I refuse to believe that most people in this state are rabid liberals, i think that most are more moderate, and most feel the pocketbook pinch just like you or I.
I disagree.
There are the poor ones that feel entitled - saw those in my 5 years in Worcester. The rich ones that don't feel the pinch - see 'em in Sherborn and Wellsley every time I drive through. The in betweens that feel the pinch, don't think it's so bad, and go back to munching Beacon Hill's special brand of brie.
I live in what's apparently one of the most "red" (politically, not firearms-unfriendly) towns in the state. That doesn't keep them from [strike]taxing[/strike] licensing my dog. The runoff from town land washes my driveway into the road, and I'm required to take a permit, have some sort of environmental impact engineering survey done, and enlist the help of a certified engineer in order to fix the drainage to prevent it from washing into the [strike]farm drainage pond[/strike] protected waterway that the town DPW plows it all into when it reaches 3" on the road. It hasn't kept them from designating my house "historic" - I'm the last house in the district, and the house was built in
1998 - and limiting the materials I can build with, the colors I can use, and all but banning any form of solar panels I might put on the roof.
Some fault me because I still see government as the fairest, if not most efficient way, to provide public utilities. That said, the government intrusion that's become so ridiculous here is just an extension of what your neighbors want, and that's control over practically every aspect of your life.
There's a standing joking conversational response when I'm home in NY (1st or 2nd "least free" state as per the last survey, BTW): "That'd be a felony in Massachusetts." It'd be funny, if it weren't true.