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exactlyw t1_jdjeih2 wrote

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.

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somegridplayer t1_jdjfguy wrote

>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.

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thegalwayseoige t1_jdl1s49 wrote

Dude, go live in any other region of the US. Eastern Mass might as well be Eden.

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godzilla_dropkick t1_jdl3y7u wrote

I grew up in Alabama. Some of y'all's sense of backwoods / scary areas are laughable. As a trans non-binary person, MA is the safest place I've felt in the US.

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thegalwayseoige t1_jdl5dtq wrote

I’m from here, and have lived across the US. Boston’s bigoted reputation is laughable if you’ve spent any time in almost any other state.

It’s mind-blowing to me that people actually have this take. The most conservative people I know from MA, still don’t hate the people they disagree with.

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somegridplayer t1_jdlounj wrote

At times parts of Boston would have gutted your good old boys not for the color of their skin but for existing in that space at that time. And some parts for color too.

"Safe" is relative.

You also realize this is a state that at one time made the south blush right? And that was the fucking 70s.

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directtodvd420 t1_jdkksqj wrote

Dunno why you’re being downvoted, grew up in Walpole, can confirm.

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somegridplayer t1_jdloy06 wrote

It's people not from MA and then the rose colored clowns who think our shit doesn't stink. It's fine. They can pretend.

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