised MA, live out in the Rockies now and this made me think of all those mornings growing up when my dad would get us in the car at 4am to make first chair up at wild cat. Stay safe folks & please wear a helmet!

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HopeTheGOP_dies t1_j6mxw2z wrote

Replying to Valuable-Baked (#1,625,012)

Natick is where suburbanite vanillas live in their empty husks before they have to corrode their petty lives away in the mass pike to go rent their bodies out in the city before trudging back to their husks

What misery - and they convince themselves it’s worth it 🤦‍♂️

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Frenchdu t1_j6n69ae wrote

Thought those were the Arlington heights nvm

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