Reply #6: our family stayed in Eastham for a few days one fall

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and that experience was exactly what I had in mind when I made my comment about "Chatham" (same general area, at least : )). I could just feel this vibe, you know? (hypersensitivity to "red" districts, arising from my childhood in a neighborhood dominated by far-right Republicans)

Sure, Provincetown is something else altogether!
At some point I saw a map of how various MA districts voted in 2006 and/or 2008. .the Cape was a patchwork of red and blue, with red taking up a pretty big area. There are 2 or 3 areas of MA with notable concentrations of Republicans, and the Cape (or parts of the Cape) is one.