Luxury Travel Magazine has named Springfield one of the top 10 places to live in Massachusetts.
It says the city has several museums, historical sites, colleges and numerous recreational attractions including the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Mayor Sarno states, “Once again our Springfield, the ‘City of First’ and ‘City of Homes’ is being recognized as a destination city. Luxury Travel Magazine highlights Springfield as being a welcoming and vibrant community for families, professionals and students to live. Our local attractions and numerous amenities from our beautiful park systems, neighborhood libraries, continued investment of over $750 million in building new schools and renovating schools, to our fabulous restaurants, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the wonderful Dr. Seuss Museum, the world renowned MGM Springfield and our beloved AHL Springfield Thunderbirds, just to name a few, all offer a wide variety of services, entertainment and life-style enjoyment for families, professionals and students. The Springfield renaissance is alive and good things are happening!”
The other nine communities on the list, including Boston, are all in the eastern part of the state.