This is a map showing all the towns in Western Massachusetts that I refer to often. :) http://springfieldmrf.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/4counties2.gif

K P, Massachusetts is divided into three main regions: Eastern Massachusetts, Central Massachusetts, and Western Massachusetts. People take pride in what region they are from and sometimes people from each region will make fun of people from the others. For instance, people from Eastern Massachusetts usually say we are a bunch of cow farmers / country folk out in my area and we call them a bunch of snobs / pricks / rude ass city folk. Anyhow, Boston is the largest city in Eastern Massachusetts, Worcester is the largest city in Central Massachusetts, and Springfield is the largest city in Western Massachusetts. Each region is further broken down into counties. Western Massachusetts consists of four counties: Hampden county, Hampshire country, Franklin county, and Berkshire county. Berkshire county is usually referred to as "the Berkshires" in local speech. People identify with their county somewhat too because all the counties compete against each other in sports, etc. Each county contains a number of towns or cities. A town or city consists of all its buildings but also all of its land and bodies of water, even if there aren't any buildings in certain parts of it. For instance, there are still portions of Leverett that are total wilderness but are considered part of the town and designated on a map... Brushy Mountain for instance. People identify with their hometown a lot actually. Cities are broken down into suburbs and towns are broken down into villages too. My town (Montague) consists of five villages/districts actually: Montague Center, Turners Falls, Millers Falls, Lake Placid, and Montague City. I wish I knew the appropriate word to use here. When I speak of Montague though, I mean the boundary on a map which encompasses all of the villages. :) Hmmmm.