WakeboardMom
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...it's nothin' like Brooklyn...but it's a nice place...! ; - )
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gmcunni
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Lol
wintersyndrome
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Quoting Frost in Rap music = awesome
TheBEast
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So great......
Edd
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Thumbs up. Brought a tear...
Warp Daddy
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Lmao
Geoff
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Just to stir the pot a little:
My favorite Mike Barnicle Boston Globe piece.
New Hampshire: Arkansas with snow
http://boulter.com/nh/barnicle.html
My favorite Mike Barnicle Boston Globe piece.
New Hampshire: Arkansas with snow
http://boulter.com/nh/barnicle.html
Johnskiismore
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Awesome video!
riverc0il
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Having lived in VT and NH, you'll get arguments from me. Most of the stuff Barnicle criticizes NH for is MORE of an issue in VT. Barnicle wouldn't know that if he only went to places like Montpelier, Brattleboro, or Burlington (which has an AMAZING allure for Boston area folks, myself included). Both states have their oddities. Vermont is a more socially conscious state (but it only got to be that way because of so many transplants, see the Take Back Vermont movement). NH is swinging politically too because of MA transplants.
NH sure has its quirks but I love the state for its quirks. A bit more tacky approach to tourism for sure but it has superior natural surroundings compared to VT and I grew up appreciating the tacky tourism of NH so I can now have a detached amused appreciation. I wouldn't want the state any other way except for perhaps rebuilding the state government from the ground up and centralizing more processes like car registration. I could do with the billboards either but you don't see them hardly ever when you live in the western half of the state.
My issue with New Hampshire is the lack of zoning. It's been Jersey'd much more than Vermont has. That's not say that certain parts of VT haven't experienced the same such as Rutland and Burlington area, but it's much more widespread in NH.
The most glaring example of this is North Conway. We used to go there every summer when I was a kid. I remember it being a quaint mountain town. Yes, there were outlets there at the time, but it didn't feel like you were in New Jersey. When I went back after not having visited in 20 years to see a Walmart, Home Depot, Applebees etc., I couldn't believe it. You think the towns of Stowe or Waitsfield would ever let something like happen? No frickin' way.
This isn't to say I don't enjoy living here. I absolutely do and find the economic/recreation balance to be much better (for me) than what I experienced in VT.
The most glaring example of this is North Conway. We used to go there every summer when I was a kid. I remember it being a quaint mountain town. Yes, there were outlets there at the time, but it didn't feel like you were in New Jersey. When I went back after not having visited in 20 years to see a Walmart, Home Depot, Applebees etc., I couldn't believe it. You think the towns of Stowe or Waitsfield would ever let something like happen? No frickin' way.
This isn't to say I don't enjoy living here. I absolutely do and find the economic/recreation balance to be much better (for me) than what I experienced in VT.
riverc0il
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Indeed. I ain't saying NH does not have its problems and its in balances. I just don't think on the whole it is much different from VT in many ways, inferior in some ways, and superior in some ways. My main contention is that the article linked to above attempted to poke fun and was probably not to be taken seriously... but for something to be funny there must actually be at least a glimmer of reality/truth/correctness/etc. Which is what makes the music video so funny... it is all truth, the good and the bad.
NH border towns are indeed a problem. West Leb, Salem, Nashua, Portsmouth, N Conway (perhaps Keene to a lesser extent?). All the major entry points into the state are eye sores because they cater to tax from shoppers from the other states surrounding NH. Live by something, die by something... NH is finding that out with the economic down turn. And it is horrid driving and a visual nightmare in all of these towns. Though I always remember N.Conway as being pretty built up and not very NH, a place to be avoided. I probably did not see it from as critical of an eye 20 years ago so perhaps it has changed that much.
But also, as you suggested, NH's free wheeling business climate has probably allowed NH to weather the bad times better than VT which has taken the zoning to the opposite extreme.
NH border towns are indeed a problem. West Leb, Salem, Nashua, Portsmouth, N Conway (perhaps Keene to a lesser extent?). All the major entry points into the state are eye sores because they cater to tax from shoppers from the other states surrounding NH. Live by something, die by something... NH is finding that out with the economic down turn. And it is horrid driving and a visual nightmare in all of these towns. Though I always remember N.Conway as being pretty built up and not very NH, a place to be avoided. I probably did not see it from as critical of an eye 20 years ago so perhaps it has changed that much.
But also, as you suggested, NH's free wheeling business climate has probably allowed NH to weather the bad times better than VT which has taken the zoning to the opposite extreme.
