For example, it can be scientifically proven, using algorithms too complex to explain here, that Pittsfield, Mass.

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About 12 miles north of Lenox on the route is Pittsfield, where the Shakers settled in 1783.

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An antique fan from the 1800s features the image of a pretty woman promoting a nightclub in Pittsfield, Maine.

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Later in the day, I head out to Pittsfield, Mass.

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If entrepreneurs can leave San Diego to set up shop in Spokane, then doctors can depart Philadelphia for Pittsfield and programmers can exit Silicon Valley for cheaper living anywhere.

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