I live in MA and have since the early 1990s. It is very difficult to be so politically active/aware and feel completely irrelevant. I would rather make a difference. So I spend my political activist time harassing people in swing states to get involved, or vote for anyone not MAGA. But it is not the same...
I live in MA and have since the early 1990s. It is very difficult to be so politically active/aware and feel completely irrelevant. I would rather make a difference. So I spend my political activist time harassing people in swing states to get involved, or vote for anyone not MAGA. But it is not the same...
Hello, fellow Masshole! I love New England. I write postcards to voters with Markers for Democracy or letters with Vote Forward. It’s a slow burn but it’s great to do. Plus, there are reasons and ways to get involved locally, even in our sapphire state. I’ve been more active in learning about zoning laws recently in my town, because zoning (and NIMBYs) is one way that very little housing has been built in greater Boston — and low supply/scarcity keeps rent and mortgages high. My town has been trying to update their zoning laws to allow for more housing (and maybe lowering or at least plateauing rent with an increased supply?!) so I went to a city council meeting earlier in March and then a Q&A session later. I learned about it from an activist on my local subreddit — I wouldn’t have known anything about it if they hadn’t hammered home the importance of showing up at those city council meetings — because the NIMBYs were definitely there. But, so were the YIMBYs, so the folks saying ‘no’ were not the loudest in the room. And I’m going to keep showing up.
I live in MA and have since the early 1990s. It is very difficult to be so politically active/aware and feel completely irrelevant. I would rather make a difference. So I spend my political activist time harassing people in swing states to get involved, or vote for anyone not MAGA. But it is not the same...
Hello, fellow Masshole! I love New England. I write postcards to voters with Markers for Democracy or letters with Vote Forward. It’s a slow burn but it’s great to do. Plus, there are reasons and ways to get involved locally, even in our sapphire state. I’ve been more active in learning about zoning laws recently in my town, because zoning (and NIMBYs) is one way that very little housing has been built in greater Boston — and low supply/scarcity keeps rent and mortgages high. My town has been trying to update their zoning laws to allow for more housing (and maybe lowering or at least plateauing rent with an increased supply?!) so I went to a city council meeting earlier in March and then a Q&A session later. I learned about it from an activist on my local subreddit — I wouldn’t have known anything about it if they hadn’t hammered home the importance of showing up at those city council meetings — because the NIMBYs were definitely there. But, so were the YIMBYs, so the folks saying ‘no’ were not the loudest in the room. And I’m going to keep showing up.
Yes local politics are a drag but necessary evil!!