Real Cape Cod Geography: A Letter To Wareham, Plymouth Etc.

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Dear Wareham, Plymouth etc.,

This letter was inspired by this sticker. Whoever made this should be bound, gagged and sent via UPS as far from The Cape as possible, never to return.

cape sticker2

 

This is an absolute travesty.

Here it is, this is the absolute concrete final word on what is Cape Cod and what is not:

cape map

 

End of argument and we don’t want to hear another word about it.

Signed,

Real Cape Codders

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  1. Not here to disagree, but I believe what you are looking at there is a sticker for The Cape Cat which only exists to see that image. capecat.com I used to drive by it all the time when my offices were in Yarmouth.

  3. This is definitely the cape cat. The man who made this up is well aware of the fact that it is not an actual picture of cape cod. My husband and I stopped in his shop one day and he told us his story of how he came up with this drawing when he was a child. He later patented it and sells things with his design. Its for cat lovers!?!

  4. …..what about the vineyard? I grew up (year round might I add…) on the vineyard and I’m pretty sure we’re a part of the cape….just saying. You leaving out my home is probably just as offensive to me as someone trying to masquerade as a cape codder is to you.

      1. I’m not talking about the logo at the top of the page…I’m talking about the picture in the article that shows “cape cod” and “not cape cod”. Sorry but this has been an ongoing battle. We are always forgotten about 🙁

        1. Actually MV and Nantucket aren’t the Cape. They are the Islands. Hence Cape & Islands. If I was from MV I would NOT want people saying I was from the Cape. I’d say I’m an Islander. Also, there should be a caveat. If you never make it past Hyannis, you haven’t really seen the Cape. Vacation in Falmouth all you want, but make sure you get to the other side of the arm before you start saying you go to the Cape.

          1. Yep the Cape is the Cape. Wareham has always called itself “The Gateway to Cape Cod” which is fitting considering in the early days of auto travel it was the where many/most last stopped before Falmouth on their way down Cape. Then in more recent years, (1980’s-90’s) and most likely due to a local cable television station which sold advertising to those areas for Continental Cablevision’s “Bay 8” channel, Marion, Mattapoisett, Wareham & Buzzards Bay are called the Gateway Region or Area. I think the Plymouth to Wareham (including Carver) has really separated itself from it’s old Cape ways since 25 stretched to the bridge making it possible to drive right by Wareham to the Bourne Bridge on the highway. Wareham is really quickly becoming a major shopping center for Rochester, Marion, Mattapoisett, Buzzards Bay, parts of Carver. It’s the first town off-Cape where things start dropping in prices – gas, lumber, etc. Cape or not – Southeastern Massachusetts history is the real deal good stuff – and from a historical POV Plymouth to P-Town to New Bedford AND the Islands are all cousins – You could even include Brockton in that theory considering how much “Brockton” money helped make the Cape one of America’s best resort AND year-round locations. There’s certainly strong relationships between Plymouth and Barnstable Counties in terms of how the area all got set up and grew. If anything Dukes County (aka the Islands) have been the seperatists as far as desiring NOT to be called “Cape.” I’ve lived on the Vineyard for about 20 years – and it doesn’t feel like the Cape to me – it’s got Cape-like homes and sandy beaches but it’s its own thing – even different from Nantucket. I think a confusion lies with “Buzzards Bay” the Bay not the zip code. People would say, renting a cottage on Buzzards Bay – and that could be in Marion! Another confusion would be when folks from Brockton would rent a house in Wareham and say we’re heading up the Cape for the weekend – because a middle class family could rent a cottage on a beach in Wareham and in essence THAT was THEIR Cape – though NOT The Real Cape. As someone who’s been in and around the Real Cape my whole life, I understand the Cape Cod energy that someone whom is born there is sworn by blood and air to protect throughout their life – it is most definitely it’s own thing. I came up with a nickname for those of us who’s families were from both the Cape area and one of the eastern Mass. cities: Salt n’Soot. I’m a proud Salt n’ Soot. Apply to those who weren’t born there who seem to be able to adapt to The Real Cape life without getting in the way. Great site!

  5. This is really funny. People often email me to inform me(or complain)that I am leaving Wareham and Plymouth off my events calendar. Yes, and I am also leaving out Boston because like Wareham and Plymouth they are of part of the Cape!

  10. This looks like a sticker you can buy at the "Cape Cat", a store on 28 in South Yarmouth. the store's logo includes a map of the cape with a cat's head situated at the front. The upper and mid cape are supposed to be the body of the cat then the lower cape resembles the cat's tail.

  11. This looks like a sticker you can buy at the "Cape Cat", a store on 28 in South Yarmouth. the store's logo includes a map of the cape with a cat's head situated at the front. The upper and mid cape are supposed to be the body of the cat then the lower cape resembles the cat's tail.

  12. This looks like a sticker you can buy at the "Cape Cat", a store on 28 in South Yarmouth. the store's logo includes a map of the cape with a cat's head situated at the front. The upper and mid cape are supposed to be the body of the cat then the lower cape resembles the cat's tail.

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