Don't feel you are coming late to the party in Falls Village CT. It's been going on for over 275 years as a town and thousands of years before that with Natives along the Housatonic River from below Kent to Town of Canaan/ Falls Village and Stockbridge MA, called The Berkshire Path. Now in modern times there are still echoes of the past, particularly the Ames Iron Works which helped significantly in winning the war that shaped this country's identity.
Now it's time to see where the wheels of time have gotten us, and it's easy enough to find the car enthusiasts and wonderful people who