I'm familiar with Middleborough/Lakeville as I use it regularly and I went to high school in Lakeville (over a decade ago) so I've got some perspective on what's gone on there (I'm not the only poster on AB with similar perspective either). While not big TOD by major metro standards, M/L has seen pretty significant development around it compared to the nothing that was there 10 years ago. Even moving the station 1/4 mile would be a kick in the pants. 7 apartment buildings (more in the works) and a handful of retail establishments (ok, two pharmacies, a bank, and a gas station) have all setup shop there mostly because of the station. The 495 access certainly doesn't hurt, but that section of route 105 (at 79- which was rerouted specifically because of station traffic) has seen a shot in the arm specifically because of M/L station. The same stretch of road a few hundred yards away on the opposite side of 495 hasn't changed much since I've been alive. So the station is the catalyst for a lot of development in a community where development really isn't a thing. I don't think moving the station is going be an easy sell.
I definitely see where you're coming from, but it's not apples to apples. For starters, "a few hundred people" is proportionately more significant in a community of 10,000 than it is in a city of well over 600,000. Second of all, those few hundred people are even more proportionately significant when you consider that M/L serves about +/-900 riders each day.
Also, we're not talking about views (which constantly change in a major city full of towers), we're talking about the location of a train station- a relative constant in most cases- something that doesn't change all that often in real life (definitely not 1/4 mile). It's reasonable to be outraged by the state moving a relatively new, fully functioning rail station away from your home or business. It's not reasonable to buy a condo in a downtown tower and expect all development to stop because you "own your view."
Lastly, and I don't know how much weight to put on this, it's not easy to build in Lakeville or Middleborough. Especially on a large scale. Yanking the rug out of M/L station and the surrounding TOD would create long standing rifts between local and state government and for good reason.