New Hampshire


This has to be the only movie ever to be set in New Hampshire. Why Hew Hampshire of all places? Theres nothing there.

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Well, first off "Live Free or Die" is our states motto, which is why its set there. Second, even though I live in the middle of the woods, not all of NH is like that. Run a filming location search of whats been filmed here, you'd be suprised.
::edit:: heres a link on-site of a list of movies filmed in NH: http://www.imdb.com/List?endings=on&&locations=New%20Hampshire,%20USA&&heading=18;with+locations+including;New%20Hampshire,%20USA

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From 'ova in Dova, my add to this thread is that the "The Good Son" was also filmed not far from here, the car wreck scene was done on from a bridge in NH.

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No one's mentioned our first in the nation primary status.

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I'm from Texas, but I lived in New Hampshire for awhile as a kid when my dad was up there working construction. I really like it up there.
And "Live Free or Die" is the most kick-a$$ state motto that there is.

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Live Free or Die Hard should have been filmed in NH...That would have been funny

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How about "The Hotel New Hampshire", "On Golden Pond", "Jumanji", "The Weight of Water", "What About Bob", "The Last Detail" and "The Survivors"? All of these are (fairly) recent movies set (at least in part) in the Granite State. There are several other movies that have used New Hampshire as stand ins for other areas, such as "Thinner" for Maine and "In Dreams" for Massachusetts.

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Why set a movie in New Hampshire? That is easy because it is an interesting place. It is the most xenophobic state in the Union, we are the only state not to have a seat belt law, we don't have any sales or income tax, there is an amazing soci-economic spectrum in a very small area like you could have a 350,000 dollar house inhabited by a family of yuppies next to a shack where a guy makes a living selling salvaged auto parts. Oh and it is beautiful.

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Just curious, but are you actually proud of the label "most xenophobic state in the union?"

Other that that one, not too bad. Shame there are so many small-minded people in such a wonderfully beautiful location though.

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"Xenophobic" is a poor term to use for the examples he gave. It is perhaps the most independent-minded state, which is why the Free State Project chose it. Allowing people the freedom to live as they choose encourages people to be different - really, you meet all kinds of people here in NH. Sadly, with the Democratic majority that recently won in the State house/senate, they are rapidly passing laws to make us all conform to their idea of how people should behave. That's xenophobia for you.

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It's not only the Democrats who would like us to conform to their ideology. Its both sides. The conservative right wing that is against gay marriage, abortion and stem cell research, are they not "rapidly passing laws to make us all conform to their idea of how people should behave"?

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the hotel from "In dreams" with the dogs is the Wentworth By The Sea in New Castle, NH. the hotel used to span the entire island of New Castle, but over the years, the extensions were taken down and now all that is left is the main building and the separate grandballroom, which, last i remember was being used for storage for the Wentworth by the Sea Marina which still attracts people of wealth and grace

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The Wentworth has been remodeled: http://www.wentworth.com/hotel/54000006.asp

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CLAREMONT, NH Representin'!!

I live in Claremont...most of the movie was filmed right in my town.

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I live in NH, I live right on the border of Mass, and NH. So it really does'nt feel like new hampshire, I like really close to malls, and best buy,circuit city. It's a really fun area to live in.

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Well said, I am also from NH. Born in Manch-Vegas (only New Hampshirites will get that) and now live in Auburn. A most beautiful town. NH which is part of New England has some of the most beautiful weather in the country. We have beautiful hot summers and lots of snow in the winter. No major weather events such as tornados, flooding, hurricanes or earthquakes.

What I haven't heard mentioned yet is we are also the home of the Mount Washington Hotel. Royalty as well as celebrities stay there. Oh and don't forget our beautiful Mt Washington. Small by many standards, but the highest peak in the northeast and home to the worlds worst weather (quite a feat for such a small mountain)

All in all I wouldn't live anywhere else!

