Amara Cunningham
Give us a break
New Hampshire’s often ignorant and weird politics are front and center in the national media. But please don’t paint us all with the same brush.
I used to feel at odds with my home state of New Hampshire, especially after having relocated to Vermont. The politics in the Green Mountain State are more in line with my own, for the most part, and I have a deeper sense of belonging somewhere for the first time in a long time.
I joined in with the fairly good-natured ribbing that people give New Hampshire. I'd grouse about the “Live Free or Die” state motto with the best of them, but it was because I felt geographically entitled to do so. I came from New Hampshire, so why wouldn't I join in the lighthearted heckling?...