re: Anyone here ever lived in New England area?

Been in Vermont middle of nowhere for more than 5 years now, originally from old metry and absolutely love this place, the people and the culture. But New England in general can be 100 different things depending on location. So can't speak to everywhere, but rural Vermont is hunting, hiking, guns and ganja country. My cup of tea!

Louisiana to Maine is interesting; you still hear French in certain areas, especially the northern counties.

I lived in Orono, just north of Bangor. Despite the weather, I’m not sure how life would be any better, especially if you have family there.

The seafood culture would be familiar; I only went on a couple of lobster bakes, but it’s good.

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Been in Vermont middle of nowhere for more than 5 years now, originally from old metry and absolutely love this place, the people and the culture. But New England in general can be 100 different things depending on location. So can't speak to everywhere, but rural Vermont is hunting, hiking, guns and ganja country. My cup of tea!

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are there a lot of public land, rivers, and lakes, at least compared to LA/TX?

is it pretty easy to find a lake or river access point that isn't loaded up every weekend?

I'm an aspiring SLA->New England person.

Grew up in a quaint Connecticut town

Now keep in mind I was a kid

It's fricking beautiful

If you think the South has history New England has like Revolutionary War history

All four seasons

Autumn and Winter in a small New England town is really breath taking

Mild summers

People aren't so much "Hey how are ya?" when you pass but still friendly

The only issue is unless you are in the city nothing is walkable... it's all spread out "suburbia" I suppose. Where I lived most people had decent land and when you get out of the "suburbs" it's pretty country with vast farm land and what not.

I mean I guess the land organization is pretty similar to the south in that regard.

The cities are huge and jam packed and stressful

It all depends on where you live

Like... Philadelphia is way different from Burlington

The countryside in Connecticut is way different than the suburbs of New Jersey

People generally are way louder and more blunt. But it's nothing personal. Loud and blunt is what they respond to, however, and if you're loud and blunt back, they don't have a problem with it.

Reminds me of southern black women.


...The other thing is that dude's who drive F-250s and would definitely be Republicans in the south are more likely to be Democrats up there. It's sort of a classism thing. Republicans in New England are viewed as low-rent and uneducated.

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Grew up in a quaint Connecticut town

Now keep in mind I was a kid

It's fricking beautiful

If you think the South has history New England has like Revolutionary War history

All four seasons

Autumn and Winter in a small New England town is really breath taking

Mild summers

People aren't so much "Hey how are ya?" when you pass but still friendly

The only issue is unless you are in the city nothing is walkable... it's all spread out "suburbia" I suppose. Where I lived most people had decent land and when you get out of the "suburbs" it's pretty country with vast farm land and what not.

I mean I guess the land organization is pretty similar to the south in that regard.

The cities are huge and jam packed and stressful

It all depends on where you live

Like... Philadelphia is way different from Burlington

The countryside in Connecticut is way different than the suburbs of New Jerse

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You left out the part about how the winters are really cold and gray and shitty and it gets dark at 4 o'clock in the afternoon

Why? Saying New England is good doesn’t automatically mean Louisiana is bad.