South Shore, Massachusetts
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The South Shore of Massachusetts is a geographic region stretching south and east from Boston along the shore of Massachusetts Bay toward Cape Cod. Communities of the South Shore include:
- Abington
- Avon
- Braintree
- Brockton
- Canton
- Carver
- Cohasset
- Duxbury
- Halifax
- Hanover
- Hanson
- Hingham
- Holbrook
- Hull
- Kingston
- Marshfield
- Milton
- Norwell
- Pembroke
- Plymouth
- Plympton
- Randolph
- Quincy
- Rockland
- Scituate
- Whitman
- Weymouth
[edit] Miscellanea
- Many of the place names come from England, hinting at the area's former colonial ties to that country. The Pilgrims settled on the South Shore, and Plimoth Plantation is located there. People like U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, came from this area.
- The South Shore gave the world Howard Johnson's and Dunkin Donuts.
- Route 3, the Pilgrim Highway, is a major highway serving the South Shore.
- Most of the members of Aerosmith including Steven Tyler have primary residences in the South Shore.
- Four different The Daily Show cast members have connections to the South Shore. Rob Corddry and younger brother Nate Corddry were born and raised in Weymouth. Nancy Walls is originally from Cohasset and she with husband Steve Carrell as of 2006 live part of the time in Marshfield.
