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redshirt posted:It's "Ayuh" Yes, that was a typo on my part, fixed
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:Yes, that was a typo on my part, fixed I am sorry brother.
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I've lived in Rhode Island for 20 years. Here's some random facts and observations: The state is split in two. Southern RI, and Northern. Northern is the urban/city portion of the state. Southern is the rich money part of the state. Newport has great mansions from wealthy people. East Greenwich is the richest town in the state. H.P Lovecraft grew up in Providence. You can visit the area he grew up in. Lots of bits of Family Guy are in reference to Rhode Island. There is a Spooner Street in RI. Tom Tucker is based off Gene Valecini. Rhode Island is a Boston accent with a bit of a New York accent. State foods include Saugies, Clam Cakes, Johnny Cakes, and Dells Lemonade. We have an interesting history with connections to the Mafia. We have an interesting history of corruption. Buddy Cianci was our best mayor
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zaepg posted:We have an interesting history with connections to the Mafia. These are all the same factoid.
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zaepg posted:
The joke/magic shop Stewie references in a few of the early episodes is/was a real store iirc
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Laconia was better in the 80’s when I didn’t know what libertarians were and the water slides were still there
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Kevyn posted:Laconia was better in the 80’s when I didn’t know what libertarians were and the water slides were still there Duarte did nothing wrong.
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Boston was a real fun city to get drunk in and especially good to do so on the 4th of July and also fallout 4 is pretty okay but not as good as New Vegas that is my experience with New England. Also gently caress the pats
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Connecticut's Big E pavilion has Lego and Pez, so I guess Connecticut is the best New England state.
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Maine got the LL BEAN HQ. Ladies Love BEAN
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Grape posted:Our only weakness is the actual name we are called... it's the loving worst. We're basically Rumplestilskin in this regard. Connecticuties is perfectly cromulent and good
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Jul 21, 2023 21:25
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Duck and Cover posted:Nutmeggers. I mean, if you slip me 20 bucks, maybe?
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Duck and Cover posted:Nutmeggers. Where does nutmeg even come from?
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DJ Pauly D is from Rhode Island
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Portland (the real Portland) and the surrounding areas identical to every other liberal city in the country. It's only when you go deep, deep into the northern boonies that you start to see the Deliverance freaks.
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Big Bizness posted:Portland (the real Portland) and the surrounding areas identical to every other liberal city in the country. It's only when you go deep, deep into the northern boonies that you start to see the Deliverance freaks. Maine doesn’t weird me out anywhere near as much as some parts of NH. I’ve done a lot of kayaking and camping that’s like drive two hours north of Portland and then drive two more hours on logging roads. I drove to Orono last week for work. And none of that makes me as uncomfortable as NH west of 93 and north of Concord.
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Big Bizness posted:Portland (the real Portland) and the surrounding areas identical to every other liberal city in the country. It's only when you go deep, deep into the northern boonies that you start to see the Deliverance freaks. Portland is sadly very much North Boston/North NYC. But if you drive to Buxton which is only 15 minutes out, you'll come across the real Maine.
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I heard NH has the best public school system in the nation. Confirm/Deny
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A friend of mine owned a hunting cabin in new hampshire and we would go up there on memorial day for a pig roast You would drive 91 up to white river junction in vermont and then switch over into new hampshire, and it feels like you travelled back in time to the 80s as soon as you are over the border. Store signs all look like they havent been updated since then, and i have never seen more “do not turn around in my driveway, i will shoot you” signs than i did driving through small town new hampshire
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redshirt posted:Portland is sadly very much North Boston/North NYC. But if you drive to Buxton which is only 15 minutes out, you'll come across the real Maine. I was born in Portland, spent the first few years of my life in Buxton, and have lived around Portland for the rest of it. There's definitely some major cultural divides overall and the winters blow but I'd still rather be here then any almost other state. It's really easy to get away from it all. Like you said, basically 15 minutes in any direction.
