I was born and raised in New York and have consistently made New York-liberal-elitist-etc. jokes my entire life (probably almost literally my entire life–I learned I was the political minority early…too early). In New York and out of New York. New Yorkers can handle that. You get an entirely different impression about Massachusetts, at least if the editorial pages are any indication. They seem to consistently whine about their governor making Massachusetts-has-got-a-lotta-libs jokes (like the Boston Herald did this weekend). If you don’t like it, change it. If you like it, enjoy your haven. But stop whining already.