Moving to Massachusetts — whether from across the globe or just from New York — can be difficult, as any major transition can be.

We asked readers to tell us when they first felt at home in Massachusetts after moving. Readers reflected on sports games, new friends, great jobs, and apartments that made them start to view the state as home.

Ahead, see a sampling of reader responses.

Once you get to know people here, they open up

“My husband and I moved to Carlisle, MA from Colorado in 2016. We moved here to be with my daughter, that was about to have twins. We are not from the east coast, so it was a very different experience. We came from a smaller VERY friendly town in Colorado and had always lived in the west coast. When we came here, I approached people everywhere with my friendly

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