Growing up in Northborough or Southborough, MA seems like a blessing and a curse all in one. Great public schools, tight-knit communities, nothing to do and nowhere to go...
If you're from either of these towns, you're all too familiar with these boring boro traits.
1. No one knows we even exist.
Anytime someone asks you where you're from, you're probably better off just telling them you live next to Framingham or Worcester.
2. Rt. 9 and Rt. 20 are our main access to Heaven...
If ever we need to go to actual places like the grocery store, clothing stores, restaurants etc., it is either one of these two roads that allow us to escape our tiny towns.
3. ...And Hell.
8 a.m. eastbound and 5 p.m. westbound. If these times don't signify the worst times of the day, you're not from the Boros.
4. Northboro Crossings is actually amazing.
5. Harry's. Is. Life.
6. Chik-fil-A is pretty clutch.
While technically it's another Westboro location, Chik-fil-A made the Boros a little less boring and a lot more tasty with a well-deserved dose of southern hospitality.
7. Long live the Gonk.
It goes without saying that the Gonk has definitely made its mark on Worcester County, and I feel extremely fortunate to have been a part of its history. Once a T-Hawk, always a T-Hawk.
8. Honey Dip makes 7 am suck a lot less.
Getting your license and driving to school meant FINALLY deciding when you spent way too much money at Honey Dip. Their smoothies are still the best I've ever had.
9. You and the kids from "the other side of town" are exactly the same
Growing up on the "north side" of Southboro, we were made to think that kids from the other side of town were from a completely different world, when really it only takes about 10 minutes to get from one side of town to the other, and everyone is exactly the same.
10. It's Uuuuuuuhlman's, not Almonds...
Let's face it, the ice cream there is so good that I guess it doesn't really matter how you pronounce the name. Again, thanks Westboro.
11. We both have an absurd amount of elementary schools.
At least Northboro had enough kids to have their elementary schools be K-5. Come on Southboro, there's no need for that many schools.
12. The "Southboro Mom" is all too real.
13. Southboro kids have Northboro kids to thank for their sanity
If it weren't for the integration of Northboro and Southboro at Algonquin, Southboro kids would've torn each other to shreds in high school. So thank you Northboro.
Going to college makes one realize that while the boros can suck, we're all pretty lucky to call those places home.
