For liberal bastion, a quandary

Boston Globe ^ | December 9, 2002 | Sarah Schweitzer

[sarcasm]

ORTHAMPTON - In this Western Massachusetts pocket of progressivism, where love and peace are words regularly invoked at public meetings, a crisis of conscience has erupted over what to do about panhandlers increasingly flocking here, drawn by the city's reputation as a font of dime-sparers.

[Leisler]

Northampton is the lesbian capital of Massachusetts. Main industry is living off the expensive and sensitive colleges in the area.

[Ax]

And family and friends ask me why I left Massachusetts.