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Ok I too lived in The Granite State for about 10 years...formerly a Mass resident(MAZZHOLE)lived in Derry, Londonderry and Nashua and never heard (nor do i understand) the term Manch-Vegas...Please enlighten me. Whenever I return home to New England I actually prefer flying into Manchester over Boston. Manchester Airport is easily accessible, far less crowded, designed sensibly and the cost of renting a car is far less than in Boston. Glad to hear Seth Window's career has come to an end.

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how can you have lived in NH for 10 years and NOT have heard anyone say Manch-Vegas? you can't walk down elm without seeing some frat boy wearing a manch-vegas graphic tee.

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Ha, yes, Manch-vegas is something that only NH people would know. I'm from Trashua myself...or Nausea, however you want to butcher the name. People need to lighten up on here. There's nothing wrong with having someone check a map from time to time.

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Nashua is a good town lived at Clocktower Place for almost 5 years. Sad to see The Greenridge Turkey Farm is history...Good eats there

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Enjoyed living in beautiful crime free Nashua....Dare I say it? "Nash Angeles" a fine companion to ManchVegas. I will probably be banned from The Granite State for that idea. Looks like I am flying into Boston from now on.

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Manch-Vegas pride!

It wasn't the lycans. It was you.

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Live free or die, that has to be the best state moto ever. Up here (in Canada) I'm stuck with Land of the living skies. And it's fckin cold. I'm moving to NH, except not really, I just want a cool license plate.

~ If at first you don't suceed, the skydiving is not for you ~

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haha. this post is sooo funny. only people from nh actually get what it means.

manch-vegas too ... in walking to distance from RED ARROW!

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i love the red arrow man....goffstown is where its at tho :)

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Um, earthquakes don't count as weather events.

Mt. Washington also holds the record for the highest wind gust directly measured at the Earth's surface, at 231 mph on the afternoon of April 12, 1934.

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Just to clarify. It wasn't a gust. 231 was the sustained speed. Also, the equipment broke at the time, so it might have been worse

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yeah I'm pretty sure we're the only state with a threat on our license plates. And we have state-owned liquor stores right on the highway, which is either really cool or really scary, I'm still not sure.

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Mike we need to pay for education somehow and we have cleverly chosen to do it by peddling cheap booze on major roads.
Interestingly New Hampshire alcohol sales are the highest per capita in the country and the best selling alcohol in New Hampshire is gallon jugs of Zenka Vodka, which is made in Londonderry and is cheaper than paint thinner

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That's funny, I thought our exorbitant property taxes paid for local education...
But what does that have to do with this movie's filming location?

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Zenka Vodka will also give you a hangover similar to paint thinner!!!

And let's not forget that Londonderry is also home to Stonyfield Farm Yogurt!!

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Heheh, I remember getting drunk and playing with guns with my Uncle. I have many more memories of mountain climbing and generally being outdoors, but that one is one of the best from New Hampshire :-)

New Hampshire is a great place. Perhaps someday I'll buy a house there. The people are really nice, especially in the small towns where everyone knows each other.

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It's true...they have signs for it like 3 miles before it even comes into eyesight. They are BIG signs, too.

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not just a liquor store on the highways, but one that's open Sundays an hour later on the south bound side than the north bound side. :)

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Manch-Vegas is the horrible nickname for Manchester, NH's largest city (200,000ish people I think) It's been around for ever, but recently became popular thanks to a local radio staion.

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Manch-Vegas population is 104,000. I know, it seems bigger, but i'ts only because Bedford, Londonderry, Amherst, Goffstown, and all the other surrounding bedroom communities feed into it.

Yes, booze sales (as well as lotto ticket sales) go to the states education fund, but the other guy is also right that education is mostly funded by property taxes, both local and statewide.

As for scariness of liquor stores on the interstate, given our motto, what would be truly fun would be gun stores on the interstates.... ;) MWAHAHAHA!!! That would certainly keep all the flatlanders south of the border (except the alkies)!

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I'm from New Hampshire and I agree. ManchVegas makes me groan ever time I hear it.

