My “ideas” and “ways” are foreign to CT and the N/E to begin with, which is why I need to get out.
I’d argue that our ways and ideas are pretty much rural CT to the core. The trouble is, we have too many people who got their ideas from NYC or Boston (via college or relocation) and we got overrun. My town used to be pretty conservative with regards to the 2nd amendment, faith, economics. Since the late 80s it has slowly turned into West Hartford liberal-ville.
I still hear gunfire during the day or weekends and think “darn, someone out having fun”.