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?
Lot of deindustrialization here in the cities. Places like Waterbury CT or Holyoke MA. Even Harford to a certain extent. A lot of people think of boston, Portland, New Haven etc but they’re in the minority. There’s a lot of old leftover industrial buildings, and a lot of pollution too from back in the paper milling days.
Rural areas can be quite charming, lots of nice small historical towns, farmland etc. and they split 50/50 lib:chud which is a dramatic improvement over the rest of amerikkka. Our hogs are just as dangerous though. Lot of back to the land types in Vermont that give it a very crunchy vibe. It is very beautiful there. Little development, lot of nature. I hear great things about Burlington but I’ve never been there.
New Hampshire is straight up a chud state as is Maine for the most part but it’s so sparsely populated that Portland dominates it culturally. And it is truly a spectacular city. If I could pick anywhere to live between the cities in New England I would pick Portland.
Boston is a great place to live but can be surprisingly racist and the townies are fight prone which is annoying.
New York is not part of New England nor is its disgusting pulsating leech Fairfield county CT. New England starts at I-84. Nothing to say about NYC it’s a world class city and comes with all the perks and trappings therein.