What about New England can you not get enough of? (Manchester: live in, legal)

[Katlakat]

I left NH at the age of 18. Thinking "I can go to college anywhere and see the rest of America" I treaded of to north Texas where I had brothers and sisters living. Hot, dead grass, Hotter months, water conservation, busy busy in a hurry, drive by shootings...all I wanted was a cowboy hat and to boot scoot! I lived my 20's in the burbs of Dallas, rat packed side by side million dollar homes two blocks from run down neighborhoods. Interesting and full of culture, I saw the Patriot movie and just got so homesick.

I remember learning about the Boston Tea Party. Taking the Paul Revere tour and a little lady coming out of her house on the tour with lemonade in the spring talking about the bullet holes still in her porch from Muskets and the "red coats". She showed us the holes still in her porch and smiled with pride. I can say "one if by land, two if by sea" and people don't look at me funny up in NE.

The colonial houses and towns.

Sturbridge village tours in the summer.

The Boston Pops and great fireworks.

Trips to Boston with my high school friends and old north church.

Autumn drives in the white mountains and seeing waterfalls that I never knew I'd never see again after I left.

Antiques and covered bridges....

The list goes on and on for me. I miss home. I hope I can return soon. I was grateful to be born in such a wonderful place, and to know of true beauty in America.

[bryfry]

For me it's the Pats playing in the Fall, the smell of a woodstove cooked breakfast and playing with my kids in a new fallen snow. You cannot get any better than that!

[2KidsforMe]

Apple picking in the Fall
Hiking Franconia Notch in July
Peacefull, meandering country roads
White clappboard houses with black shutters
The first frost
The first snowfall of the season
Pumpkins on the Porch
White puffy clouds with blue blue sky
Storyland for my little ones
Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee
Rockport, MA any time of the year
trees, trees, & trees
A real sense of history and stability that seem ageless
and room [i]to just breathe....

So different than wherre I grew up in Southern CA, but I'd never go back now.

[GregW]

Thank all of you for reminding me why I love New England. I think we will find a small house somewhere in central New Mexico and snowbird the winters. The rest of the year (May to November) we will live in NH.

[Ken E]

Originally Posted by 399083453

Flo's Hot Dogs in York, ME

I love Flo's hot dogs.Is that place still there? I used to travel that road daily. It's been at least 8or9 years since i've been up there. Thanks for the memories.

[nicolem]

Originally Posted by Ken E

I love Flo's hot dogs.Is that place still there? I used to travel that road daily. It's been at least 8or9 years since i've been up there. Thanks for the memories.

Yes Flo's is still there and as good as ever. Wild Willy's Burgers is still there too-yummy!

[wealthtrader]

Culture
Values
Charm
Education
Government (common sense politics)
LACK of illegals
It's NOT shallow or pretentious
Leaves and elements
Real people and living
Frugal living
Relatively strong economy
EMPHASIS in the things that matter
Very few gangs, or violence
High quality of life

[sambo42xa]

....hmmm....I love everything about New England. All the seasons especially. I enjoy seeing how everything changes around you instead of the same thing everyday(season). All the different tree's, winding road, hill's, and those stone wall's everywhere. Everytime I'm driving somewhere and I see a stone wall I always wonder about the people that built it during that period in time. That's a lot of rocks!
I think mostly the changing of the seasons is what does it, because everything else that goes with it makes the entire picture......New England.
Good topic!

[flu189]

Originally Posted by wealthtrader

Culture
Values
Charm
Education
Government (common sense politics)
LACK of illegals
It's NOT shallow or pretentious
Leaves and elements
Real people and living
Frugal living
Relatively strong economy
EMPHASIS in the things that matter
Very few gangs, or violence
High quality of life

For a second I thought I was reading the script for the Jimmy Stewart movie "It's a Wonderful Life." Many of the listed attributes are very symbolic of New England, but when you really sit down and honestly evaluate each based over time it's pretty evident that many have been eroded and some actually are endangered. It's nice to dream though.

[bryfry]

Originally Posted by flu189

For a second I thought I was reading the script for the Jimmy Stewart movie "It's a Wonderful Life."

"Ha, ha, ha, ha! My mouth's bleeding, Bert! My mouth's bleeding! Zuzu's petals... Zuzu...
[checking his pocket] There they are! Bert, what do you know about that! Merry Christmas!"

"Merry Christmas Bedford Falls!! Merry Christmas you old Building and Loan!!"

I love that movie!! I watch it every year (at least three times)!!

Sorry............I'm digressing..............