2) Classic Old Downtown Portsmouth. It's old and you can tell. LotsO nice Brick Buildings, curvy streets chucked full of Shops, Restaurants, Bars, Businesses.
3) On the New Hampshire/Maine Stateline. Although quite Socialist, it's still a spectacular backyard that includes 3,000+ miles of coastline to explore.
4) Seacoast Liberty Socials held every Wednesday in Dover.
5) Legends Billiards and Tavern, downtown Portsmouth, located at 80 Hanover. Nice clean reasonably priced place to shoot pool and enjoy an adult beverage.
Although the city leans left, it is one of the most libertarian-leaning left cities anywhere. While there are a lot of Obama stickers, they are accompanied by bumper stickers promoting peace and tolerance. You rarely see the ones demanding free everything for everyone, or
I also say a statistic somewhere that there were slightly more registered Repubs than Dems in the town. That figure must be pretty old, but the city is not solidly Dem, and the taxes are not THAT bad.
10) Portsmouth has an absolutely beautiful waterfront with a great nightlife. One thing is has over Seabrook is that, if you are drunk, but don't like the band playing, you can always walk to the next bar with a live band. From the street, you can sometimes faintly hear two or three playing.
11) Portsmouth has lots of cafes, and almost always has a places to sit down.
12) Beautiful and interesting public art and sculptures. This is something one tends to take for granted until you have been without for a while. This was one thing that I missed from Seattle.
13) Those who live there rarely leave! That issue should be on the forefront of anyone's mind. All of the other towns with porc migrations (Manchester, Keene, Seabrook, Grafton, Deerfield) have seen as many porcs move out as in. Many Porcsmouth folk have stated their intention to "die here." This morbid description should not deter anyone from moving in.
14) As far away from Mass while still being next to the ocean. Never fear for your gun rights, with Mass cops a distant memory.
15) Important swing voting district for State House and Senate races. With lots of other liberty folk there, it's easier to get involved in primaries and general elections. Having so many homes together in walking distance makes it easier to do issue oriented lit drops.
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