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I live in Massachusetts ... In a half hour, I can be in downtown Boston. In two hours, I can be on the Cape or in a NH ski area. In four hours, I can be in NYC or deep into Maine or Vermont.

SamAdams, those roads run the other way, too. You could LIVE in one of those states and VISIT Massachusetts. :)

There are also a lot of conservatives where I live. The liberal tag only applies to Boston proper and its suburbs. Outside of I-495, the state becomes decidedly conservative.

As a former conservative Massachusetts resident, who still works in Massachusetts, but lives in NH, I have to say, that a major part of the reason I left is that I got tired of never getting what I wanted for my vote. There were never enough other people in this decidedly conservative state to accomplish anything. At each election, or referendum question, I'd vote conservative, and then get some liberal policy or politician for my troubles. After a while, I decided that I wanted to live where things were already the way I was trying to vote them to be, and I left. Too many other Massachusetts people (probably from Boston and its suburbs :o ) apparently are following this trend, moving to the free state of NH and then voting in the same stupid policies you all suffer from in Massachusetts.

I've considered moving to New Hampshire, I only live 10 miles from the border as it is. But the property taxes there have me leery. I could easily triple my property taxes by moving there. Of course, I could offset that by getting a job in NH and avoiding the Mass. income tax. But I know people who live in NH and they have trouble finding jobs up that way. Often they end up working in Mass. so they get hit with the property taxes AND the income tax. Worst of both worlds.

I do most of my shopping in NH so I escape the Massachusetts sales tax whenever I can. But I have to grab a roll of quarters when I do because you guys up in New Hampshire sure love your tolls!