So I'm supposed to be gathering pimping information for Northampton, but I think I will have to withdraw my town as too small for a whole gaggle of Buffistas. There aren't any hotels near downtown that would suit our purposes or needs, and there's no point in staying anywhere else, because the charm of Northampton is in walking around downtown, and if we're all driving back and forth to a hotel 15 minutes away, I see that significantly impacting our enjoyment of the area.
Also, I'm the only localista, and I only have couch space for 2, and the nearest airport is a 40-minute drive away (there's a pricey airport shuttle, but no public transportation from there to here)... The more I think about it, I think it would be prohibitively complicated and expensive to gather a big group of people here.
That said, if anyone was really psyched about Northampton and wants me to reconsider, I will!