People of means are leaving the NE in droves.
Or shopping in NH and the internet.
Also, don’t forget the lost sales of people from RI, CT, VT and NY who shopped in MA to save on taxes.
No spending has been cut. No fiscal sanity has taken over. It’s the same ole same ole.
New England used to be such a hardy and strong part of the US.
Before we were a country, New England contributed the lion’s share of volunteers to fight the French and Indians in the 1750s and 1760s.
Now, the only thing New Englanders fight over are lottery tickets...and donuts.
I left MA in 1977 and never regretted it for a moment.