That's what I don't understand. Why would anyone want to raise children in that environment. Don't tell me it's ok as long as they're not in public school, because they'll still have to deal with these same people at the mall or grocery or anywhere outside their front door.
Believe it or not, I know a lot of people who idealize the liberal mythos of the "all inclusive culture of tolerance" and think a place like Boston (and the surrounding suburbs) is the ideal spot to raise kids. All those good, progressive, nurturing intellectuals who don't like guns and don't like war, don't you know? My inlaws are perfect examples. Two ex-hippies who still form their world view through ideas and wishes, rather than facts and logic. They've lived in the same area for the past 20 years, and now drug dealers have moved in next door--and they STILL blame all of the problems in Boston on those "evil Republicans".
My wonderful Conservative husband is the black sheep of their family (in fact, he's closer to my three brothers than he is to his own) and his parents chastise him for 1) making more money in one year than they have amassed in a life time and 2) living in a gaited community. I'm the evil southern redneck harpy who seduced him over to the dark side, like a short, blonde Darth Vader (although he was already a staunch Pub when I met him.)
We live in Central Florida--in a great little conservative area just north of Orlando. Still, to my lib pals still up in Boston, they're horrified at the idea of rednecks and conservative christians having as much say as the freaks do in Boston. It's better to live among post op-trannies and socialists than traditional families or... gasp... people who own guns.
Nothing but mushheads and lemmings up there.