New Bedford Guide Your Guide to New Bedford and South Coast, MA
11. NonTransient, But With a Twist: I’ve profiled dozens of local independent businesses as a freelancer, and I can’t tell you how many owners grew up here, lived somewhere else–then returned. “I always knew I wanted to come back” is a common line. And while plenty of folks here never move away (just read the obits, or notice that the road signs, cemetery headstones and phone book are filled with the same names), so many people leave for years then eventually return home, The Alchemist-style. That’s special.
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Great insight. Glad you like it here. hope you will learn to love the area like me and my fellow New Beige family.
You did forget one amazing thing that surprised me. A lot of people born and raised in New Bedford don’t realize the full history of the city. I was shocked. I realized this when my kids were in elementary school and studied black history. The Underground Railroad ended in New Bedford. What an amazing tour and very informative especially if you like history. I’m a southern belle born and raised. I raised my kids in New Bedford an when my nest emptied I moved back home. I miss New Bedford
Number 12 should be see Fairhaven High School during open house.
Have you learned how to pronounce scallop (scoll (as in scald or all) -up) correctly? it bothers the hell out of me when most every TV personality and TV chef pronounce it incorrectly. Since we land the most “scollups” in the country, we certainly know how to pronounce it correctly here in Greater New Bedford. Mic drop.
Oh my goodness, yes. Listening to the TV chefs pronounce it is like nails on a chalkboard to me!
What’s this “FAIR-haven” – “fair-HAVEN” nonsense?
I grew up on Rivet Street.
Everybody knows it’s pronounced Fai-ayve
…..ai corisco…….