> don't understand how residential neighborhood politics work, or local politics in general.

Bemoaning the extreme NIMBYism in Massachusetts does not indicate anything about my understanding of local politics. Believe it or not local politics takes many forms, and I believe Cambridge and Boston in general get it wrong, both structurally and on many individual issues.

I am also not telling them to "deal with it". I'm asking them to engage in good faith with the offers put forth by organizers to mitigate noise issues.