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I love our license plates... and how cool is that on the highway 2 liqour stores on each side of the high way 200 feet apart... awesome (Manchester here)

separate The Users From The Whores...
(Mushroomhead)

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Usually its custom to try and set the movie in the actual place its supposed to represent. However, there've been films that are supposed to take place in this wooded red-neck nightmare shot in other locations (i.e. Affliction was shot entirely in Quebec).

Besides, adding to some of the previous postings of interest to this state: Don't need auto insurance (yay!), but if you do get it, its pretty darn expensive (boo!) [and in those situations where your forced to get it through the state, its very very expensive (boo!)]; Your no more than twenty five miles from a state run liquor store (yay!), but they don't sell cups (boo!), but you could always walk next door one of our "side of the interstate" rest stops (where you find some of these liquor stores) and buy a "Live Free or Die" coffee mug to quench that thirst (Yay!), but have crappy hours (Boo[ze]!); Yes, no income or sales tax (yay!), but property tax is undeniably too high and very unfair (boo!), not to mention a high meals tax (boo!); We sport a local icon called Fritz Weatherby (silence...); We selected Pat Buchanon in a presidential primary (huh?), and I guess we take pride in being the first in the nation for those primaries (yawn...); Last state to have MLK's birthday as a holiday (hmmm... its funny that it takes the NFL to get NH to finally accept a holiday in hopes of one day hosting a fun loving super-bowl tournament), but we did have a Civil Rights Day substitution (but I don't recall ever getting that day off from school so a double boo there); Our state symbol "Old Man of the Mountain" got evicted from its domicile and lays in pieces at the base of its home (yeah, that "other" head on those state quarters is not around anymore - funny); we're in the running with Maine for the most reported cases of incest in this country (the North Country is such a wonderful place to raise a family); We have a distaste for tourists (alright, to be honest - we have a particular distaste for tourists from Massachusetts) who clog up our backroads to watch the leaves turn color in the fall (ironically, our economy is dependent on these tourists who we tend to despise - Xenophobic tourist dependents, what a laugh); Some of the redneck communities in the Monadnock and North Country regions would put any Appalachian hillbilly to shame (run for your lives!); and the list could go on but I can't think of anymore fun loving stuff to right about the state I live in.

Oh yeah, its is a pretty nice scenic state overall. Get rid of 99.9% of the people who live here and this place could be an eden (but we need those liquor stores)...







There's nothing wrong with her a hundred dollars can't fix. - Tom Waits

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You do know why the Old Man in the Mountain fell off, right?


Because we took him for granite!

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAWYGOJDSUFEIMFEMNCJHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!11!!! That's a classic. phew

anyway...

I lived in NH for 20 years before moving to PA, and trying to tell others what life is like up there is difficult. They just don't get it. If ever I miss it too much, I just return home, and wonder what it was I had been missing. I'm not knocking NH, it's a great place - and I have a feeling I'm going to end up back there someday.

Where abouts in NH are you from?
I'm from Antrim, which is in Hillsborogh County.

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Deerfield, Rockingham county

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Hillsboro



There's nothing wrong with her a hundred dollars can't fix. - Tom Waits

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Boy, you all are pretty cynical about the good ole Granite State. I grew up in Nashua, moved away and finally moved back to Portsmouth. If you think people from New Hampshire are "bad", or are "rednecks", then I suggest you get yourself out into the world and you'll realize that it ain't so bad up here.

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L.A.... Laconia that is. Home to the countries longest running Motorcycle Rally. The Granite State ROCKS!!!


(Pun intended)

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i've lived in new hampshire my whole life, and from what i've seen, we aren't rednecks. everyone that i know is educated and cultured. besides, from where i am, i'm only a 45 minute drive to boston, and a 10 minute drive to the ocean. we also have beautiful foliage in autumn. some of the best in the country.

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You obviously don't know my uncle, then. He gives a whole new meaning to the term 'redneck'. Which is odd, 'cause he's fairly well educated, but ye GODS is he a hick and a half LOL

I love NH, but it's rather ridiculous that I can get yelled at by a cop for riding my bicycle without a helmet, while bikers are zooming down the road 10 feet away going 40mph...

