Best State in New England

[JohnLocke]

I vote for Rhode Island, followed by Maine.

[SiobhanClancy]

1. I love Mass,but...

I have to vote for my home state of Maine:)

[mdmc]

8. hey, that white cat's feet ain't movin!

what gives?
on edit opps, now they are. carry on

[NorthernSpy]

12. Maine Maine Maine! :)

The biggest and the best!


But I'm totally biased. :)


Mary

[camero]

14. Another Maine vote

I have relatives up there and thier UHC experiment is interesting to say the least. I wonder how it's going?

[jenk]

2. Maine

[Jackhammer Jesus]

3. Vote for Rhode Island or SUFFER!!!

We rock. Trust me.

[JohnLocke]

4. Rhode Island is neither a road nor an island.

Explain.

[mdmc]

5. Not Connecticut, LOL!

:kick:

[JohnLocke]

Why not?

I have cousins who live in Connecticut.

[JohnLocke]

6. Whoops. Dupe post. Sorry.

[joeybee12]

7. The Nutmeg State now has ONE Vote!

So there!

[JohnLocke]

9. Mmm...nutmeg.

[mdmc]

10. I like CT myself, actually

no one had picked it at the time that I posted, is all.

[woofless]

11. I was born in MA

but always had more fun in NH. Great places to grow up in the 50's and 60's.

[SiobhanClancy]

13. Vote for Maine,or...

Cassie the Casco Bay Sea Serpent will get ya!

[populistmom]

15. I could say Connecticut because I live there

:7
However, we frequently vacation in New Hampshire and I think it's simply beautiful there. I have a love and hate relationship with my home state (well, my home state for the past 17 years anyway).

[Tiberius]

16. 2004 is the year of Mass Hysteria

Massachusetts is a gay marriage battleground.

The convention is here this summer, bars in Boston will be open until 4am, Kerry will be nominated for the presidency within walking distance of his home...

Then the Sox will beat the Yanks in the ALCS.

Then Kerry will win in November, rounding out a year in which Massachusetts becomes not only the best state in New England, but the best in the whole U.S. of A.

[arwalden]

17. Best How? Nature? B&B's? Jobs? Houses? Transportation?

And why do they call it "Rhode Island" if it isn't really an island?

-- Allen

[Jackhammer Jesus]

18. There are a few different explanations.

"Some claim the name was first used by the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524, when he compared Block Island (in the southern part of the state) to the island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean.

Other historians maintain the name is a corruption of Roodt Eylandt (Red Island), the title applied to Aquidneck Island (the Native American name for the land) because of the red clay on its shore."

http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20000802.html

I'd never heard either of those explanations, and I've lived here my whole life. I was always told that the area used to be called "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations," and I guess that was a little too lengthy for our taste when we became a state. :shrug:

[arwalden]

20. Interesting Stuff... Thanks For The Link.

-- Allen

[JohnLocke]

19. See post #4.

Also works with Underground Railroad.

[DancingBear]

21. That would be New Hampshire

Right in the middle of everything - just a short jaunt to Boston from southern NH, and little farther to L.L. Bean. Not much traffic, fairly low cost of living, gainful employment available - and great golf courses!

Can't wait till we can move back there...

[Old and In the Way]

22. Maine - "The way life should be"

Perhaps I'm a little biased, though.