> One side considers it a horrible insult and the other doesn't see why you wouldn't want to be associated with them.
It's worse than that. I've lived in Boston for 30 years and was unaware that this animosity even existed.
I have had many nice vacations in Northern New England and have friends, relatives and colleagues in NH and Vermont and I have yet to hear any serious anti-Boston sentiment uttered by any of these people (aside from their hatred of our traffic, which I share.)
It's worse than that. I've lived in Boston for 30 years and was unaware that this animosity even existed.
I have had many nice vacations in Northern New England and have friends, relatives and colleagues in NH and Vermont and I have yet to hear any serious anti-Boston sentiment uttered by any of these people (aside from their hatred of our traffic, which I share.)