Change it to a more conservative color then change it back once you’re hired.

No one really leaves because they hate it here. They leave because they are forced out. The red states are cheaper because no one wants to live in them. Massachusetts like others, offers opportunities for career development and growth. Self investment. Higher earnings. Etc.

The more free and beneficial the state, the more expensive it is because more people want to be there.

Really gives some perspective. Whatever we think the future will be like, we’re probably drastically wrong. We don’t know any better than the folks in 1910, it’s naive to think we do

Big apple deli in Marlboro is a place I enjoy for their stuffed french toast and hash browns. For Brewery, the only one I've loved was true west in acton but I don't frequent breweries

Growing up in one of the rougher towns in eastern mass it was always my back up plan to live in an apartment here if things didn’t work out. Then when I was commuting to college in Boston I saw advertising for condos that were recently built in my town and I knew it was game over. Can’t even afford to live in the town I once thought was a shit hole.

Sounds a lot like the Swift River Academy some years back,finally a student death shuttered them for good.

I’d say I’m doing alright atm

California, NY, NJ, and MA.

What do they have in common?

Lost their minds during COVID, extremely high cost of living, ridiculous gun laws…and a defecting population.

so, MA use to have 'camp hosts'. Someone would camp for free and in return they would be responsible for cleaning the nearby bathroom everyday. It means some bathrooms were cleaner than others, but it worked and someone camped for free.

During covid they stopped using hosts. Things went shitballs for 2 years. for one, available campsites got cut in half, and for two they hired outside cleaners to clean all the bathrooms.

Since then, while all the sites have opened back up, they havent gone back to using host campers. they are continuing to have cleaners clean the facilities.

As far as I'm aware the other states are still using host campers.

We partially pay for the state parks through our tax dollars. out of state residents do not.

Do you know how hard it is to get a site at the good state campgrounds? Oh my fucking god. It's a NIGHTMARE. We have to have 7 people on 7 computers trying exactly at 8 am 6 months before we want the site (when the campsite goes live), and MAYBE one of us will get a site before they all get sold out. Its insane.

AND THEN. AND THEN.

When we get there that summer half the sites are empty. People rent out for the week and only come for the weekends. Or they book it 6 months out but they want to keep it flexible so they later cancel when they make better plans or figure out what they're doing. Cause camping is still cheaper than everything else. In state or out of state. It makes booking and planning ahead for the summer SO STUPID for those of who know we want to be there.

I've been camping at Nickerson State Park in Brewster every single summer for 35 years now. Its gotten fucking INFURIATING to have to fight to book a site - compromise on a site we don't really want but we'll take what we can get - and then get there for 2 weeks and have no one around you. The ideal perfect site be completely empty but booked by someone who never showed up.

So yeah. Raise the price for out of state people if helps stop this bullshit from happening.

Might be worth looking into then

It's the terminus of the AT and a pretty important state park for out of staters because of that, but ultimately it's just an example where no one is really complaining even about that park specifically.

Local and out of state/town differential rates can be found in a lot of things beyond camping sites. If your issue is the exact differential in this case rather than the concept than what is your ideal ratio?

Lol

I feel like I noticed this at Salisbury Beach during COVID, so maybe it’s a remnant of COVID?

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https://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2019/11/96568/two-more-lawsuits-alleging-abuse-filed-against-timothy-hill-childrens-ranch/

Also I just realized where Orange is, if this is what they thought the middle of nowhere would be like, Boston must look crazy

LPT: get AAA for like a month and go there. Easiest thing possible. Made me feel dumb the first time I did it after torturing myself at the rmv

They really thought that there’d be floating rail and blimp bikes but the cars wouldn’t improve at all?

I’m not in therapy

This place is right near my house it burnt down a few years ago… they have a huge cross in front, but anytime I’ve interacted with the adults who run it it’s been a very bizarre situation. I definitely don’t trust them.

I don't disagree, I was just commenting on why people are likely leaving.

Superman's hair is that color in the comics.

The state is too Boston-centric. Everyone's piling in to Boston, complaining about cost, while other parts of the state are more affordable.

My guess would be because we have higher taxes here, which subsidize it for our residents.