East Coast Quaint towns

[Tigger113]

Hi! I was wondering if anyone new of any "small" towns in the east (north)? For example like the gilmore girls town Stars Hollow?
Thanks

 

[JKMastalski]

New Canaan, CT. Thats where I am from. Definitly not as small as Stars Hollow, but has the same sort of feel with the quaint town. Be prepared to pay over a million dollars though for a cape cod style house. Prices are outrageous. If my parents weren't from there from the last 50 years, we would never have been able to live there.
There are definitly some other little towns like that up and down New England:
Essex, CT
Old Saybrook, CT
Clinton, CT
Lots of towns in Cape Cod

Stars Hollow is based on a town in Western CT called "Washington Depot" I always wanted to go check it out to see how similar it is!

 

[mtemm]

Exeter, NH
Portsmouth, NH
New Boston, NH (may make start hollow look like a metropolis)
Saratoga Springs, NY

 

[Tigger113]

Thanks! Any more??

 

[Tigger113]

Oh, Also are there any cute/nice towns up north on the ocean that you would recommend?
Thanks!

 

[Caradana]

Check out coastal Maine. Lots of gorgeous towns there, cheaper, and much more along the lines of what you're asking, I think.

 

[tiggerlover]

Never saw the show you are talking about but I grew up in a nice quaint town called Warwick, NY. If it weren't so expensive to live there I would be there right now. I love going home to visit here, truly a great place to live.

Here is the town website: http://www.townofwarwick.org/

Here is the Chamber of Commerce site: http://www.warwickcc.org/

 

[castleview]

New Canaan, CT. If my parents weren't from there from the last 50 years, we would never have been able to live there.

Tell me about it. I scored by buying a family friend's small Cape Cod in Ffld. County. After we remodeled, we sold it and moved back across the Housatonic to get a little more for the $$. Still, the cost to live in most of the state is insane.

 

[lil mermaid]

Oh, Also are there any cute/nice towns up north on the ocean that you would recommend?
Thanks!

Portsmouth NH, Portsmouth NH, Portsmouth NH!

 

[pfishgirl]

Not Really North... but NJ has ALOT of small little towns and right on the Ocean as well.. Just a thought..

PS
My town has less then 1500 year round residents, and we are surrounded by water.. It is an OLD Victorian town with Victorian Houses most dated back to early 1800's...

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

Lititz or Ephrata PA

 

[mtemm]

Oh, Also are there any cute/nice towns up north on the ocean that you would recommend?
Thanks!

Portsmouth, NH! I've said it already and someone else also recommended it. I can't say enough about it, personally.

Southern Maine has some cute towns, too...Ogunquit and Kennebunkport are two that I love. They get insane in the summer, though, but really are cute towns.

On the Cape in MA, I like Chatham and Harwichport. Again, very, very touristy in the summer, and almost dead in the winter (although from what I've heard that has changed some).

Portsmouth is touristy in the summer, but since it is right next to a college town (UNH), it doesn't die off.

 

[Crankyshank]

There's a plethora of them all over New England. You might want to check out issues of Yankee magazine

 

[stinkerbelle]

Stars Hollow is based on a town in Western CT called "Washington Depot" I always wanted to go check it out to see how similar it is!

ok - I LIVE in Western CT...and I've never heard of this! heheh

I like the references to "woodbury" in Gilmore girls though...I know where that is...Dh used to do some side work with a buddy there... doing custom cabinets...all the houses were big $$$$.

 

[BeNJeNWaFFLe]

Never saw the show you are talking about but I grew up in a nice quaint town called Warwick, NY. If it weren't so expensive to live there I would be there right now. I love going home to visit here, truly a great place to live.

I actually go apple picking there. It really is a beautiful area. I'm from LI, there really aren't any little towns left. Everything has grown.

 

[NHDisneyKid]

Aww, we have some fans of my home town!

I live in Exeter, NH and I work in Portsmouth, NH!

I have to agree, both are small, quaint New England towns. Portsmouth is on the water, I think that was one of your questions, and Exeter is about 6 miles from ocean...I grew up in Hampton, NH which takes up a large part of NH's 16 miles of coastline! It really is a beautiful area. My DH is from coastal Maine and thinks it's THE best place in the world to raise a family.

DH also went to the Academy in Exeter and every time I drive through, it makes me smile that I live in a town that kids come from all over the WORLD to attend school in.

I've lived in New England my whole life, like I said, grew up in NH and went to college in CT. As another poster said, just be prepared to fork out the dough to find a house up here...the real estate market is killer!

If you have any specific questions on our area, feel free to ask!

 

[mtemm]

Aww, we have some fans of my home town!

I live in Exeter, NH and I work in Portsmouth, NH!

I went to UNH (can you tell?) and really fell in love with the area. I spent time in Exeter, too, working at a part-time job. mmm...is the loaf and ladle still there?

Portsmouth is one of my favorite places ever, though. We just moved back to MA after a few years in upstate NY and I'm looking forward to several summer visits...even winter ones.

 

[madalynns mom]

I lived in Hyannis, Ma (cape cod) then moved to Plymouth, Ma when I was 9. Both are cute but very "touristy" ( TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC!!!!!!!)My sister owns a small motel and cabins in North Woodstock, NH. It's just outside of Lincoln, NH. I absolutely LOVE it there! It is so adorable with little shops and quaint bed and breakfasts. I wish I could live there!! It is a ski town though so it does get busy at times. Nothing like the cape though. I would guess for a small seaside town I would recommend some place in Maine. Massachusetts is WAY to expensive and NH doesn't have much of a coast line. The only reason I live where I do, is because of my father who we share a home with do to the outragous costs of homes in the area.

 

[NHDisneyKid]

I went to UNH (can you tell?) and really fell in love with the area. I spent time in Exeter, too, working at a part-time job. mmm...is the loaf and ladle still there?

YES! The Loaf and Ladle is definitely still there. I have to admit that I've never been, downtown is so busy these days that it's impossible to find parking. During the summer we could probably just walk downtown though. My DH used to spend a lot of time there when he went to Phillips, and you do still see the kids streaming in and out of there.

Oops, you can see I don't know how to do quotes...

 

[weare6travelers]

Peterborough,NH