So if you like to travel and enjoy great cities than stay away from Downtown Holyoke! Yes I said stay away from Downtown Holyoke because there is nothing good about that place at all, not one single little thing is even halfway decent in that part of Holyoke. Holyoke is one of the worst cities in the whole state of Massachusetts.
First off Downtown Holyoke is filthy. When I first went through Downtown Holyoke the first thing I noticed was all the buildings were old and ratty looking and just scary because they just looked so dirty and disgusting. The streets were also trashed with litter and graffiti everywhere I looked! The buildings, streets and roads just all looked so run down and in dying need of fixing up.
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also parked my car in some parking lot in Downtown Holyoke, right by some park, Veterans Park I think the name was. Well make sure that you don’t keep any valuables in plain sight because when I returned to my car my change in the cup holder was stolen and my driver’s side window was smashed. So I assume that this area is not safe at all and once you enter downtown Holyoke you will probably sense that as well given how the buildings and landscaping look.
Shopping also sucks in Downtown Holyoke because all the stores are over priced and there really aren’t that many stores to begin with! I wanted to go clothes shopping and thought that I’d go somewhere new and what a mistake that was! There ...
