These Are The 10 Most Redneck Cities In Massachusetts

Is there anything really wrong with being called a Massneck? Sure, every state has them. While they might be defined with a different criteria in other states, there’s plenty of them all over The Bay State.

According to our data, they’re almost all in central and western Mass.

Wait. What is a redneck anyways? Well, according to the official bible of literature, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a redneck is:

“A white person who lives in a small town or in the country especially in the southern U.S., who typically has a working-class job, and who is seen by others as being uneducated and having opinions and attitudes that are offensive.”

Plus, we thought why not add in a few stereotypes? Cause, you know, rednecks like to hunt, fish, drink, smoke and shoot things. And shop at Walmart.

Using that criteria, it’s not hard to scrape the internet, run some scientific data on where the most members of the Massachusetts redneck family tree most likely live. Most of these places probably won’t surprise you.

Because, the data never lies, does it?

So, hold our beers and watch this. After analyzing all cities with a decent amount of people in them, we came up with this list as The Most Redneck cities in Massachusetts:

1. Orange
2. West Brookfield
3. Turners Falls
4. Belchertown
5. Greenfield
6. Baldwinville
7. Sturbridge
8. Lee
9. Adams
10. Colrain

Read on below to see where your town ranked.

For more Massachusetts reading, check out:

• Worst Cities in Massachusetts
• Most Dangerous Cities in Massachusetts
• Safest Cities in Massachusetts

What redneck criteria did we use?

In order to rank the most redneck cities in Massachusetts, we had to determine what criteria makes a redneck.

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using Yelp and Google Maps, this is the criteria we used:

The dictionary definition categories

• Small towns
• Least amount of high school graduates

And the stereotypical categories

• Number of bars per city
• Number of mobile home parks per capita
• Number of tobacco stores per city
• Number of places to get fishing gear
• Number of guns and ammo stores per city
• Walmarts, Golden Corrals, Bass Pro Shops, and dollar stores nearby

Note: For the sake of getting reliable numbers, we counted places within a city’s border, as well as within a short driving distance.

1. Orange

Population: 3,972
High school graduation rate: 82%
Walmart rank: 3rd
Fishing/bait shops per capita: 14th

Whoo-whee, Orange! You have the official bragging rights as being named the most redneck city in the entire state of Massachusetts. You may now brag to your friends and share this endlessly on your Facebook walls.

Let’s see why. Whelp, first off, a redneck loves to fish, and there are plenty of places to catch some bass and catfish in these parts. The Millers River flows right through downtown, so a redneck here could just about toss in a line right on Main Street.

Every good redneck town has to have a Walmart. Orange has one all to themselves. For a redneck, that’s like short lines at Disneyland.

When you consider that nearly 2 in 10 people never finished high school and it’s 98% white, what you’ve got is a little slice of redneck heaven up here about 4 beers east of Greenfield.

2. West Brookfield

Population: 1,785
High school graduation rate: 83%
Fishing/bait shops per capita: 5th in MA
Chew factor: 10

Yes, siree, there’s plenty of rednecks in West Brookfield, about 8 beers west of Worcester. In fact, there are lots of rednecks in Worcester County in general.

Here, the entire place surrounds Wickaboag Lake and the West Brookfield State Forest. So a redneck has lots and lots of opportunities to pull crappie and bass out all day long. And, the forest area has lots of places where a redneck can shoot at all sorts of varmits like coon, otter, weasel and deer.

Rednecks in West Brookfield don’t even have to go into town to get their supper.

And the number of tobacco stores per capita – what we refer to as the ‘chew factor’ – is a 10 here.

3. Turners Falls

Population: 4,743
High school graduation rate: 79%
Walmart rank: 12th
Fishing/bait stores per capita: 15th

Right along I-91 before you get to the Vermont state line, you’ll find the rednecky place of Turners Falls. It’s right along the Connecticut River, where the pike fishing is some of the best in the state.

There have been warnings that the fish in this river have high mercury levels, but when did that ever stop a redneck before? Mercury is probably just extra flavor to a Turners Falls neck.

A ‘No Fishing’ sign to a redneck is more of a dare than anything else, right?

Turners Falls has a dollar store right along the banks of the river, too. So there’s no excuse for running out of snacks.

4. Belchertown

Population: 2,770
High school graduation rate: 81%
Gun stores per capita: 8th in MA
Walmark rank 15th

Right along the banks of the Quabbin Reservoir is the necky city of Belchertown. Here, it’s very blue collar and very white. And you can imagine how many needlessly large Fords and Chevys are parked all over the place up here on Monday mornings, pulling fish out left and right.

But don’t make any comments about their education out in these parts. There are quite a few places to get guns and ammo around here. Mouth off around here and you might get yer’ britches full of lead.

5. Greenfield

Population: 17,416
Dollar stores per capita: 7th in MA
Gun stores per capita: 8th

Right next door to Turners Falls is Greenfield, which is the largest city to make this list. Meaning they can make a claim that they have the most rednecks in the entire state of Massachusetts.

Here, there are plenty of dollar stores, and places to get fishing gear, chew, guns and just about everything else a redneck could ever want.

According to internet chatter, Greenfield is a case of the have’s and have not’s. So one part of town is working class, and one part of town is redneck. If you want to see the redneck part, just listen for the shotgun blasts right around supper time every night. They’ll probably have some extra catfish in the fryer if you wanna pop in.

And bring some rat traps. They’re out.

