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The Pioneer Valley is the geographical region consisting of three counties in the Connecticut River valley of Western Massachusetts:
Cities and towns include:
The Pioneer Valley is sometimes known to its inhabitants as "the Happy Valley", but more often as simply "the Valley". It is the "valley full o' Pioneer" in "the sleepy west of the woody east" of which the Pixies sang in the song "UMass."
The Pioneer Valley is a significant agricultural region. Amherst College
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| The Berkshires | Greater Boston | Cape Cod | North Shore | Pioneer Valley | South Shore | |
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| Barnstable | Berkshire | Bristol | Dukes | Essex | Franklin | Hampden | Hampshire | Middlesex | Nantucket | Norfolk | Plymouth | Suffolk | Worcester |