top 10 places to live in US for lesbians

Jim Westrich westrich at miser.umass.edu
Tue Oct 8 08:29:04 PDT 2002


Well, as resident of number 3 I can tell you that Northampton is a very "female oriented space". Female political leaders, business owners and other community leaders is generally a good thing. Straight women, sensitive men, and I suppose lesbians all enjoy aspects of it. There are other smaller towns in the area that probably have more same sex partners per capita.

Personally, all the businesses catering to women's comforts (yet another high end chocolate shop has opened and there is now 1 sushi bar for every 4327 residents) is neither an attraction nor a drawback to me. Actually, all the visitors on the weekend is the biggest drawback generally, so I suppose I should mention that it is a horrible place to visit and the Paradise City Crap Fair is a huge rip-off this weekend.

Don't ever come. OK, you can come see the statue of Sojourner Truth they just erected here but then leave immediately.

Jim

Catherine Driscoll wrote:


>Well if train stations don't count, and I doubt that's the kind of
>residential area or lifestyle they're considering, I've only been to
>one of these. I can't see myself wanting to move to Ithaca any time
>soon... (what do you reckon, Kelley?)
>
>>>Top 10
>>>The Girlfriends magazine November 2002 edition lists these cities
>>>
>>>
>>as
>>
>>
>>>the top 10 Best Lesbian Places to Live for 2002:
>>>1. Madison, Wis.
>>>2. Bloomington, Ind.
>>>3. Northampton, Mass.
>>>4. Ithaca, N.Y.
>>>5. La Crosse, Wis.
>>>6. Denver, Colo.
>>>7. Missoula, Mont.
>>>8. Cambridge, Mass.
>>>9. Baltimore, Md.
>>>10. Santa Fe, N.M.
>>>
>>>http://www.gfriends.com/
>>>
>>>
-- "In 1842, members of the Northampton Association of Education and Industry established a utopian community organized around a communally owned and operated silk mill. Those who were drawn to this community sought to challenge the prevailing social attitudes of their day by creating a society in which 'the rights of all are equal without distinction of sex, color or condition, sect or religion.' They were especially united around the issue of the abolition of slavery."



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