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Massachusetts

smirkymonkey

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7. That is where a majority of the tax revenue comes from.

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 07:51 PM

Jul 2019

Without the revenue from the MA coast and Boston suburbs (who mostly work in the greater Boston area), Central and Western MA would barely be able to survive. Besides, they should care about about it from an environmental and humanistic standpoint. The coast is worth preserving whether they live there or not.

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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

Maybe we should move people out of those areas and let nature have them . Autumn Jun 2019 #1

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

This is cultural. Central and W. Mass have *always* been treated like unwanted stepchildren friendly_iconoclast Jun 2019 #4

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

Trump got 32% of the MA vote in '16. I doubt those sorts of people would be sympathetic friendly_iconoclast Jul 2019 #8