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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:31 AM Original message |
What is it about New England? |
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el_bryanto
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Is it more urbanized? |
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Vermont is one of the most liberal states, and it is very rural n/t |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. nope. lots of rural areas, lots of suburbs, moderate sized to small cities. |
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Donnachaidh
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
47. compared to other areas in the East, Vermont is RURAL |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #47 |
63. huh? I was talking about NE as a whole, not VT |
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Deep13
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. Two words: candlepin bowling. |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Does NE as a whole have a greater number of institutions of higher learning |
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Deep13
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I haven't looked at any surveys, but... |
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bdamomma
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. RI has great learning establishments |
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eShirl
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Maine has Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin colleges |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Vermont doesn't score as high on the higher ed scale as other states in NE |
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GreenPartyVoter
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Mon Dec-22-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
116. The university system isn't all that bad, either. I came through it. :^P |
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Jennicut
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
74. I grew up playing that! |
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XemaSab
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. Puritans. |
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nxylas
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Have you read Albion's Seed? |
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Thirtieschild
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Great book |
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XemaSab
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. It's a great book! |
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Sequoia
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Mon Dec-22-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
96. I just stared to read "The Wordy Shipmates" by Sarah Vowell |
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marauding liberal
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. Education and critical thinking skills. |
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BeFree
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yankees? |
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Jennicut
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
73. Yup. A lot of neighbors who were unhappy when I was a kid moved to CA |
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Sanity Claws
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. Don't forget the Pacific Northwest |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I don't think Washington or Oregon rank as high up |
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Sanity Claws
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. As a whole, perhaps |
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FraDon
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Hardiness to weather extremes • n/t |
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bdamomma
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. this is from wikipedia |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Great Wiki article, thanks. Lots of great facts |
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OneBlueSky
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. maybe it's that every town has a Congregationalist church in the town square? . . . |
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Mon Dec-22-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
94. Memories of Puritanism ...????? |
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babylonsister
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. Good question. Independent thinkers who take no guff? nt |
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connecticut yankee
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. We're just |
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Scackmgackm
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Not sure it's all of New England |
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Bill McBlueState
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Mon Dec-22-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
98. It's surprising to hear western MA described as conservative |
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bicentennial_baby
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Mon Dec-22-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. There are pockets of conservatism there, but mainly at the bottom |
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Bombero1956
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Mon Dec-22-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #98 |
109. exactly |
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KamaAina
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Mon Dec-22-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
105. RI is (or was last cycle) the Bluest state in the land |
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AllieB
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Mon Dec-22-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. MA has a completely Democratic congressional delegation |
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
17. Very expensive to live here, near NYC and Boston, so, you have to be paid well |
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patrice
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
18. Perhaps it is inhabited by the "ghosts" of some of the victims of intolerance . . . ? |
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
20. Better education K-Ph.D. nt |
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boomerbust
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. ? |
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Sanity Claws
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
25. Closeness to Canada? |
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ProfessorGAC
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Pithy Post |
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ozone_man
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
26. Probably a combination of factors. |
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eShirl
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
27. I wish I knew... something happened to us between "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and today. |
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lamp_shade
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
28. Could religion be a factor? I grew up there in a town of 10000 with 4 |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. definitely. New England is less religious than most parts of the country |
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Jennicut
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #29 |
75. We are just as religious but we don't feel the need to have to show up every Sunday |
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Bill McBlueState
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Mon Dec-22-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #75 |
99. "no one has to prove they are to anyone else" |
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connecticut yankee
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Mon Dec-22-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #75 |
102. It depends on the church |
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Odin2005
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
32. The reason goes all the way back to the English Civil War in the 1600s. |
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Armstead
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
33. Good Question -- Part of it I think is the nature of religioin here |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Are there any evangelical mega churches in New England at all? |
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Armstead
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Probably, but not anywhere around here (far western Mass) |
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pipi_k
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. How far Western Mass |
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Armstead
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #39 |
58. As far west as you can get without being in New York |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I love that area. |
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pipi_k
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. I suppose it's changed |
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Jennicut
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
