LGBT-friendly small cities and towns

The Huffington Post recently included a slideshow of what they refer to as LGBT-friendly small cities and towns.  The list they compiled included places like: New Hope, PA – Ann Arbor, MI – Asheville, NC – Ithaca, NY – Santa Fe, NM – Eugene, OR and Eureka Springs AR.

The Huffington Post list also included a few New England towns, but here are some of my suggestions (all worthy day trips from Boston or good options for an overnight).

Provincetown – with no traffic this is a 2 hour drive and worth every minute even after the busy summer season comes to an end.

Newport, RI – 70 miles to the south, this historic little town offers a lot to see and do and is some place I never get tired of visiting.

Portland, ME – anyone from Maine will tell you that while Ogunquit, ME is a great place to visit, one should also check out Maine’s largest city, Portland, no worries its still a town with only 66,000 residents.

Portsmouth, NH – a bit closer to Boston than Portland – one may drive to Portsmouth in about 1 hour. Portsmouth may have one of the quaintest downtown’s in all of NH.

Northhampton, MA – ask any lesbian and she’ll gush about this quaint town.  The two hour drive west through the Berkshires makes this even more beautiful to visit in the autumn when the foliage is at its peak.

What town(s) near you would you suggest visiting?