northwest CT checking in..... man this thread is slow.. oh well
Raised in NY (near Saratoga), college in OK, living in CT
As for the whole spiritually cold thing, the southwest likes to refer to us as a "missions" area. For some reason they keep sending people, and not much ever happens. Kinda stems from the same place that the whole red/blue state issue came from. I've actually had no problem finding churches in the areas of CT/NY/MA I've been in... just depends on what you are looking for. Plenty of Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran, etc.... not a lot of the more recent non-denominational flavors. While finding the groups is easy, finding the one I have been looking for... that has been more difficult.... *sigh*