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rotinaj posted:A friend of mine owned a hunting cabin in new hampshire and we would go up there on memorial day for a pig roast To generalize it NH South and East of Concord - enlightened, tax free, close to everything but maintain personal privacy and have more or less reasonable politic and culture NH North and West of Concord (except a few select towns like Dartmouth, Lincoln, Conway, etc.) - where the libertarian morons and good ‘ole Protestant descendants do whatever they gently caress they do but probably not worth finding out as I never go to that part of the state, so why would you?
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Shout out to Freedom, NH, in which I drove through a single time and saw a large realty office with a sign that said "WHATS OBAMA RUNNING EXCEPT HIS MOUTH" instead of advertising any properties. Also stopped in a gas station that was also half a gun store featuring a bunch of Cletuses open carrying. Very cool! This was like 10 years ago, I can't imagine what it's like now.
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Modulo16 posted:I heard NH has the best public school system in the nation. Confirm/Deny During the few months I lived in Nashua when I was 11 the kids there were really lovely about my Lowell accent so their school system certainly produced a bunch of fuckheads.
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Duck and Cover posted:Connecticut's Big E pavilion has Lego and Pez, so I guess Connecticut is the best New England state. Big E owns D&C. Am I gonna see you at the Jimmy Eat World show this year?
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And then there’s Grafton, NH, the town that got taken over by libertarians who cut all the public services to the point that there was trash everywhere and the whole town got invaded by bears.
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Dopo posted:Maine is the only US state that borders exactly one other state Maine also has no poisonous snakes.
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Kevyn posted:And then there’s Grafton, NH, the town that got taken over by libertarians who cut all the public services to the point that there was trash everywhere and the whole town got invaded by bears. wikipedia posted:After a rash of lawsuits from Free Towners, an influx of sex offenders, an increase of crime, problems with bold local bears, and the first murders in the town's history, the Libertarian project ended in 2016.[13][14][15] Lol
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MrQwerty posted:Lol Seems pretty on point for Libertarians.
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Crazyweasel posted:NH South and East of Concord - enlightened, tax free, close to everything but maintain personal privacy and have more or less reasonable politic and culture And then there's Hampton Beach, the Jersey Shore of Seacoast NH
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I wish new england had seceded in the war of 1812
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Jose Oquendo posted:The Whalers should have never moved. Every once in a while the Hurricanes will put on throwback Whaler sweaters and it's dope as gently caress. I saw a hurricanes bruins game with throwback jerseys a few years ago at the garden, it was awesome
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Kevyn posted:And then there’s Grafton, NH, the town that got taken over by libertarians who cut all the public services to the point that there was trash everywhere and the whole town got invaded by bears. Not to be confused with Grafton, VT, which instead of that makes delicious cheese which I think is more sensible.
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Howard Beale posted:And then there's Hampton Beach, the Jersey Shore of Seacoast NH My maternal grandmother and grandfather, my godparents, and my mom and dad all met at Hampton Beach. I lived there for two years and met an absolute disaster boyfriend. I think I broke the curse. One cool thing is that my mom and dad both worked in and around the casino ballroom. My mom met Ray Charles and Diana Ross, and they both got to hang around on Louis Armstrong’s tour bus. Hampton, Portsmouth, and North Conway are the only reasonable places in New Hampshire.
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dinahmoe posted:My maternal grandmother and grandfather, my godparents, and my mom and dad all met at Hampton Beach. I lived there for two years and met an absolute disaster boyfriend. I think I broke the curse. One cool thing is that my mom and dad both worked in and around the casino ballroom. My mom met Ray Charles and Diana Ross, and they both got to hang around on Louis Armstrong’s tour bus. Hampton, Portsmouth, and North Conway are the only reasonable places in New Hampshire. Northern NH is generally cool, pick your town. Its only the Mass border towns in NH that truly suck.
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Portsmouth is imo a really cool historic city that everyone kinda ignores in favor of Portland. Strawberry Banke is an awesome museum
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free hubcaps posted:Portsmouth is imo a really cool historic city that everyone kinda ignores in favor of Portland. Strawberry Banke is an awesome museum Does Portland have a Water Country? I think not.
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