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    If "Gilmore Girls" Actually Happened In Real Life

    Stars Hollow, everyone's favorite fictional town, is actually based on a real small town in Connecticut. And it's just as charming and beautiful.

    Stars Hollow is the beloved fictional town that everyone's favorite Gilmore Girls characters call home. Lorelai and Rory Gilmore created a lifetime's worth of memories in Stars Hollow, and this quaint New England town is loosely based on a combination of real small towns in Connecticut. Amy Sherman-Palladino, the show's creator and executive producer, said the idea for Gilmore Girls was born after she visited the Mayflower Grace Inn in Washington, Connecticut.

    "At the time I was there, it was beautiful, it was magical, and it was feeling of warmth and small-town camaraderie," Sherman-Palladino told Desert News in 2001.

    Washington and surrounding towns, like New Milford, played a large role in shaping the Stars Hollow that Gilmore Girls fans all know and love.

    Here's what it would look like if Lorelai and Rory spent a day hanging out in the real town based on their fictional Connecticut home:

    Lorelai and Rory might live in a white country home that looks something like this.

    They would definitely start their day at Marty's and order two large cups of coffee.

    It might not be Luke's, but it's still coffee. Mmmmmmm, coffeeeeeeeee!

    Lorelai would work at The Mayflower Grace Inn, a fancier version of the Independence Inn for visitors to stay at.

    And use the local mailbox in town when she runs her errands.

    This is the perfect bridge for Rory to longingly sit and wait for Jess to show up.

    And the food market where Lorelai shops for groceries.

    Major perk: She wouldn't have to run into Dean while picking up some coffee.

    Rory would of course spend all of her spare time at the charming Hickory Stick Bookshop.

    Especially during Banned Books Week, a holiday both she and the bookstore think is important.

    There are even cozy plaid chairs where Rory could sit and read her favorite novels.

    The Gilmore ladies would probably run into each other in the nonfiction section at the Hickory Stick Bookshop.

    And head out to the town square for a brisk walk.

    Why not spend some time with the Washington Art Association, a nonprofit organization run by local artists and volunteers?

    Bryan Memorial Town Hall is where Lorelai and Rory would go for town meetings. Luckily, none of them would be run by Taylor in Washington.

    And Rory would wander the lovely and picturesque streets afterward, without any sign of Kirk, Babette, or Miss Patty.

    Huntington & Hope would be the local antique shop of choice where customers don't have to bargain like at Kim's Antiques.

    There are beautiful New England churches that Lorelai and Rory could walk past on their travels through town.

    Even though Rory never showed an outright interest in religion, there's a ton of local history for her to check out.

    Since there doesn't seem to be a gazebo in Washington itself, the characters would have to make their way to nearby New Milford to hang out in one.

    Most importantly, as long as the Gilmore duo had each other, it wouldn't matter if they were in Stars Hollow, Washington, or in another world entirely.