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Massachusetts

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4. This is cultural. Central and W. Mass have *always* been treated like unwanted stepchildren

Thu Jun 20, 2019, 06:04 PM

Jun 2019

The South Coast (New Bedford, Fall River) as well.
There's very much a "Boston/Cambridge uber alles" mindset at work in state government.

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I think Massachusetts might very well split up over the effects of rising sea levels [View all] friendly_iconoclast Jun 2019 OP

I agree- but this is Massachusetts, where money flows towards Boston friendly_iconoclast Jun 2019 #2

Why would Republicans need to protect their homes from rising sea levels? TheRealNorth Jun 2019 #3

Let me put in another way. Why do people in western and central MA smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #5

Central and Western Mass will not want to pay for protecting the Atlantic Coast friendly_iconoclast Jul 2019 #6

That is where a majority of the tax revenue comes from. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #7