You should go to some other places. Rent a car, spend a week, visit some beautiful scenery in the Midwest or the South, stay at cheap ass motels, talk with some rednecks, eat some great food, and go back with more certainty that New England is great.
(Alternatively, that last one might not happen.)
Well, with an 11 year old, 3 jobs (counting BB), and a side business, it's hard to actually get away for any length of time whatsoever.
NO ONE at this table ordered a rum & Coke 
 Charles: Penn has some good people 
 A CT? Really? 
 Any two will do 
 Any three for me 
 Any four will score 
 Any five are live