WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS (MIDDLE OF NOWHERE)THIS PAST SUMMER, I SPENT MY FIRST TWO WEEKS DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD KILL MYSELF.LETS FACE IT, THIS PLACE IS LITERALLY ALONGSIDE A CLIFF WITH NOTHING IN SITE...UNLESS YOU COUNT THE 7-11 ACROSS THE STREET.BY THE WAY, THE INDIAN DUDE THERE IS REALLY NICE AND HE GAVE ME A FREE SLURPEE ONE TIME WHEN I FORGOT MY WALLET!! UNFORTUANATLY, IT WAS AS DISGUSTING AS IT LOOKED AND I ENDED UP DUMPING IT OUT. BUT ANYWAY, BACK TO MY POINT....AHH YES, SO MY FIRST TWO WEEKS HERE WERE FILLED WITH LOTS OF CRYING, CALLING HOME ASKING FOR MOMMY, AND "OH GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE" DRIBBLE DRABBLE WHILE STANDING ATOP OF THAT CLIFF LOOKING DOWN AT MY MISERBALE LIFE. I WAS A LONELY DUDE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH NO CABLE TV. I WOULD SPEND MY DAYS DRIVING AROUND AMHERST AND NORTHAMPTON LOOKING FOR MALLS AND BARS TO KEEP ME ENTERTAINED. HOWEVER, ALL I FOUND WERE LITTLE STORES SELLING A BUNCH OF CRAP, ALONG WITH AN UNHEALTHY PORTION OF LESBIANS ALL AROUND!I WAS REALLY BEGINNING TO NOT ONLY MISS HOME, BUT WONDER WHAT THE PURPOSE OF LIVING REALLY WAS. I WAS STUCK IN A PLACE THAT WAS TOO QUIET AND SERENE FOR A BIG CITY DUDE LIKE MYSELF. TO THIS DAY, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF LOGIC I WAS USING WHEN I SAID "MOVING TO WESTERN MASS WILL BE GOOD FOR ME, IT WILL HELP ME GET AWAY." WELL, THE LAST PART OF THAT IS TRUE, I REALLY WENT AWAY ALRIGHT. FOUR MONTHS HAVE PASSED SINCE MOVING HERE NOW...MY DAYS HAVE RATED BETWEEN OK AND TERRIBLE. I STILL HAVENT HAD ANY GOOD OR GREAT DAYS. I WAKE UP TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FOG THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO JOG IN WITHOUT WORRYING WHETHER OR NOT A CAR WILL END WHAT LITTLE LIFE I HAVE LEFT. IN TRYING TO ADAPT AND BECOMING A NORMAL "SMALL TOWN GUY" I SPENT 500 BUCKS ON A BIKE THAT IVE ONLY RIDDEN ONCE SINCE GETTING THE LEG OF MY PANTS STUCK IN THE ROUND THINGYS (THAT I THINK ARE CALLED GEARS) AND CRASHING INTO THE HARD PAVEMENT. NOW THE BIKE SITS IN MY ROOM AS A REMINDER OF MY DAY AS "WILD-KINGDOM MAN." FOR ALL THOSE READING THIS THAT ARE NOT FROM AROUND MASSACHUSETTS, OR THE NORTHEAST FOR THAT MATTER.....BEWARE!! NO THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE "MR. ADVENTURE DUDE" YOURE GOING TO NEED TO BUY YOUR OWN AIR CONDITIONER THAT WEIGHS ABOUT 5,OOO LBS AND DOESNT REALLY DO MUCH AS FAR AS COOLING...UNLESS YOU SLEEP ON THE COUCH DIRECTLY IN FORNT OF THE GOD FORSAKEN THING. BUT DONT WORRY, BECAUSE COME WINTER, YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEND ABOUT 400 BUCKS ON A DECENT JACKET TO KEEP YOU WARM. AND LETS NOT FORGET ABOUT DOING LAUNDERY! DOING LAUNDERY TOTALLY SUCKS MAN!!!! I HATE IT SOOO MUCH, I'D RATHER DRIVE LIKE 1 HOUR TO THE NEAREST MALL; WHICH YOU'' HAVE TO DO ANYWAY CONSIDERING THIS AREAS IDEA OF A MALL CONSISTS OF A BUNCH OF CRAPPY STORES LIKE JC PENNYS AND TARGET. AND IF YOURE A REAL PICKY A-HOLE LIKE ME, YOURE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO PAY A MAID TO COME CLEAN UP THE CRAP THAT THE OTHER DIRTY PRICKS LEFT BEHIND IN THE APARTMENT.OH YEA...AND HERE IN SUNDERLAND SPECIFICALLY, YOURE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE SCUMY LOOKING HIPPIE TARDS THAT SEEM TO BE ALL OVER THIS AREA. OVERALL, YOU MAY EVENTUALLY ADAPT AND FOCUS IN ON WHATEVER IS OF IMPORTANCE...FOR ME ITS SCHOOL. OVERALL, ITS PROBABLY THE BEST PLACE TO LOVE IN SUNDERLAND. FOR CHRIST SAKE....DONT GO TO THAT RAT HAVEN ACROSS THE STREET THATS BEING RUN BY A TOOTHLESS GARGOYLE!! THEN YOU'LL REALLY KILL YOURSELF INSTEAD OF JUST TALKING ABOUT IT. SO....IF YOURE GOING TO LIVE IN SUNDERLAND, CLIFFSIDE IS THE PLACE TO BE!!!

User Responses
From: umass_history	Date: 09/06/2005
Go back to LA, or whatever 'Big City' your from. i lived in Boston and hate it there, i came to school out here because i love the quiteness, the beauty of the mountains, and freedom of sexuality, just because your some frat boy who dosent like true beauty in nature, dosent mean that this is a bad place. Western Mass is beautiful. Sunderland is beautiful. Cliffside is beautiful. You are not, You Suck
From: assistantleasingconsultant	Date: 10/22/2005
As someone who has suffered from depression, I find your whole review inappropriate and offensive. If you can't stand the "country life" of a 15 minute free bus ride to campus, not one, but two malls within a ten minute drive, more bars, clubs, and random parties than you can shake a stick at... I think that's more of a personal problem. If you're depressed because you can't ride a bike, that is also your problem. It's no fault of the complex's that you hate New England weather, and it's certainly not their fault that you couldn't get over your prejudices and make some friends in the area. I'm sure you'll never read these two cents of mine, but there they are.
From: smsuneja	Date: 10/26/2007
Although you are a "reall picky a-hole," you have a flair for some comedy. My boyfriend and I really enjoyed reading your comments. I do suggest that you don't use CAPS LOCK SO MUCH BECAUSE IT IS VERY HARD TO READ.
From: Anonymous	Date: 07/29/2008
you seem like a whiney little ***** to me.... i hope you went home to mommy

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