The biggest issue in MA is the cost of living. You need to be making +40 an hour full time to afford a "fair market value" rental near the city.

Depending where you end up, the cost will vary a little bit, but overall it's just a pricey state, and the cheap rents are going to be in dumpy places.

I dont see any legislation changing any time soon.

And as long as you're decent people you'll be fine.

And depending what you do foe work/hobbies/fun there isn't much night life outside of like Boston and Worcester. Springfield and Holyoke are pretty unpleasant areas. The cape is great if you can afford it.

It's a mixed bag state, there's some nice progressive aspects, and MA health is a cool program, but the cost of living, the housing market, the drug epidemic, winter, the very anti gun rights bs, all suck ass. Other parts of New England are better, some are worse (cough Connecticut cough) but overall I mean, a shitty part of mass is definitely way less violent than southern cities.

If you're in tech, or pursuing higher learning or in the medical fields there is lots to find up here.

Good luck on the move