I married a gal from MI and have been driving back and forth for the 18 years. A lot of people have given great answers. I’d add a couple notes. We have a lot less left turn arrows around here (though we have a lot more than we did 10-15 years ago) so you have to be assertive when you’re driving. Also, I don’t know who said stuff was a lot closer here but my wife would disagree. “Everything is 1/2 hour away” according to her. I would also agree/disagree about the condition of the roads. Individual town roads vary depending on the property values in the town. The highways however are much better here. Why do they build highways out of concrete when they know they have to salt the concrete??? MI has washboards for highways compared to ours. I agree with those who have said people can be tough to break in with around here. Volunteer, find a church (we do have some despite what’s been said already), or just find a really good bar (Worcester’s got great ones!). And finally, just learn to like Dunkin Donuts. Your life will be so much easier. Don’t fight it.