Most of the time, I say I live in Vermont.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the days I actually go anywhere outside of work, it\u2019s to the state of Vermont. Most of my friends are in VT, the beer I buy and drink is in VT and the scenic drives, photography and outdoor activities all take place in VT. If I go out for dinner, it\u2019s to drive north to Montpelier or hit Worthy Burger in South Royalton and sometimes, to Essex Junction Vermont to watch a movie which is only IMAX movie theatre near me without driving to the most southern part of NH. Burlington VT is a lot more fun than Manchester \/ Concord NH and the distance driven is identical. I live exactly 6.5 miles from the Vermont border but my mailing address is New Hampshire.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A lot of people don\u2019t really understand the divide between southern and northern New Hampshire. The majority of the state\u2019s population is concentrated on the border of Massachusetts. Here are a list of NH counties w\/ populations based no most recent Census data<\/p>\n
I live in Grafton county and it\u2019s the 2nd largest county right after Coos by 85 square miles. It\u2019s a huge county at 1,714 square miles. When you look at the counties south of Grafton, the total population is\u00a01,146,479. The total population of Grafton, Coos and Carroll equals\u00a0169,991. Only 14% of NH\u2019s population live in the northern part of the state. If I were to move 60 miles north, I\u2019d be living in a population that takes up only 2.8% of the state\u2019s population.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My point is, the state of NH\u2019s population is heavily skewed toward the south as realy an extension of Boston\/Mass. A large number of southern residents commute to Mass for work and the towns resemble Mass townships. Vermont\u2019s population skews north so when I leave the house, I\u2019m driven to head north where there\u2019s less traffic, better food and a different mentality than head south into a density that resembles Boston.<\/p>\n
My county is heavily populated but skewed by a Ivy League school (Dartmouth) and their ballooning DHMC Hospital. Both of these groups employ the majority of the county with some people commuting 120 minutes a day to work at a Dartmouth funded job. If Dartmouth wasn\u2019t here, there would be very little economy or population in this area.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t feel like a resident of NH. My proximity to the border, social situation & the merchants I frequent are all contributing factors to this feeling. Vermont is a beautiful state, very positive and green. I always look at Vermont rentals when it\u2019s time to move to a new house. I end up finding NH places to be cheaper remain vigilant that one day, I\u2019ll make the move to VT.<\/p>\n
Friends say I can\u2019t call myself a Vermonter and I get it but I live in a pretty remote area with the only ties to this state being a mailing address. guess I\u2019ll just keep faking it until I get that pine green license plate on my car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most of the time, I say I live in Vermont.\u00a0 On the days I actually go anywhere outside…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-my-thoughts","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-14r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1705,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/02\/13\/photos-life-in-new-englan\/","url_meta":{"origin":4119,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Photo Post – Life in New England","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Growth in life is a wonderful thing. 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