There’s a typo in my post but the edit window has closed:

> I spent a lot of time in New England college towns […], but didn’t much like that.

I meant

> I spent a lot of time in New England college towns […], but didn’t see much like that.

With that being liberal vs leftist infighting. I loved living in New England college towns, they are great. You can walk to a cafe or a bar, it’s like being in another country.