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The books are set in Massachusetts.

I know that the books aren't really meant to be set in any specific location. I know that the reader is supposed to believe the stories could happen anywhere. However, the books present some clues to where they take place. First, given the traditions the characters practice (methods of celebrating Christmas, Halloween, and Thanksgiving), you know they live in the United States. Second, in the Dog Days book, Greg says that his dad had to drive four hours round trip to pick up Greg from Rowley's family's beach trip. This means that the beach is two hours' worth of driving distance from the beach, so the Heffley family must live on either the West Coast or the East Coast. Third, they have to deal with snow. Heck, the whole premises of Cabin Fever and The Meltdown are centered around bad snow conditions! And, finally, in The Third Wheel, Uncle Gary says he met a guy in Boston, and that's where he got his Botson T-shirts from. Now, the only U. S. city named Boston is in Massachusetts, and based on what Greg says about Uncle Gary's financial situation, it doesn't seem likely that Uncle Gary would make a bundle in someone else's business, basically go broke in the process, and then fly somewhere else to find "a place to stay until he can get on his feet again." Massachusetts fits all of the criteria I have described here.