Mention of “the Berkshires” conjures images of pastoral New England abutting major cultural institutions: The Norman Rockwell Museum, Mass MoCA, Tanglewood, Jacob’s Pillow.
Every quaint town center enjoys an abundance of good ice cream and even better coffee. Hiking trails, historic mansions, craft breweries, and excellent restaurants stretch as far as the eye can see.
What the eye can’t see, or refuses to see, is how these amenities are kept separate from farmland built against the backdrop of mountains and foreboding woodland.
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