>>34411761
>Also, not to be difficult, but living in the mid-west has really made me hate the constant leftist politics shoved into every normal conversation for no reason. It's like a 35% chance anyone you come across will just randomly do that, and everyone else will just treat it as normal. I don't mind a respectful political debate every now and then, but there's a time and place for it. I can't tell if I just don't see this kind of thing from right-wing people, or if my brain isn't tuned to sniff them out like with left-wing ones. Not sure if there's a way to even tell how politically forward a general population is, but I'd prefer no talk over talk that I agree with.
anon, people in the northeast are generally WAY more uptight, from what i understand
keep this in mind

cost of living is often higher as well

but apart from those, it seems pretty good, and yeah you should be able to find tech spaces & nerdy things

>>34411768
Well, I don't entirely mind uptight as long as they're no pompous or smug about it. My mind's going to the phrase that westerners are nice, but not kind, and easterners are kind, but not nice.
I can take being called a "Fuakin' Aes-hoal" by someone with a thick Boston accent, but I'd rather not be passive-aggressive'd at by someone who watched a tiktok series on Marxism, and thinks he's going to change the world, one chud at a time.

How is the cost of living in comparison to the average income? That's really what I'd be worried about.

>>34411776
to be honest i've never been there, but i have a childhood friend who lives there, and family members who used to live there for a long time

>How is the cost of living in comparison to the average income? That's really what I'd be worried about.
my impression is it's not terrible, but it can be hard to find a job, and possibly higher pressure
someone correct me if i'm wrong
>I can take being called a "Fuakin' Aes-hoal" by someone with a thick Boston accent, but I'd rather not be passive-aggressive'd at by someone who watched a tiktok series on Marxism, and thinks he's going to change the world, one chud at a time.
yeah i think it's more the passive aggressive kind, sadly
that might just mean it's polarizing, so like the people who AREN'T like that would be easier to get along with, maybe
>Well, I don't entirely mind uptight as long as they're no pompous or smug about it. My mind's going to the phrase that westerners are nice, but not kind, and easterners are kind, but not nice.
interesting

The best tech area in New England is definitely Boston. You could either live in Mass or live in southern New Hampshire and commute. Any state in New England is really nice to live in. I've lived here my whole life and wouldn't want to go anywhere else

>>34411986
Boston, and Massachusetts in general was pretty strong in my mind. I keep forgetting how small some of the early colonies were compared to the big blocky western states.
I'd love to live in a state with a lot of history and traditional architecture.

I did a bit of digging, and asked ChatGPT a bit. Manchester New Hampshire sounds like a good option. Low violent crime rate, decent housing costs compared to the rest of the region.
Either that, or one of the towns a short drive away.

>>34411761
New England is 90% rural, and that's its attraction to many. If you want the amenities of a city, your only real choice is Boston.

But if you find the Midwest a hotbed of liberalism, you will not be happy ANYWHERE else, because the Midwest is as backwardly-yearning rightwing as you can get in America.

>>34415568
Maybe I'm just referring to the wrong thing when talking about the mid-west.
I'm in a pretty large city just barely an hour from the California border. I know that going to less populated areas will lead me to more right-wing people, but it's pretty bad around here in the cities.
And that's really the thing, I'd rather just have a town with enough people who know not to talk politics in the wrong contexts (also know what topics count as politics because apparently that's a debate too)
And the cities are far more populated compared to the outlying regions in the West when you compare the older towns and cities stemming from the colonial days. There's not as big of a discrepancy between urban and rural.

>>34415607
>And that's really the thing, I'd rather just have a town with enough people who know not to talk politics in the wrong contexts (also know what topics count as politics because apparently that's a debate too)
people in general are pretty bad about this, smartphones did a fucking number on people & continue to do so
people are schizophrenic as hell right now, it's hard to avoid & few normal places are exempt

>>34415611
So, it's either deal with loud idiots in a decently sized city with some good industry, or deal with loud idiots in a backwater shantytown, but they occasionally say something I agree with on a superficial level.

Can't say I'm all that surprised, but I guess I'll learn to live with it. Or maybe blah blah, social unconscious, yadda yadda, pendulum metaphors, something something, red wave. and all that.
I'm just tired of politics at this point. I have been for the better part of ten years