I was born there, though I left as an infant - never saw it until a few years ago - l thought it was lovely. My parents have told me that when they lived there it was ultra conservative.
Yes, it is a very lovely town. The problem is that the idiots that were burning their draft cards on State Street in the 1960’s stayed around and are now ruining the town. I went to the Marine Corps in the late 60’s and when I returned the decline was already underway. I left a couple of years later.