No seatbelt law (though we finally did get an under-18 one...), and no helmet law... as I say the motto, "NH - Live Free And Die In A Fiery Wreck" 8-}

Oh... and my uncle claims the Old Man fell down 'cause he was looking south towards Concard, and was ashamed of what was going on down there. Can't rightfully say I can argue with that theory lol

But for all that... NH is a beautiful state. Driving distance to mountains and ocean. Gotta love it. Skiing in the winter, beach in the summer. What more can anyone ask for? (Oh... not to mention convenient access to Canada for those 3 years between 18 and 21... and the previously-mentioned liquour stores on the highway since. 'Course, living in Concord, I've got at least two that are far more easily accessible, but that's beside the point 8-} )

Kevin

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You go ahead and wear your seat belt. When you get into an accident you will most likely be stuck in a burning car. Whilst I will have been thrown safely from the vehicle.

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As someone who was an EMT for 12 years, I can categorically say MacV216 is wrong. Wearing a seatbelt increases your chances of survival in a car crash by 50%. I've seen what happens if you don't. It's always nasty and usually fatal. The chances of being in a burning car are fairly low. It does happen but it takes a severe impact to set off a car fire. If the impact is that bad, then chances are you're in pretty bad shape. On the other hand, if you're throw from a car at any speed, the chances of suffering a severe injury are pretty high. Also, if it's a multi-vehicle incident, the last thing you want to do is be lying on the ground while tons of steel are sliding around. I've seen wrecks where there are pieces of car all over the place but the driver and passenger(s) have only minor injuries from wearing their belts. And this was in the days before airbags. And oh yeah, New Hampshire is a great place. We've visited several times over the years and really enjoyed it. All the people we met were very nice (except for one bitch in a minivan on the interstate) and had a great time. No, we didn't go up to look at the fall colors (we can do that at home) but we went up during the summer and it was great. Only had a week so we couldn't get to everything we wanted to do. We always visited Bear Brook State Park. Great place.

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Robertcampopiano, in your what must now be 14 years as an EMT have you ever seen any irony or sarcasm? Ever encounter any satire? Just a hint when ever you hear the phrase, "thrown safely from the vehicle" you are probably dealing with someone who is not exactly saying what he really thinks.

The best revenge is living well.

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Another NH native who got into this thread... We may have been late with the under 18 seatbelt law, but there's still a law on the books that says you can't spit within a block of the state capitol. And while we were the last we were the last state to recognize MLK Day, nobody ever mentions that several Southern states chose to recognize Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and MLK all together on one day. Somehow that seems a bit worse than no holiday at all.

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I once heard the reason we didn't recognize MLK Day was that we wanted to celebrate other civil rights leaders, not just Dr King, so we had a "Civil Rights Day" instead... I don't remember getting that day off from school however...

"Once you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow."

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I was once told by some guy that the reason why NH does not have seat belt laws is due to the fact that "We don't love our children."

My response was that "We don't need the government to tell us how to love our children."

-PS we all actually DO wear out seat belts (USA TODAY did an article about it). WE just wear them because we knoe it is the right thing to do. We just don't need the government to remind us that we have to wear them.

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Farmington... Go Tigers.

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Ohmygod that joke ROCKS!

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I rather object to your description of the North Country of New Hampshire. We're not all uncivilized "red necks". As to the incest claim, well I will admit it does seem that everyone is related... But the North Country still has less crime and less pollution (and I'll concede less income) than the rest of the state and is generally considered to be a safe place to raise kids. All in all it isn't a bad place to live :)


"Once you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow."

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I love everyone's defense of my [and their] home state. I can't say anything that anyone hasn't already said. Except:

Born in Manch, lived in Northwood, Loudon, and Concord.

I live in NYC now and I, like another person, miss it when I'm away but wonder why I miss it when I'm there. My favorite store there is Two Moon Traders and I miss the Pasta House, which closed a few years ago.

