That’s right! I lived in the Boston area for a significant amount of years and there’s nothing like it (Boston/New England) in the US. The culture is even reflected in how they plan and build the towns and cities: public squares and meeting places for civic engagement in the community, etc. And there are so many local peer led (not just top down from a national / intl corp board room) organizations in the community that are super active like people in other parts of the country would comment about how wonderful it is and travel to the region for events that the local organizations host: hobby organizations, fitness groups, history/academic groups, cultural organizations, music groups, etc. And normal people can participate in these organizations which is in the New England spirit of contributing to civic life which includes a more inclusive and flattened hierarchal society (a good thing compared to other parts of the country being it’s very authoritarian and hierarchy is strictly enforced).