Yep. A) Northeast is an outlier as source of both puritanism and progressive mov

Yep. A) Northeast is an outlier as source of both puritanism and progressive movement. University density exacerbates. B) Virtue Signaling (status). C) Still demonstrate NIMBY behavior. (Demonstrated preference falsifies stated preference.)

Expected behavior. Silly human games.

FWIW, I’m from central CT, and after living Northwest, Canada, UK, Russia, and Ukraine, I have a hard time spending time in new england. Was just there for a couple of years taking care of my elderly mother (and research and writing). Didn’t realize it was depressing me until I returned ‘home’ to western WA state and recovered.

Density plus rust belt plus immigration plus race issues, plus CT’s most followed the soviets, meaning the state employees consume so much of the budget that companies leave, people who can leave do, and the state is basically surviving on taxes from Litchfield county, which is surviving on NYC income, by those who escaped taxation in NYC. It’s crazy. No hope.

I lived in Boston in the 80s and the crime was intolerable until they cleaned it up in the 90s. But last year I spent a couple of months north of Boston and the nihilism is oppressive.

I don’t know if anyone’s done the research, but IMO the flight of tech from boston to SF in had more than an economic impact – it had a cultural and political impact.

Bothers me. It’s like ‘I can’t go home’. 🙁

Hugs and such
CD