82. no mega churches but plenty of born-again type churches |
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Bombero1956
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Mon Dec-22-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
111. the only one I know of is |
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pipi_k
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
37. As a life-long resident of Massachusetts... |
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jpgray
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
40. I think it comes down to a wonderful paradox: a tradition of intellectualism |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. interestsing observation. Maybe size also has something to do with it |
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Vickers
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
41. Warm weather makes people stupid. |
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Donnachaidh
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
44. oh puhleeze... |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Actually, by virtually every measurement, it is. |
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Donnachaidh
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. :ROFL: |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. not exactly a resounding refutation. |
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Jennicut
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #51 |
77. Snowe and Collins would be Democrats in any other part of the country |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. same with my horrible gov, Jim Douglas aka Captain Milquetoast |
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Jennicut
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Yup. Jodi Rell is okay. I want a more progressive governor |
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pipi_k
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. There are more out there |
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Mudoria
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Having been to this utopia |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. lol. |
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Nye Bevan
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #55 |
64. Also, New England should be proud of its powerful anti-slavery tradition |
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Jennicut
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Mon Dec-22-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
100. I love John Adams |
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pipi_k
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #55 |
69. Know what was interesting? |
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AllieB
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #50 |
68. That's why Massachusetts has one of the only African-American governors |
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CTyankee
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
48. Visit New Haven, Cali, and I will take you on my "liberal New Haven" tour! |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #48 |
57. I actually grew up in CT |
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CTyankee
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. There you go! So you know all about New Haven's culture. |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #61 |
67. yep. at Forestry and Environmental Studies |
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CTyankee
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #67 |
81. Was she one of the graduates who wore broccoli on her mortar board |
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slackmaster
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
52. It's the chowdah |
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CTyankee
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Don't forget the Cotuit oysters... |
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pipi_k
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #52 |
71. The great chowdah wars |
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Jennicut
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #71 |
79. And the pizza wars. Pepe's or Sally's in New Haven? |
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CTyankee
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #79 |
83. I like Modern Pizza myself. There's also Dayton St. Pizza here in Westville |
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Jennicut
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. I heard Modern was good as well. I am from Cheshire originally |
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CTyankee
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #84 |
90. Did you hear about Mory's financial problems? |
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Jennicut
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Mon Dec-22-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. I did hear that. I hope it does not stay closed forever |
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connecticut yankee
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Mon Dec-22-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #79 |
104. Pepe's definitely! |
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
53. Didn't used to be. Maine was a red state when I was growing up. I think a lot of |
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CTyankee
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Mon Dec-22-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
113. I can remember when there used to be such a thing as a Liberal Republican. |
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kstewart33
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
54. Maybe it's because their ascendants... |
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AllieB
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #54 |
70. This, and the general MYOB attitude about religion. |
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BlooInBloo
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
62. I'm sure someone has written a cultural version of The Nine Nations Of North America... |
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AllieB
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
66. I don't think it's a super progressive region as much as it's a private region. |
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pipi_k
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #66 |
76. I would agree except |
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Jennicut
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. I love Sturbridge...we had a.school field trip there when I was a kid |
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AllieB
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Mon Dec-22-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #76 |
101. i'm from and live in MA |
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mainer
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #66 |
87. best answer I"ve seen yet! |
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Jennicut
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
72. We have been around forever, our states are small, and we have an independent spirit |
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CTyankee
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #72 |
88. Yale-Harvard games at the Yale Bowl are lots of fun. |
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
86. I'm thinking it may have something to do with early town design... |
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CTyankee
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Mon Dec-22-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. Funny little story: Steven Spielberg filmed part of his last Indiana Jones movie |
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
89. How quickly times change. It was the center of GOP support for a long time |
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TayTay
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Mon Dec-22-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
92. Reverence for education, knowledge of our own imperfections |
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Alexander
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Mon Dec-22-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
93. Town hall meetings. |
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TayTay
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Mon Dec-22-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. It also fosters pettiness and grudges |
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Mon Dec-22-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
107. Its relationship to American Transcendentalism? |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. interesting idea, and one that I think has a degree of accuracy to it. |
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Mon Dec-22-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
108. Lots of colleges? |
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Mon Dec-22-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
112. Immigration maybe |
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cali
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Mon Dec-22-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. Vermont actually has a long history of being progressive despite it being |
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Mon Dec-22-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
115. 'LESS RELIGIOUS'? |
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