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Old 01-31-2020, 12:14 PM
 
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This reinforces my somewhat negative opinion of NH. Yes, that state is capable of producing people like that, although overall it's about a 50/50 state, in terms of voting. I'd rather be in Vermont or Maine, if my choices were limited to northern New England..
If the MA house worked liked NH, it would likely have the same types of loons. MA house has 160; NH has 400.
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Old 01-31-2020, 12:22 PM
 
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I guess you haven't been to Claremont. It's worse than any of those "Towns in Massachusetts you wouldn't want to live in" towns. The big opiate addiction & poverty problem but without the Massachusetts safety net.
Take a ride through Fitzwilliam, NH on Rt. 12. It looks pretty downtrodden IMHO.
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Old 02-02-2020, 07:17 AM
 
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According to a Denver Post article;Mass.Maine, VT, and NEW HAMPSHIRE are states where residents have the highest per capita rates of drug use,POT, and alcohol.
The article was written 4 years ago Before POT was legalized.
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Old 02-02-2020, 07:27 AM
 
Location: Westwood, MA
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According to a Denver Post article;Mass.Maine, VT, and NEW HAMPSHIRE are states where residents have the highest per capita rates of drug use,POT, and alcohol.
The article was written 4 years ago Before POT was legalized.
Wouldn't that make Mass. vs NH a wash?
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Old 02-02-2020, 12:36 PM
 
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Wouldn't that make Mass. vs NH a wash?
Drug use, per resident, Mass vs NH, New Hampshire seems to becoming worse then Mass.
Now toss in the factor, POT is not even legal in NH yet. New Hampshire residents have become all messed up in drug use.

By the way, 2 summers ago, I was stopped in a Portsmouth New Hampshire Police sobriety check point,passed of course. But a shout out to police officers of the Portsmouth NH police department: Thank you for keeping the roads safe with these checkpoints! Very proud of your outstanding efforts. Add that as a PRO for NH
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Old 02-02-2020, 01:32 PM
 
Location: Bergen County, New Jersey
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Drugs like Opiods? Yikes.

Drugs like weed? Cool. Progressive hipsters.

Marijuana is a positive, but more attributed to MA over NH
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Old 02-02-2020, 02:40 PM
 
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If the MA house worked liked NH, it would likely have the same types of loons. MA house has 160; NH has 400.
But we don't pay for incompetency , ours is free .Ma pays quite a bit.
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Old 02-03-2020, 07:20 AM
 
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But we don't pay for incompetency , ours is free .Ma pays quite a bit.
Pay peanuts; get monkeys.

For a ~62K annually, my district gets representation from moderate lawyer (helpful when drafting bills) who concerns himself with little more than the local economy and schools - pretty good deal, I'd say. There's a difference between incompetency-by-design and whatever incompetency you perceive in MA's state representation.
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Old 02-03-2020, 07:36 AM
 
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If the MA house worked liked NH, it would likely have the same types of loons. MA house has 160; NH has 400.
UH, which state had its last 4 Speakers of the House indicted? Enough said...
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Old 02-03-2020, 07:43 AM
 
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Sure lawyers and insurance agents double dipping at the public trough.Pull away that stypen and see how long your good reps. run for office.
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