6. Baldwinville

Population: 2,133
High school graduation rate: 78%
Fishing/bait shops per capita: 7th in Oregon

Baldwinville is right at the junction of the Otter River State Forest, right where the Otter River starts to wind east. It’s about 4 Keystone Lights away from Route 202.

The population here is just over 2,000, but who knows how many rednecks actually live here. Odds are that every time they tried to count, dozens of them were out in the Otter Hills, tryin’ to snag some otter pups straight out of the river.

You can bet these are some of the best otter trappers in New England. Odds are that the otter pelt you’re wearing right now was trapped somewhere in the hills right above Baldwinville.

And, if you’re in town, be sure to stop by the Otter River Hotel. They may or may not have otter stew on the menu, but you can only request it, right?

7. Sturbridge

Population: 1,996
Bars per capita: 12th in MA
Gun stores per capita: 11th in the state

You might just call the folks in Sturbridge the rednecks with paychecks. While there are all sorts of rednecky things to do in the area, the people here actually have pretty decent careers. They’re most likely the dads who take their kids out on weekend camping trips in their nice trucks and campers.

Pay attention young necks of central and western Massachusetts. If you study hard, you too, can have the finest camo and shotguns that money can buy.

8. Lee

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Population: 1,945
Bars per capita: 3rd in MA
Chew factor: 15

There are lots of places for folks in Lee to toss back some cold ones and speculate about when rut is gonna hit. Plus, they have Laurel Lake nearby, and they’re at the base of the October Mountain State Forest. Which means the deer practically walk up to your porch here.

Nearby are dollar stores and outdoor outlets and such. You might have to drive a bit, though. “Fire up the truck, kids, there’s a sale on camo in Pittsfield!”

9. Adams

Population: 5,515
High school graduation rate: 80%
Walmart rank: 4th

Adams is a very blue collar place at the base of the Savoy Mountain State Forest in western Massachusetts, about a six-pack north of Pittsfield. There are a ton of rednecky things in this general area.

North Adams has a Walmart, and there are dollar stores up and down Route 7 between North Adams and Pittsfield. In fact, there was some speculation as to whether or not Adams or Pittsfield should have made the top of the this list.

It was close, but Adams had a much lower graduation rate. Meaning more rednecks.

10. Colrain

Population: 1,718
Gun stores: 21st in MA
Chew factor: 15

Colrain is just about as far away from the rest of society as you can get. There are endless opportunities for a Massneck to get down with their true redneck selves.

There are endless fishing and hunting opportunities way up here in the hills right along the Vermont state line.

If you want to see ‘em, take I-91 toward Vermont and exit Route 2. Drive about 20 minutes and look for the big pile of beer cans.

God Bless America.

There You Have It

According to the official dictionary definition of a redneck, and based on stereotypes that the internet says are true, using science to determine the most redneck cities in a state can’t be too far off. If you’re analyzing smaller cities in Massachusetts with blue collar workers, where people have lots of options for drinking, fishing, hunting and Walmarting, this is an accurate list.

We also wrote a story on the worst places to live in Massachusetts if you haven’t seen it yet. Click here to read it.

City	Population	Rank
Orange	3972	1
West Brookfield	1785	2
Turners Falls	4743	3
Belchertown	2770	4
Greenfield	1819	5
Baldwinville	2133	6
Sturbridge	1996	7
Lee	1945	8
Adams	5515	9
Colrain	1718	10
Provincetown	2820	11
Ayer	2693	12
Falmouth	3386	13
Dennis Port	3532	14
Oak Bluffs	4500	15
Hanson	1748	16
Pepperell	2200	17
Vineyard Haven	2521	18
Edgartown	4067	19
Williamstown	3787	20
Sandwich	2654	21
Hopkinton	2177	22
Salisbury	4607	23
Bellingham	4970	24
South Deerfield	1767	25
Harwich Port	2000	26
Brookfield	981	27
South Dennis	3370	27
Huntington	874	29
Huntington	874	30
Buzzards Bay	3010	31
Wilbraham	3174	32
Westborough	4013	33
Avon	4237	34
Fiskdale	3078	35
Ipswich	4204	36
Erving	1500	37
Brewster	2379	38
West Falmouth	1829	39
Winchendon	3778	40
North Brookfield	2277	41
Dennis	2307	42
East Sandwich	4096	43
Acushnet Center	2728	44
North Westport	4458	45
North Seekonk	2572	46
Ocean Grove	3040	47
Norton Center	2885	48
Wareham Center	3161	49
Sherborn	4119	50
Hopedale	4039	51
North Eastham	2046	52
West Dennis	2100	53
Cheshire	691	54
Harwich Center	1905	55
Weweantic	1817	55
East Dennis	2962	57
Sagamore	3576	58
North Falmouth	2861	59
North Plymouth	3623	60
North Pembroke	3367	61
Yarmouth Port	4964	62
East Douglas	2437	63
Great Barrington	2400	64
Littleton Common	2994	64
Topsfield	2800	66
Northwest Harwich	3959	67
East Pepperell	2209	68
Raynham Center	4702	69
Nahant	3438	70
Rutland	2378	71
Russell	1600	72
Monson Center	1932	73
East Harwich	4389	74
Pocasset	3145	75
South Lancaster	1895	76
Mattapoisett Center	3170	77
South Amherst	4780	78
Forestdale	4491	79
North Lakeville	2260	80
Boxford	2520	81
Monument Beach	3037	82
Millis-Clicquot	4267	83
White Island Shores	2122	84
Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock	4867	85
Cordaville	2588	86
Dover	2265	86
Green Harbor-Cedar Crest	2549	88
South Duxbury	3722	89
Marshfield Hills	2478	90