1. Berkshirites Embrace Their Inner Hippie
Let’s get real here: There are a lot of tie-dye wearing, folk-music playing, vegan-only hippies roaming the Berkshires. Every year, thousands of them gather together to listen to James Taylor at Tanglewood Music Festival and embrace their hippie-folk culture.
So get ready for some long white beards and ponytails, folk guitars, tie-dye headbands, and rainbow socks. This is the Berkshires, after all.
2. Everyone In the Berkshires Is a Total Book Snob
The Berkshires are home to literary giants, like Herman Melville and Edith Wharton, who both got their literary start in the region.
Plus, there’s Simon’s Rock College of Bard (yes, this is a real college where angsty writers sit in “outdoor classrooms” and write poetry all day). And the independent bookstores and second hand book stores in this area are perhaps some of the last remaining indie bookstores around, but the Berkshires will keep ’em going strong for as long as possible.
3. Berkshirites Are Also A Bunch Of Extreme Theater Geeks
The Berkshires aren’t only known for its literary culture—it’s also home to a huge Shakespeare following.
Yes, Berkshirites love their outdoor theater productions of “Macbeth” and “King Lear.” And any Berkshirite can probably recite “Romeo and Juliet” front to back for you. But the Berkshires isn’t just known for its theater geeks—it’s also known for film geeks.
Great Barrington is home to an international film festival that attracts thousands each year, and plenty of Berkshirites claim to be experts in the field/struggling filmmakers themselves (don’t believe me? Have you been to Great Barrington?).
4. People From The Berkshires Basically Think They Invented Snow
In case you didn’t know this already, the Berkshires have some incredible mountain ranges. The skiing and snowboarding culture here is huge (with Jiminy Peak and Butternut being two of the best places around).
Plus, Berkshirites have their own winter Olympics. Yeah, they’re pretty obsessed...snow bunnies!
5. Berkshirites Will See Your Small Town Charm And Raise You A Classic Americana
Everyone knows how incredibly fitting it is that the Norman Rockwell museum is in the Berkshires: the quaint, quintessential Americana is what the Berkshires is all about.
This area of the U.S. is definitely known for being really “New England-y” and you don’t get more “small town” than the Berkshires.
6. But Beneath The Charm, People In The Berkshires Secretly Wish New Yorkers Would Kindly Go Home
Many New Yorkers have “second homes” in the Berkshires or end up moving to the Berkshires altogether. This has definitely had a serious impact on the small-town “quaint” lives of people in the Berkshires, so there’s a feeling of “Berkshires vs. New Yorkers” that’s been deeply cultivated among Berkshirites. Those leaf-peepers coming to the Berkshires in waves have raised rent prices, after all. Sheesh!
7. Everyone In The Berkshires Is Tucked Into Bed By 8
Because it’s so small town, most places close down in the Berkshires around 8 p.m. (at the latest!) There’s not much of a nightlife here, unless you like camp fires and s’mores after dark, then you’re golden. But clubs and bars? Eh, not so much… even the restaurants here close early.
8. People In These Parts All Have An Unnatural Affinity For Cider Donuts
Speaking of cider donuts...everyone in the Berkshire has a serious cider donut addiction. Everyone knows the best cider donuts are at Bartlett's Orchard in Richmond, but there are a ton of apple orchards that make incredible cider donuts. Did I mention cider donuts?
9. Berkshirites All Pray To Mother Nature For A Perpetual Fall
Everyone’s favorite time of year in the Berkshires is fall. Who doesn’t love pumpkin picking, fall festivals, and, of course, apple cider at the apple orchards?
You know what apple season means: cider donut season!
10. Everyone In The Berkshires Has Been A Camp Counselor At One Point Or Another
The Berkshires are known for their gorgeous summer camps, which makes sense, given the amount of lakes, rivers, mountains, and hiking/camping areas in the region. So it’s not surprising at all that a typical summer job for people in the Berkshires is working at a camp or being a camp counselor (how else are you going to afford that next semester of college, anyway?).
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