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Contents 1 Why New Hampshire? 2 Proposed additions 3 Plural? 4 Initial Article Rationale 5 What does 'rpr' mean?

[edit] Why New Hampshire?

Because we've been affected by Massachusetts more than anybody other than maybe Rhode Island, and much more so in terms of Massholery. karmafist 15:08, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

• I would say that it is more jealousy than anything - Does anyone know the percentage of New Hampshire residents that work in Massachusetts? It is interesting that a mojority of the residents of NH live along the Massachusetts border. If they hate Mass so much why not move towards Vermont or even better Maine. Markco1 00:33, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

• They hate Mass because many of them are from there and left because of how expensive and restrictive it is. I believe if you work in Mass you pay Mass income tax no matter what state you live in. They aren't jealous - half of them associate themselves with Metro Boston anyhow - without dealing with the overhead (for a lack of a better word) of living in Massachusetts proper. New Hampshire views the government of Massachusetts as a bloated nanny state, and Massachusetts views New Hampshire as a state that only exists as the wealthy, suburban, libertarian state it is because of Massachusetts. Both claims are at least partially valid. CSZero 14:53, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

• The article doesn't assert why or how "Massholes" affect New Hampshire more than any other state in New England. --EvaGears 15:37, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

The above comments are in response to a 2005 comment - the article has changed a ton since then. - DavidWBrooks 17:45, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed additions

Should this article mention that the border between Massachusetts and New Hampshire is very heavily populated, much like New York City and New Jersey? Our relationship is about the same. Californication is mentioned in the article, but my understanding is that commuting from Oregon to California is not really useful.

I think the reason the term is so popular is that we have to deal with each other in large numbers daily, much more than any real cultural difference - probably because the Masshole influx into Southern New Hampshire is so pervacive, it's hard to find someone in say, Nashua, who can trace themselves back three generations in New Hampshire.

The number of malls due to tax differentials in Southern Rockingham and Hillsborough counties versus the number of jobs due to being closer to Boston in northern Essex and Middlesex counties causes a lot of border crossing, a lot of traffic, and a lot of changes to towns and businesses, leading to resentment on both sides. CSZero 20:36, December 24 (UTC)

This article was nominated for deletion on December 6. The result of the discussion was Keep.

[edit] Plural?

For both wiki-style reasons and the fact that I usually here the term used singularly (as an epithet yelled in traffic, for example), shouldn't the article title be singular? -- Kaszeta 21:16, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Well, there's already a redirect... I suppose we could switch it around so that the plural term redirects to the singular... --UNHchabo 20:47, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Done. --Delirium 05:24, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Initial Article Rationale

Based on conversations with friends and coworkers from New England, I wrote the initial article from the POV of someone set back from the immediate MA/NH border. I recognize that the situation near the border is very fluid, having worked with a firm in Lowell. If someone thinks further editing would be of benefit for a New Hampshire-specific article, they can be my guest, naturally. Regarding plural vs. singular usage, I don't have a preference.

[edit] What does 'rpr' mean?

Gentrification was replaced with Ted Kennedy by user:24.0.91.81 with the explanation rpr. Could you please explain this edit, 24.0.91.81?

Whatever rpr is meant to mean ("repair"?), the repeated introduction of Kennedy is a feeble joke - typical low-level wiki-vandalism. Worthy of removal, but otherwise should be ignored. - DavidWBrooks