What I suspect you're failing to understand (understandably so) is that Massachusetts,not California,in the "motherland" of today's American Communist Party (aka:The Rat Party).In flyover country "California" is a far dirtier word than is "Massachusetts" and "San Francisco" is a far dirtier word that "Boston" or "Cambridge".
Just look at the recent past...Dukakis...Kerry....Romney.
GSC, but they all lost! I never underestimate assachusettes and in fact give strong consideration to turning it into a deep water port for Nashua.
We have a few members in my service club in NE Florida who have wondered down the coast. In a few years they have convinced the club to change one fundraiser, a trap shooting event, to a benefit concert. The loss of money was not insubstantial as the trap event raised a lot of money. The concert, not so much. In private conversations one always gets the “we did not do it like this back home”. I always ask, if this is not now home for you what is it?? They fail to see the point.