In the Wikipedia article, it presents the area as the most, historically and presently, progressive part of the country. Is that true? What are the downsides?
In the Wikipedia article, it presents the area as the most, historically and presently, progressive part of the country. Is that true? What are the downsides?
The infrastructure is literally falling apart , lots of military contractors and the associated suburban compounds/suburban assault vehicles (all office workers are legally mandated to drive either Teslas, Jeeps, or F-150s). Martha's Vinyard is where all the demons live- island enclaves surrounded by shark-infested waters.
So New England is the heart of America's remaining industrial sector, i.e., military and intelligence?
And medical devices!
Got it. Makes sense, in a way. There is no reason for it to be well off if it didn't serve American capital in some fashion. In return for their service (in keeping American hegemony alive) they get some benefits.
When money gets spent on weapon systems it generally ends up in the suburbs, Hanscom AFB has been involved in a lot of research stuff, and as a result there's a high density of aviation-related defense contractors, ie Raytheon, Lockheed, BAE, but also tons of much smaller players employing large sons across the region. The social services are better in NE than in other parts of the US, but the rent is awful and only getting worse.
And given that America is unlikely to export these industries (being vital to national, i.e. capitalist, security), it seems this will keep the NE alive for a time.
The rent cannot be worse than major cities, though, right? Compared to NY, LA, Silicon Valley, maybe even major cities in places like Texas.
There's tons of colleges so there's a massive seasonal demand for housing across the state, it's pretty common for people to be renting with multiple roommates. In the depths of Cambridge students often come with parents with much deeper pockets that tend to really make the rent abnormally high.
This is from 2021 , but you get the idea. There's plenty of people just sleeping outside and in cars.
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