When the Puritans arrived in New England they essentially had to create a society and all the infrastructure from scratch, as when they got there it was mostly lightly populated wilderness. My question is how did it take for the New England colonies to reach equality to “Old England” in terms of economic and cultural development as well as quality of life? What about HDI and GDP per Capita?
For example in early days of the colonies they were highly dependent on supplies brought over from England when did this dependance stop? How long was it until there no product or service you could buy in Old England that you could not also buy in New England?
Also regarding crime, did the New England colonies have lower or higher crime rates did this vary by type of crime like violent or white collar?
Also how long had it been since the quality of life in England was at the level endured by the very first groups of colonists in New England like those in the first year of Plymouth?
How did these vary by region?
This is not a direct answer to your question, but this might be some useful context around the ecological and material conditions in colonial New England that I wrote here. Specifically, when English colonists began to settle in New England they usually consciously relied on infrastructure and good sources developed by native peoples, and at the same time they rapidly developed export industries such as lumber that were sent to England and the West Indies for trade.
It's not specifically in my answer, but it is discussed a bit more in the second source I mention (Cronon's changes in the land), that those who were farming in New England considered their material situation as good or even better than their farming compatriots in England from a relatively early point in the colonial period.