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To: RJCogburn
Why didn't the Free Staters pick one particular county in NH? Why diffuse the effort across the whole state?



23 posted on 10/27/2003 12:04:58 PM PST by Hemingway's Ghost
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Why didn't the Free Staters pick one particular county in NH? Why diffuse the effort across the whole state?

Because in any group of 5000, hopefully followed by 15,000 more in the years to come, there'll be a wide range of personal circumstances, trades, family groupings and individual tastes. Some are hoping for a few acres in a rural locale, others have positions or trades that require location in a county seat or the state capital city.

Railroaders need to be at least fairly near the lines that serve their hometown, truckers need to be near their terminals, aircraft pilots and mechanics near an airport.

With thousands on the way, it's most unlikely that they'll cluster too much in any one or two counties, though surprise, surprise: Those counties in which NH Porcupines or libertarian cousins are already located have been described and offered as interesting choices to those so inclined, and particular offers of hospitality and initial relocation assistance will surely get at least some takers. That may even offer enough of an impetus to result in some FSP results as soon as the election a year and a month from now- no certainty on that, of course, but it's possible, and would make a nice touch.

And who knows: maybe as the Democrats find them relegated to the fourth-largest political party, some will return to the pismire socialist/liberal havens from whence they fled, offering vacated spaces for even more Porcupines jumping on the Granite State bandwagon. We shall see. But the next few months will be an intense time for some, followed by the next 24 months and the remainder of this first decade of this new century.

-archy-/-

34 posted on 10/30/2003 4:13:15 AM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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