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sad news! Two Moon Traders is closing (or already closed) :(

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What you people don't realize is, Salem was voted #80-something on Money Magazine's Best Towns/Cities to Live (In the USA) this year. And Salem is in New Hampshire. Therefore, NH is awesome. Also, Southern NH contains 0 rednecks, and to my vast societal knowledge, rednecks become more populous the father south one travels, so going north in NH will find you none whatsoever, I imagine.

In conclusion, New Hampshire is the man.

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I lived in NH for about a year... Maybe a lil longer... In Keene(college town, home of a wonderful Punpkin Festival). I've been to the top of Mt Monadnock, and on a nice, clear, day, you can see Boston. I loved living there, and if it weren't for the ridiculous property taxes there, It's where I'd spend the rest of my life.

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LOL I *know*! I was absolutely *shocked* when one of the theaters actually showed a *gasp* anime movie (Howl's Moving Castle) this summer lol

Kevin

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On the comment of having nothing to do in NH:

When I moved to PA, people would ask what I did for fun in NH. I'd tell them 'Go somewhere else."

Seriously though, on weekdays, NH shuts down at 8:00pm, and on Sundays it goes to bed at 6:00pm. If my buddies ever wanted to do anything passed 8:00, we'd head over to Borders in Concord where they stayed open 'til 11:00! Then we'd move down to Wal*Mart (or sometimes the Kinkos) since they were 24 hours.


What do you do for entertainment in NH?

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If you're bored then your boring. No matter where you live and how much is going on there, there are always going to be times when you feel like all you do is the same thing you did yesterday. At the end of the day you are alone with yourself and if you find that nothing is interesting or entertaining or diverting you really have no one to blame but yourself. Henry David Thoreau lived on Walden Pond and found everything he felt he would ever need there. You shouldn't need to be distracted from the on going saga that is your life to feel okay about your surroundings. People who think there is nothing to do in New Hampshire at midnight are most likely the same people that have been convinced that they need a camera in their cellular phone. You don't need to buy anything or go anywhere to have a good time. Especially if you got friends to hang out with... And weed... lots and lots of weed.

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I'm from Rochester, I hope you all go to the New Hampshire Film Expo this October in Portsmouth, come support your local filmmakers. See you there.

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I live in Keene, Beautiful place. I don't think it is crazy to shoot movies here. Moved from Upstate NY (Capital Region, Niskayuna NY to be exact), Love it here hate it there. I wouldn't want to be in any other state. I can't imagine not liking NH.

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I'm from Concord. It's a fun place if you know where to go...

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Dunkin Donuts!!! Seriously, how sad is that to admit. We used to hang out there or Friendly's when I was in high school. Such a wholesome childhood...

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I wouldn't say that So.NH has no rednecks, but there sure are alot of *beep* transplants in Nashua, such that I think Nashua might just as well be handed over to the Bay State. If we could get rid of NAshua, and maybe Manch-Vegas too, the crime rate would drop ten-fold.

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NH has no rednecks? Hav you been out of Hillsborough county? This wounderful state most definitely has rednecks! Don't let the looser yuppies make it look as if this is a bad thing, as in the same town, on the same street, you can have the good ol' boys living next door to the rich family that works in Boston. And its not just Nashua that has the live-in massholes, I live in Deerfield and there are more and more mansions being built here for them, and I hate them all, they are trying to turn all the wounderful small towns here in NH into the *beep* Boston suburbs they moved from

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Burn it down!!! Burn it all down!!!

Truthfully it is great having these people with their three hundred thousand dollar houses because their property taxes pay for the kids who live in a shack to go to school.

"I know I am winning and I know I'll win, but what the next move is...?" ~A Lion in Winter

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New Hampshire is one of the only states now which has a chance of remaining free. Free of government control and regulation.

Hence, live free or die.

