You are a most admirable person. You just have rotten MA neighbors, and most of us don’t really get to pick our neighbors.
Is it the “something-for-nothing” mantra what most guides MA people?
Heck. The people here aren’t any more rotten that a lot of other places, most of the voters are completely misguided, and have bought into the nanny-statism that is Massachusetts. I know lots and LOTS of liberals, but most of them aren’t moonbats (though we have PLENTY of them)
Most are the unthinking bleeding heart liberals who say “Why can’t our government help out the unemployed? Why can’t homosexuals be allowed to marry? Wouldn’t our money spent one national defense be better spent in our schools?”
And so on. They aren’t bad people. They aren’t evil. They just let their emotions drive all their logic, and never think one iota about the consequences of what their support of those things mean.
Couple that with the most corrupt, fixed political infrastructure in the country, and you have Massachusetts. I almost always think there is hope for this state but I ran out of that the other day.
I appreciate your post, though. It was nice to get some words of encouragement. I sure did need it. (and do)