SPRINGFIELD MA FACTOID:

Springfield MA neighborhoods include: Bay features Blunt Park. In terms of demographics, Bay is primarily African American. Boston Road features the Eastfield Mall. Primarily commercial in character, it features shopping plazas designed for automobile travel. Brightwood features numerous Baystate Health specialty buildings. Seperated from the rest of Springfield by the Interstate 91 elevated highway, currently, academic suggestions are being made to reunite the neighborhood with the city. East Forest Park features Cathedral High School. Primarily upper-middle class residential in character. Borders Longmeadow, Massachusetts. East Springfield features Smith & Wesson and the Performance Food Group. Residential and blue-collar in nature. Forest Park features Frederick Law Olmsted's renowned 735 acres Forest Park and the Forest Park Heights Historic District. Residential area featuring a commercial district at "The X" and an upper-class garden district surrounding Olmsted's park. Indian Orchard features a well-defined Main Street and historic mill buildings that have become artists' spaces. Formerly a suburb of Springfield, Indian Orchard developed separately as a milltown on the Chicopee River before joining Springfield. Indian Orchard features Lake Lorraine State Park, Hubbard Park, and weekly farmers markets. Liberty Heights features Springfield's three nationally ranked hospitals: Baystate Health, Mercy Medical, and Shriner's Children's Hospital. Primarily residential and medical in character, it features a diverse population. Liberty Heights includes eclectic districts like Hungry Hill and Atwater Park, and Springfield's 3rd largest park, Van Horn Park.

Hartford, the capital of Connecticut, is only 24 miles south of Springfield MA, on the western bank of the Connecticut River. Springfield residents use Bradley International Airport which is also known as the Hartford-Springfield airport, it lies equidistant between them. The Hartford-Springfield region is known as the Knowledge Corridor because it hosts over 160,000 university students and over 32 universities and colleges making it the second-highest concentration of higher-learning institutions in the country. The City of Springfield MA is home to Springfield College; Western New England University; American International College; the University of Massachusetts Amherst's School of Urban Design; and Springfield Technical Community College, among other colleges.