I find myself in total agreement with everything you’ve said!
I had moved there with my then husbands transfer and ugh, they are NOT kind to ‘outsiders’, at all!
Every single family that was transferred there either
1. ended up quitting
2. got divorced
3. the wife stayed behind in whatever state they came from
And ALL of us felt the cold winds of the elites in MA
I would NEVER ever ever live there again - ever!
5 years was more than enough!
When my wife and I moved to Tennessee; we had to hit the laundromat to get some clothes clean before we began the ‘moving in’ procedure. A lady at the laundry took note of my wife’s accent, and asked her where she was from...my wife responded that we were moving in from New England. Her response? “Welcome to Tennessee!”
For the record, I'm not going. I turned it down for many reasons. I listed most of them in a post towards the end of the thread.
Thanks for your input.