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Sothern NH has 0 rednecks? You've obviously never been to New Ipswich, Or Greenville (the red neck ghetto of new ipswich lol) or to Mason..... full of rednecks. In fact, i wouldn't be surprised of Jeff Foxworthy came here for material.
~Brandon from NH

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Isn't a M. Culkin movie filmed in NH? Was it 'The Good Son' or something? Adam Sandler was born here. Aerosmith spent a lot of time here (And Steve Tyler owns a house here and has big parties here)

"All you have to do is fall in love, play the game.... play the game of love."

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Isn't New Hampshire the only land-locked state in New England?

I haven't killed a man since 1984

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No. Vermont is land locked too.

"All you have to do is fall in love, play the game.... play the game of love."

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Pull out a map. New Hampshire has a coast line. It is small but it is there and we love it for better or worse. Actually at thirteen miles it is the smallest coastline of any state bordering the ocean.

The best revenge is living well.

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OK! Somebody already answered that I was WRONG, I knew I was WRONG, I DID look it up, saw that I was WRONG, I did NOT try to debate or do anything other than accept the fact that I was WRONG, and then on top of all the humilation, and degredation, and awkardness around people from New Hampshire because of how WRONG I was and knew I was, you come here AND TELL ME TO PULL OUT A MAP?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It sounds like you're saying "Pull out a map, you moron."

I never tried to take New Hampshire down. I am sure that you do love it, "for better or worse" (thanks for being condesending, btw!) and I did NOTHING to try to diminish or ridicule that love once I found out that I was WRONG!

"It is small but it is there and we love it for better or worse. "

ALRIGHT ALREADY! IT'S THERE! Ok! I NEVER said something was not there just because it's small. I made a ridiculus, stupid, idiotic, mistake. I knew that only one state in New England was "landlocked" (And I really, truly, did not mean to imply anything about New Hampshire with the word landlocked than that it had no coastline- WHICH I HAD ALREADY BEEN CORRECTED ON WHEN YOU TOLD ME TO PULL OUT A MAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) It is really Vermont, and I suppose that the mix-up was far too much for you to bear. I'm sorry.

It was just a simple mistake. Calm down.

I haven't killed a man since 1984

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I wasn't responding to your message. I was responding to jdbritt who said that Vermont is landlocked too. Too meaning also, which implies that New Hampshire and Vermont were both landlocked. I thought it was particularly foolish that they responded to your post saying that your assumption was wrong and there was another landlocked New England state when they should have said, "No Vermont is the only landlocked state." I am sorry if you took it that I thought you were stupid. I don't. You asked a question and I am fine with the fact that you didn't know the answer off hand. I mean people should have a better sense of geography but that is a problem with the education system in America as a whole and not specifically you. So yeah, no beef with you, other than the fact that you threw a nutty about my response. I just think if somebody is going to answer a question they ought to take the time and energy to be right. And if jdbritt simply miss spoke and meant to say that Vermont was the only landlocked state I am fine with them too we all make mistakes and I don't want to be mean about it.
The best revenge is living well.

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LOL! Sorry about that, I guess I need some sleep that day, as I live in NH.

But yeah, VT is landlocked.

"All you have to do is fall in love, play the game.... play the game of love."

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Yeah, I see now. Sorry about my extreme overreaction. It must be because I'm from Virginia. Hope you didn't take it too seriously.

I haven't killed a man since 1984

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Good everyone is friends again.

The best revenge is living well.

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okokok! hahahahahahahahahahahaah. Yours is the BEST reply of this whole bunch.
I didn't get the name oldmotem for nothing. I can't even reply to all of this
thread without getting really furious for all the mis-info and non-mis-info and
opinions. And copies of stuff I also came up with (let almost all the people
there DIE and I could live FREE!).

I lived there and loved it. I hated it, too. But that's just humans that
get in the way of a good time...

Please don't kill me for replying to you message BrianZKing-1! Still
laughing at your message there.

oldmotem from somewhere else now but NH before.

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you can't be landlocked if you have a coast dude.

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Adam Sandler was born in New York. He graduated from high school in Manch (Central?)

