Northampton the San Francisco of Western Massachusetts. The town is lovely, but lots of gay flags flying. I forgot what percentage is lesbians, but I think it is 60%.
The area especially Amherst is called Happy Valley, happy as in gay.
A woman went to an Amherst selectboard meeting one
Monday night to complain about leaving
American flags up on city streets all
summer as the flag was a symbol of
oppression, tyranny, racism etc. Soon
afterwards the whole nation embraced
patriotism, though; about 12 hours after
the meeting ended, two jets that flew out
of Boston and got hijacked crashed
into the World Trade Ctr in NY.
back in the 80’s North Hampton was on the cover of the National Enquirer.
The headline read “Strange town where men are not wanted”
Whoops it was 1992
https://www.gazettenet.com/Lesbianville-Lookback-25246526
A pizza joint in Amherst had it hanging on the wall.