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GeoffB's avatar

I’m a free-stater who moved to Manchester last year. Having lived in a couple big cities in the last decade I can say southern New Hampshire is not super liberal, however, the sea coast region is. A typical bar in Manchester is full of pool-shooting sluts, guys with ‘Fuck Joe Biden’ shirts spelled in a gun font, and normal gay couples who don’t follow the news at all. The music is from the 90s and so is the fashion. Trump nearly won here (within city limits) in 2020. It certainly has its charms.

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Carts Fixed 18 Bucks's avatar

“A typical bar in Manchester is full of pool-shooting sluts, guys with ‘Fuck Joe Biden’ shirts spelled in a gun font, and normal gay couples who don’t follow the news at all. The music is from the 90s and so is the fashion.”

Don’t threaten me with a good time!

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Zone4Gardener's avatar

I live in nh

Shocking number of progressives up north. A lot of Bernie bros.

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GeoffB's avatar

Sounds like a lot of Vermont osmosis going on up there. In the ski towns you also do get a lot of progressive signaling. Whether it’s genuine or meant to flatter the Boston-clientele sensibilities, I can’t say.

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Zone4Gardener's avatar

Yeah, I think you're right. More to do with it's proximity to Vermont than anything.

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Maureen O'Shillelagh's avatar

I believe Jeremy Kauffman lives in Manch. That’s where all the crypto-bro $$$ is.

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GeoffB's avatar

Yes LBRY and Odysee are headquartered in Manchester and you can find Jeremy at the local free-state club house on any given week. Very funny guy. I’m surprised his campaign videos haven’t gotten more traction in the twittersphere: https://youtu.be/kdfym6LKpQ0

The crypto-wealth is pretty well dispersed too. A lot seems to be on the (fancier) seacoast. For instance Bruce Fenton, who is our free-state candidate for US senate, has quite the waterfront farm/estate.

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Norm's avatar

Holy shit I used to play frisbee with this guy before he lived in NH. I'm FLOORED right now

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GeoffB's avatar

Wow, yeah lol that’s how his wife said she met him (ultimate frisbee) during her speech at the campaign launch, as their little kids just wandered around the stage the whole time. Free spirits the lot of them.

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