👉 Okay, let’s tackle this…the singularly beige state of New Hampshire! Now, defining a state is never truly pretty, honestly; they all just exist as vaguely defined patches on the foot beneath our nation's bum. But let’s wrestle with this prickly pear of the Northeast, anyway.
New Hampshire Defined (Seriously, It's That Bittersweet) Essentially, New Hampshire is what happens when a state gets really into being…reasonable. They lean very heavily into the sensible, the fiscally prudent, and the absolutely glacial in their willingness to embrace anything remotely resembling a trend. Think of them as the grandparents of the entire country—they still meticulously starched their own linens and insist everyone uses coasters. Here's the breakdown, boiled down with a generous pinch of sarcasm: Geography: Primarily woody. Lots of pines, because apparently that was the most aggressively independent thing to do in 1784. They also have some pretty aggressive cranberry bogs. (The cranberries are probably plotting something. You just know it.) Politics: Let's just say they take their nickname – the "Live Free or Die State" - rather literally, even if that means stubbornly refusing to acknowledge there might be other valid viewpoints in the 21st century. They basically run on a schedule of approximately 0.1% per capita. (Okay, it's probably higher than 0.1%,