Springfield - Massachusetts - 4K Downtown Drive
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- Опубліковано 31 гру 2022
- Afternoon drive in and around the downtown area of Springfield, MA, home of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Filmed: December 2022
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From Wikipedia:
Springfield is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 155,929, making it the third-largest city in Massachusetts, the fourth-most populous city in New England after Boston, Worcester, and Providence, and the 12th-most populous in the Northeastern United States. Metropolitan Springfield, as one of two metropolitan areas in Massachusetts (the other being Greater Boston), had a population of 699,162 in 2020.
Springfield was founded in 1636, the first Springfield in the New World. In the late 1700s, during the American Revolution, Springfield was designated by George Washington as the site of the Springfield Armory because of its central location. Subsequently it was the site of Shays' Rebellion. The city would also play a pivotal role in the Civil War, as a stop on the Underground Railroad and home of abolitionist John Brown, widely known for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and for the Armory's manufacture of the famed "Springfield rifles" used ubiquitously by Union troops. Closing during the Johnson administration, today the national park site features the largest collection of historic American firearms in the world.
Today the city is the largest in western New England, and the urban, economic, and media capital of Massachusetts' section of the Connecticut River Valley, colloquially known as the Pioneer Valley. Springfield has several nicknames-"The City of Firsts", due to the many innovations developed there, such as the first American dictionary, the first American gas-powered automobile, and the first machining lathe for interchangeable parts; "The City of Homes", due to its Victorian residential architecture; and "Hoop City", as basketball was invented in Springfield in 1891 by Canadian James Naismith.
Hartford, the capital of Connecticut, lies 24 miles (39 km) south of Springfield, on the western bank of the Connecticut River. The Hartford-Springfield region is known as the Knowledge Corridor because it hosts over 160,000 university students and over 32 universities and liberal arts colleges-the second-highest concentration of higher-learning institutions in the United States.[18] The city of Springfield itself is home to Springfield College, Western New England University, American International College, and Springfield Technical Community College, among other higher educational institutions.
Thank you for a ride down memory lane. Makes me appreciate and love living in California.
I lived in Springfield for almost a decade. Very friendly people, nice parks, and the most wonderful church I have ever been a member of: St. Peter's Episcopal Church on Buckingham Street. I left Springfield to move closer to family. I enjoyed your video. Thank you!
I lived very close to that church for a bit a while back, beautiful neighborhood and nobody bothered you if you minded your own business.
Great job grew up in Springfield left 3 years ago now live in Naples Fl things look the same! Cool thanks!!
You started in East Forest park, went through the south end, then downtown and into the northend. Arent Masshole drivers just lovely lol. Thanks fir visiting my hometown.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful video. Greeting from IRAN❤😉🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷
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Happy new year🎉
I watch lots of your videos!! You made it to my home 🙂 not much of a city, good enough to raise family.
At the end of the day that’s one of the most important things when deciding where to live.
Springfield MA is a dangerous city stay awày
downtown near mgm during the day its mostly fine. keep to yourself and just walk down the street and you're good. 16 acres near WNEC is actually quite nice; my grandparents used to live there and have a lot of very fond memories. Go down the street tho towards AIC or south near the X and it gets bad quick. Just like any other big city, there's both good and bad areas.
Been living here for over 20 yrs and I've never ever encountered any type of danger. I guess it depends the kind of person you're and what type of crowd you hang around with.
Nice ride in Springfield MA
I didn't know there's a Springfield in Massachusetts too
Happy new years from Beaumont TX
Where the original basketball game was invented.
The first ever Springfield!
@@Pray_Grind Yeah, it was the first city to be named Springfield before Any other colony.
There are Springfields all over the States...
I LIVED IN LOWELL...in 1964 i was 24..
Iam 84 NOW...😂😂😂
Please do a tour of Downtown Greenfield, MA sometime soon.
Im visiting a friend near Springfield and I dont know where to stay. Im British so I need a pub lol. Also, may stay 3-4 days. Any advice? Cheers
I wonder if you did East Boston, Charlestown and/or the Roxbury Neighborboods of Boston or Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine yet. I heard you're back in the South for the Winter, but I just wanted to know if those videos are coming (as well as the rest of NYC and parts of the Mid-Atlantic as well).
Pretty much all I had time to get in Boston but there’s some Maine and NH coming and of course I couldn’t leave NYC without filming the most important parts of the city. All coming in the next couple months. Stay tuned 👍
Some good times down in Roxbury and Back Bay.
Nice little tour video of downtown Springfield, MA. The area you started off in on upper Longhill Street is Forest Park Heights, one of the nicest, if not the nicest areas in all of Springfield. It's on the west end of Sumner Avenue and half surrounded by beautiful Forest Park itself. Very historic neighborhood also. Here's what it looks like, if you or anyone else is interested: ua-cam.com/video/Bg6QZsoSlZE/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Paul%27sPortal
Great channel of exploration travel videos. Keep up the good work Mike!
Can you do a video tour of pittfield ma and schenectady
Schenectady coming but didn’t have time to hit Pittsfield while I was up there.
@@MileageMikeTravels Thank you
@@MileageMikeTravels Binghamton and Syracuse too?
AGAWAM SKYLINE WON'T YOU BE MINE? (❤)2006
Callin' from Springfield, oh yeah.
I love Springfield ❤I grow up in Springfield people sometimes ask me why I keep living in Springfield and don't look out there another country my answer for those people are I was born in Springfield and I'm going to die in Springfield ❤ years ago I left to Puerto Rico and I did got a apartment but I was missing something I couldn't stay there I even got a depression over there and nothing wrong with Puerto Rico couse it's beautiful out there the problem was that I felt that I was not from.ovethere so I came back omg I was tank's God I'm home a
Come to Brasil nas you will never return to mass...😂😂😂😂😂
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Springfield it's our city it has it all. People who don't like it, are people who live for trouble or like to hang with the wrong crowd. What can you expect from people like that? Ive been living in Springfield for over 20 yrs and I love it! Got my car, my wife, a great paying job, my apartment, what else can I ask for? Never ever ever had any problems living here.
As for Puerto Rico it might be a nice place to visit and disconnect, but for living? I don't recommend it at all...way to many set backs.
@Paulo, you're crazy as hell
Can u do Miramar fl ?
CITY without a soul... no people walking in the slide walks...
People nowadays unfortunately barely walk lol but it really depends on the time of year and around what time of the day haha
I will never live in Springfield, this video is very misleading , this place iß garbage
I live in Easthampton which is 15 minutes north of Springfield and it's very artsy and vibrant just like my neighboring city which is Northampton known as Hamp, Noho, and The Paradise City.
Don't worry, we don't need you
It's sad when you play second city to a ghetto like Hartford.
If you live in the western mass area you know to stay away from this garage of a city