>I’d prefer somewhere more blue - I’m beyond tired of the dark red maga politics of Oklahoma.

Disclosure first, I lived in MA for several years, but have called Vermont home for the past decade though.

"Dark red" communities don't really exit throughout coastal New England. You can find them in some of the more rural communities in New Hampshire and Maine (usually farther north in the state), but even those don't tend to have the same bible belt vibe that you'll find in the South. They're very pro-gun, anti-tax, and they froth at the mouth when Tucker Carlson tells them to, but even those communities tend to not really give a fuck about most of the conservative social issues. Regarding stuff like abortion or gay marriage, at least in my experience, New Englanders either tilt liberal on those issues or are entirely apathetic.

All of that is to say you'll be fine politically nearly anywhere you go in New England.

I'll also add on that you should verify this with your own research, but I've always understood MA public education to be the best in the country. In fact, education at all tiers in that state is really world-class. You'll be fine there.