I'm from various parts of NYC and NY state and Seattle, and I live outside New Haven now. I don't really think there is such a thing as a blue state. It's kind of arbitrary. Usually the densest parts of the state are voting for Dems so the state taken as a whole looks "blue" but lots of individual districts voted Republican. It's all about the town and the neighborhood. Having only just moved to CT I don't know how most of the state is. Fwiw my neighbors have said hi to me and introduced themselves. People started saying hi to us when we were still looking at the place with the realtor. So you never know. Good luck with the move!