Steve Tyler owns at least one house here (Sunapee) and spends a lot of time in Lebanon and Hanover He's a nice guy.

As far as rednecks go, there are rednecks in MA, VT, Upstate NY....

We also have our share of wealthy/famous people: the McDonald brothers are from Manch (they started a restaurant chain Ray Kroc bought)

Dean Kamen lives in Manch: Segway!

J.D Salinger

Ken Burns

Robert Frost

Bode Miller





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I think I have a correction, not that it really matters. I believe Dean Kamen lives in Bedford. I live like a mile away from this huge house that has a windmill and a baseball field; everyone says it's where Dean Kamen lives.

I lived in Nashua for 6 years during Jr. and Sr. high school. I lived in 4 other states afterwards including Fort Myers, Florida for 8 years (Red Sox spring training thank you). Actually I've lived in 10 states all together. I moved back NH because I like it best here. I think it really all depends on what you like though.

I believe that Sarah Silverman (I'm *beep* Matt Damon) and Seth Myers (SNL) are also from Bedford.

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I'm psyched to post in this NH pride discussion...born and bred in Dover, NH!

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Wow. I haven't posted since around June. I think I took a peek in late July and really didn't see much added. Now its late October. And this board is flooded. The Contoocook River I live next to is (once again) on the verge of flooding my cheap for nothing mill building of an apartment. However, it thrills me to see such an allotment of interesting folks giving their great and poor opinions of this state I reluctantly call home. Funny that no one really seems to reside in any area somewhat a little furth to the north of Concord (my belief is this is the region of the ancestors of those who inhabit the film "The Hills Have Eyes", but I tend to slightly exagerate), barring Rochester which might be slightly north, but I'm not pulling out the map to confirm or deny this fact (already a love-hate-redemption story in previous posting). Sorry, let me pronunciate correctly - CONC-AW-D (yes, us northern Yankees do tend to drop our 'r's, its not solely delegated to our Bostonian distant cousins to the south).

Let's see. By the time of this posting, our champion movie is in post-production. For all of us Hampshirites, do we really want to see this movie in the dreary, frigid month of January/February (I think the movie was shot sometime before spring)? I can't stand the idea of seeing Claremont on a crisp spring day when my testicles are about to be permanently preserved in a -50F wind chilled factor movie day going from dying-battery vehicle into one of the behemouth movie galleries in Concawd. Heck. Maybe I just take these small things to seriously...

By the way, I live in the town that the birthplace of the 14th President of the US of A and I'm pretty certain with my projection that if you were to ask any resident where they might find the actual house that Pierce's mother popped out said former president, they would scratch their heads and point you to the nearest Rite Aid as the cheapes place to buy beer in the immediate area (but I will confess that I haven't tried looking for his former residence [although I know where his law practice was located in Concord for some reason that escapes me], but I wouldn't tell you the location of the cheapest place to buy said beverage [that's my secret and I don't want to give that treasure trove of information away])...



There's nothing wrong with her a hundred dollars can't fix. - Tom Waits

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Rochester is in that grey area between the sea coast and the lakes region.

The best revenge is living well.

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Life-long resident of Deerfield here! You've heard about the one stoplight town, well we have none haha. Yeah except for the fair not much happens here, and I wouldn't have it any other way

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I had family livng in Chester at one point.Chester summarized:Volunteer Fire Dept,General Store/local greasy spoon,small liberal arts college,town hall and a baptist church.No stoplight to be seen but there is a local cop constantly catching less than knowing speeders at the route 102 junction and that is it.Fini,Avio.Chester does not change and hope to god it never does.There is no finer illustration of "small town New England" that i can think of.

Amishwiseguy

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Chester's got a stoplight now.

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Someday They may have internet access too :}

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I love it to my sister was born in portsmouth nh i was born in ct. but we move up when i was a baby so i live all my live pretty much in the seacoast (dover and gonic)


i was in dover intill fresmen year winter when i move to gonic and move back to nh.

I livce in Dover nh now i am local youth umpire here. for northside baseball and baberuth calripiken.

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