Yay for us! I like it here too as far as the balance goes. Still feels pretty different to me though than the NYC community, which I know well, but the schools are better ;-)
Kudos on touching this topic, and you sum up the feelings of many folks on the issue. Whether its right or wrong that we're there, and regardless of what we should do now, the real unfortunate truth of the matter is that we are not now and never have been in a meaningful dialog about it. Well, we may be, but he isnt.