Can We Stop the Connecticutization of Massachusetts? (Boston, Springfield: neighborhoods, schools)

[Cavaturaccioli]

“Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... now you tell me what you know.”
― Groucho Marx

[CaseyB]

Originally Posted by Off-beat

I think that what the OP is attempting to describe is actually new yorkization that has gone so far into Connecticut that it's sticking out into Massachusetts.

Makes sense. Scary.

[MikePRU]

Originally Posted by Off-beat

I think that what the OP is attempting to describe is actually new yorkization that has gone so far into Connecticut that it's sticking out into Massachusetts.

I think you may be a bit off in your assumption. Really what the OP is describing is Floridaization which has reached all the way up the east coast as far as CT and is now starting to infiltrate MA.

I'm still moving to Canada either way.

[Justin Sparks]

Originally Posted by massnative71

It's starting to look like a lost cause my friend. I've been eying ME for some time now, as it seems to be the last bastion of hope around here. Now I just need to figure out a way to survive up there.

+1.

Plus, as I'm convinced the warming will continue, I'm thinking more northern latitudes will suit me better.

[pennyone]

Nah! Heading north to Maine or Canada will do nothing. To reduce or end "Connecticutization", each resident of this state must be mandated by the government to dig a three feet deep hole in the ground, and bury a half emptied glass milk bottle...upside down with the cap off so the remaining milk slowly seeps into the soil. This will end "Connecticutization" and restore balance to the New England area. Every resident in the Commonwealth must do this at exactly 4:15 am on July 8th, 2014, rain or shine, for the process to be successful. No one can be exempt from this. Moving to Maine or Maple Leaf country won't solve the problem.

In the mean time, Happy July 4th!

[Justin Sparks]

To each their own........ the only problems I'm looking to solve are those within reach of what I can personally control.

[Martha Anne]

Originally Posted by MikePRU

I'm thinking Canada.

I would move to Canada in a heartbeat! But it's very difficult to establish any sort of long term residency.

[in_newengland]

Originally Posted by Martha Anne

I would move to Canada in a heartbeat! But it's very difficult to establish any sort of long term residency.

Yes, I hear they're strict about immigration. MA is pretty crowded in some areas near Boston and that metrowest area--is that what the OP was referring to? I still want to know.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

The delawarification of Massachusetts is simply intolerable.

We need to ohioify big time, and add a touch of Hawaiinilization to return to our roots.

And don't even talk to me about nebraskafication.

[in_newengland]

I think it could use a bit of Vermontization. Especially in the hot summer.