You should be fine living just about anywhere in the state, especially in a town or city of any size. (if you are looking at smaller rural town, it may be more of an issue, but even those are generally considerably more liberal than the rest of the country as whole)

I would be mostly concerned with jobs and the general amenities of the area where you want to live. And of course the cost of living is high, so budget is always a big concern here.

Boston can vary wildly depending what section you’re in as to what kind of people you’ll run into. Ranging from the most loving and accepting people you’ll ever meet to the biggest bigot north of Delaware.

North shore (north of Boston) seems to lean more liberal/accepting.

South shore (south of Boston) tends to lean more conservative the further down you go.

Metro west (just west of Boston) I’ve never heard anything positive or negative about these people. As far as I can tell every road and highway out there has been under construction my entire adult life so everyone just stays home or takes the T into Boston.

Cape cod is very town specific, but the end of the cape p-town I remember being joked about as the gayest town in the US when we made gay marriage legal.

Everything west of 495 doesn’t actually exist.

Vote him out. Bye bebe!

The judge can allow serving by phone, but they still have to speak directly to the defendant.

MA will never stop being LGBTQ+ friendly.

>Eastern MA does have some suburbs where you won't be as comfortable or welcome.

Nobody feels comfortable in them except for the shitty closed minded shitheads that live in those towns.

> I've seen Uber Eats picking up a delivery order for someone.

Talk about paying a premium for crap.

I would be completely shocked if MA enacted any anti-trans bills or repealed any pro-trans bills in the near future, considering there was literally a ballot measure in 2018 attempting to repeal a previous pro-trans bill and the vote went overwhelmingly in favor of the existing measure.

The other commenter is correct that there are some areas of the state you'll definitely want to avoid, but I would disagree that Boston is the only city worth considering. Northampton/Amherst in the western part of the state is just as queer-friendly as Boston if not even more so. There are a lot of smaller colleges there like Smith and Hampshire that have historically been super progressive which definitely runs over into the surrounding area. It's also cheaper - note that you won't be able to move within 20-30 miles of Boston unless you can spend at least $2k a month on a studio or 1-bed and pay at least $8k in up-front moving costs (of course there are exceptions to this rule, but I wouldn't bank on exceptions).

"What do ya say liverlips?"

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I’d add anywhere around the 5 college area in Western Mass is probably great too. (E.g around Amherst).

I would not recommend Boston proper if you can afford to go elsewhere - Cambridge and Somerville will definitely be the places with the strongest sense of community. On the whole as an LGBT person I feel incredibly safe in the greater Boston area.

That being said I can't predict the future. Eastern MA does have some suburbs where you won't be as comfortable or welcome.

Is moving here a good idea outside of the LGBT legal protections? Tough to say. We're having a massive cost of living crisis right now same as many other places.

I love it here. I pay way too much to live here - but I consider that an acceptable tradeoff, because I love it here.

MA will continue to be a trans friendly space in the future most likely. Even our previous republican governor didn’t veto bathroom bills some years ago. HOWEVER, there are some spots in the state that trans people do not want to live in. Anywhere in the Boston metro area will be fine though. Is moving to Boston a good idea? Depends how much money you have.

As the least transparent state legislature, I expect some juicy information will be revealed. Is it true they have not been audited for 100 years?

DiZoglio included planned auditing of the Legislature as a central plank of her campaign. Did Speaker Mariano not notice this?

Incorrect.

Findings: organization did not comply with Audit's requests. See pages x-y for requests and refusals.

There are obviously general concerns like walking alone at night, even in safer neighborhoods and just being aware of your surroundings, locking your car at night, or not leaving valuable or things visible in your car. Otherwise, unless you find yourself in specific neighborhoods for some odd reason, you still have a low chance of robbery/assault

But they can't prove it if you don't comply.

Based.

I mean it 100% means it doesn't apply. European laws have no bearing on the US

Given others haven't mentioned it, it would not be a bad idea to start considering measures for your own protection. Pepper spray, securing your home with better features (for example, 3" screws into the door brackets will do wonders with keeping it from being kicked off its hinges)

Enroll in a self defense class. You're seeing first hand how little the cops care about you, ultimately you are responsible for your own safety if your ex goes crazy

Yeah, an employee made a post awhile back about how unhinged this dude is

This may be helpful. It shows the crime rates for every city/town in Ma.

Link

The back of the title has the places to sign ,that is where your parents or family would sign it over to you ,then you sign ,then the car is your at that point

Yes when you get the MA title in the mail it will have your name only then ,and your place to sign it to a new person at a latter time. Just have to title with proof of sales tax or proof of gift and your good to go

That guy is very tense. He should try weed.