I'm glad that it rains when the tourist come to Alaska,(Just kidding) otherwise we would be the size of LA or NY....then I would have to deal with all the big city problems like was game six of the LA/SAC series a conspiracy!

AK ref SE

That's how I felt when I lived in New Hampshire. It's so pretty, you hope that people don't discover it. One of my favorite bumper stickers says "Welcome to New Hampshire. Now go home!!"

Chuck

Just have them take the tunnel to Martha's Vineyard. :D

Not as good as the one we have here - "Don't Californicate Oregon."

It's too bad there's also one that says, "Don't Oregonize Idaho!"

It's probably just a matter of taste, but I disagree. Maybe just b/c I lived in NH. "Californicate" is kind of funny, in a "Red Hot Chili Peppers"-derivative kind of way. But the NH bumper sticker is a genuine, deeply felt, shared sentiment. Almost everybody in NH actually feels that way. They don't mind people coming to look; see the lakes, climb Mt. Washington, see the Man in the Mountain. But once you've looked, get the bleep out, b/c you'll only bleep it up. (The bleep starts with f, ends with k, and isn't "firetruck" :) )

Especially if you're from Massachusetts. If you're from Maine or Vermont, you're viewed with slightly less suspicion. My best friend still lives in NH. When I mention that we're kind of far apart now and maybe we could see each other more if he moved closer, like into Massachusetts, he almost gets angry at the suggestion. People in NH hate Massachusetts.

The bumper sticker isn't a cute little motto like "You've got a friend in Pennsylvania". It's a real philosophy. They should probably put it on a flag, like "Don't Tread on Me!" That's what I love about it so much.

Chuck

Yes - what's the term?

M***holes, I believe.

We have the same bumper sticker in WA - the "Don't Californicate Washington" one, and believe me - it is a deeply held belief - just as deep as the NH one...possibly even more so!!

Maybe they believe it, but not more deeply than in NH. Not possible. You have to remember, in NH they've been telling people to go away for almost 400 years now. It's ingrained pretty deeply. :)

Chuck

And they say NY is rude & unfriendly!
Please come here, spend lots of money, stay as
long as you like!

Well, I will give you the 400 years - and I have a sister who spent 16 years in Maine, and she said it was 10 years before he neighbors quit referring to her family as the "new people", so I guess you win...I've always heard the New England area is very beautiful, but the people are very unfriendly...

Only if you don't belong here. Not belonging here includes (but is not limited to) anyone who:

1) has lived at his current address for less than 5 years or so. (The years of residency increases as you travel north through NH, VT and ME);

2) has any sort of foreign accent (foreign to New England, that is :) );

3) spends money gregariously; or

4) roots for the FRICKIN' Yankees.

Of course, all of the above are ignored if you can prove that your ancestors arrived on the Mayflower.

Chuck

Chuck's right on - of course, I'm in CT, so it's not as bad.

The worst is when I'm in college in D.C. President Kennedy's description is best - it's a city of Northern hospitality and Southern efficiency. :D

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4) roots for the FRICKIN' Yankees. Chuck

Sigh. Jealousy is perhaps the ugliest of our human flaws,
wouldn't we all agree? ;)

Here in Oregon, land of clean air, clean water and Tonya Harding, we had a beloved Governor named Tom McCall. His attitude was: Please come visit Oregon - for about two weeks, then leave. This philosophy is referred to here as "Tom McCallism" and is very popular. In fact, we had a local brewing company run commercials featuring the "Oregon Border Beer Patrol." It showed troopers stopping out-of-state beer trucks at the state line and asking them why they were bringing their beer here. They would then make the trucks turn around. The commercials ran about 10 years ago and were extremely popular.

BTW - the "out-of-state" beer was named "Shludwiller" - kind of a mix of Schlitz, Budweiser and Miller.