It's people not from MA and then the rose colored clowns who think our shit doesn't stink. It's fine. They can pretend.

Are you from MA? I don't think you're from MA.

At times parts of Boston would have gutted your good old boys not for the color of their skin but for existing in that space at that time. And some parts for color too.

"Safe" is relative.

You also realize this is a state that at one time made the south blush right? And that was the fucking 70s.

Lots of conservative trash in MA, there are drooling idiot hillbillies and fascist bootlicker manbabies who have punisher stickers and confederate flags on their cars

Lots of trump trash too

This doesn’t have the upvotes it deserves. Insanely well put.

Edt to add: this is a map of how each town voted. Trump or Biden. This may be helpful. https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/11/03/2020-massachusetts-election-map

This was fantastic. Wicked pissah. You made us proud, you beautiful asshole.

I don't see any anti LGBTQ+ legislation happening here. We're quite progressive. We the first to legalize same sex marriage, we were early on decriminalizing then legalizing marijuana, our Governor is signing a pledge with other blue state governors to protect women's bodily autonomy, and we have Provincetown. You're going to love Provincetown.

Boston is a bit pricey but we also have the western part of the state with a few colleges that's a very progressive area. I loved out there for a year in the 90s and even back then, it was very welcoming.

Spot on!

"We're massholes...but we're no assholes"

Wow. This is bad ass.

Some of Franklin County is a bit conservative leaning, to put it politely

Right. But the image in the post and the title of the original post are clearly BB-2. The OG USS Massachusetts. So you're complaining about the upkeep of a ship currently on the seabed off the coast of Florida, all because the title of the the cross-post uses the wrong nickname.

Besides its not like there's much the state can do for BB-59. She was stripped of much of her interior and equipment by the navy when they reactivated the Iowas in the 80's. All they can really do is give her new paint and maybe a new deck like they're giving to USS New Jersey. Anything more would require taking her to dry-dock like USS Texas and that is insanely expensive. Currently she isn't in any need of major repairs like USS Texas so the state is understandably hesitant to send a couple million for a relatively unnecessary dry-docking.

Keep in mind that this is the same Ronald Mariano that something like 70% of state house Dems vote practically-identically to. The level of control without actual representation is insane.

Draft kings is probably the only one who does

I’m from here, and have lived across the US. Boston’s bigoted reputation is laughable if you’ve spent any time in almost any other state.

It’s mind-blowing to me that people actually have this take. The most conservative people I know from MA, still don’t hate the people they disagree with.

You will be safe here. Come! You’re welcome here. Western Mass is more affordable than Boston, but it depends on what you’re looking for. Take a peek at the Amherst/Northampton area and see what you think

> Section 6. Every department, board, commission or office of the commonwealth or of a county, city or town, for which no clerk is otherwise provided by law, shall designate some person as clerk, who shall enter all its votes, orders and proceedings in books and shall have the custody of such books, and the department, board, commission or office shall designate an employee or employees to have the custody of its other public records. Every sole officer in charge of a department or office of the commonwealth or of a county, city or town having public records in such department or office shall have the custody thereof.

Legally the Legislature is exempt from the State’s open record laws.

In the usual US system, the Congress overseas the Executive Branch, not the other way around.

The state auditor is going to see her budget shrivel up very quickly. I admire her courage but her attitude of “I’m not asking for permission” is going to end with “and now I’m not getting a paycheck”.

I think it's all relative based on where you are coming from. I was raised in AL. By comparison, anywhere in MA is paradise. I'm in the Merrimack Valley area and love it, I have never felt unsafe.

If you have an questions, hit me up. My partner & I made a similar move last year. Politically, I don't see anything changing in terms of LGBTQ rights; it's why we came here.

I grew up in Alabama. Some of y'all's sense of backwoods / scary areas are laughable. As a trans non-binary person, MA is the safest place I've felt in the US.

Dude, go live in any other region of the US. Eastern Mass might as well be Eden.

Have her sign up for VINE. It notifies survivors when the abuser has been served. www vinelink.com

The Pioneer Valley (Hampshire & Franklin County) is wonderful EXCEPT that housing is disproportionately expensive both to rent and buy.

It’s Boston. We don’t give a fuck about what anyone does, as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else. Now, I’m not saying you’ll feel welcomed with open arms—but that has nothing to do with your gender identity. We’re just prickly.

You and your partner will be/feel safe. The vast majority of people here, that don’t understand orientation and gender identity issues, still see you as humans. And because of our history pertaining to authoritative overreach, our population isn’t going to tolerate a society that legislates your humanity. That’s where our concept of “toleration” ends and begins.

Oh—and our love language is roasting the shit out of each other. If someone does that to you, roast yourself better than they did, then give it back. If it’s witty and said with a smile, you become one of the tribe. Self-deprecation and sarcasm are our native tongue. If we’re fucking with you, it’s bc that’s how we express camaraderie.

P.S. Vermont is for beer, crafts, antiques, skiing, and radical leftist protests. NH is for menthols, cheap booze (especially their amazing beer), and Trump voters too liberal for the south. Maine is for Lobstahs, Floridaman-North characters, and beer. Rhode Island is for Italian food, old New England grime, and killah beer. Connecticut (they’re dead to us) is finance bros, the best pizza on the planet, and beer. Mass…well, we’re the hub of the universe. You’ll understand after you get here, and have had a few beers (they’re amazing).

Dress in layers, expect autumn to blow your mind, order your Dunks iced…all year. If someone shovels out street parking in the winter, they will put a space saver in that spot—If you move it to park there, your car will be annihilated, and the community will turn against you. This isn’t an exaggeration-don’t do it. Avoid Greek pizza. North Shore Roast Beefs are the pinnacle of culinary expression, and are to be ordered as follows: Super Beef, 3-way, onion roll. Sox, Pats, Bruins, Celts; they are our religion.

Enjoy your new (England) home, in the best region in the US. Welcome to Boston, and go fuck yourself.