Holyoke
Holyoke is the Paper City, and it wears the title with the stubborn pride of a place that built America's first planned industrial canal system and then watched the mills go quiet. The grid runs flat by the Connecticut, the brick runs tall, and Volleyball Hall of Fame banners hang where Morgan invented the sport in 1895. Dating here means Wistariahurst on a Sunday, pierogi at the Polish American Citizens Club, and the kind of dive bars that still ask what you do for work. Springfield commuters call it cheap. Locals call it home. Both are right, in different rooms.
Holyoke by the numbers
Holyoke runs female-leaning, about 47% men to 53% women.
Median individual income in Holyoke is about $31,700.
Massachusetts registers voters by party, and Hampden County is about 64% Unenrolled, with Democrats (25%) more than doubling Republicans (10%) - independents dominate.
The median renter in Holyoke pays about $1,020 a month.
About 9,500 Holyoke residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Children's Museum at Holyoke
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El Rincon Boricua Restaurant
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The Dam Cafe
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Woodstone Tavern
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Crave Holyoke
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Taino Restaurant
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Camellia's
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El Chinchorro Boricua
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Elizur Holyoke Pub Inc
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Francie's Tavern
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Clubhouse
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EKKO Bar & Lounge
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Jibaritos Sports Club
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De La Luz Soundstage
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Stony Falls Mini Golf