YUP - something about buying a house and raising a son on one income (because da wife is staying home) just wasn't possible in the People's Republic of Mass. But I have a new 3 bedroom home a couple of casts away from Narragansett Bay that the mortgage is within a few hundred of my Braintree rent (for a divey - less than 2 bedroom apartment) . I can still get to my favorite Mass spots (only an extra 20-60 minutes) and my favorite Rhody spots are an hour closer...
And I'm even learning new things like "I'll have a cabinet" & "From Warwick to Narragansett, why would you want to drive that far? That's almost another state" and that every Rho Dyslander's hero, Salty Brine, has sold out to do cheap TV furniture commercials... But Eye still drinK meye booze from bahhs an Bahstin Habah...
