In defense of luckiestman, when I was living in NJ/NYC (for about a dozen years or so, so not a short sample), there WERE more than enough of former MA/NE transplants who either:
- Were not big Pats fans but rode on the coattails of Pats' success
- Were Pats fans but switched allegiances as they cave in to... well, whatever that makes fans allegiances switch
So I'm putting his take in a bit of a different context. Of course, he's posting on a Pats forum that probably has more long-time NE fans than almost any other boards (thanks to the main board) so the reactions are also not unexpected.