The Town That Inspired 鈥楪ilmore Girls鈥�, Washington, Connecticut

When Amy Sherman-Palladino first pitched a TV show about a mother and daughter who are more like best friends to the WB back in 1999, she was going to have the main characters live in a city area. But then she went on vacation to Connecticut.

鈥淚 stayed at an inn, and it was very charming,鈥� she explains in an聽interview聽with AV Club, 鈥溾€nd everybody seemed to know each other, and there was a pumpkin patch across the street. I went to a diner, and people kept getting up to get their own coffee.鈥�

鈥溾€o beautiful,鈥� she elaborates to the聽Desert News, 鈥渁nd everything looked like it was covered in sugar. It was just like one of those eggs that your stare in at Easter.鈥�

The writer figured that if a 16-year old kid with a baby was going to run away from home, it would be to a very warm and safe and accepting place. And so, Stars Hollow was born: a somewhere-in-Connecticut, storybook town named after a legend of two star-crossed lovers who found each other on its soil. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: The Town That Inspired 鈥楪ilmore Girls鈥�
Guide Location: USA » Washington
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