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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Planesdragon" data-source="post: 2343033" data-attributes="member: 11133">In defense of New England/Upstate NY:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Harvard and Yale, the two most prestiguous colleges in the United States, are both in New England--CT, if I recall correctly.  To say nothing of the plethora of excellent colleges scattered throught the rest of the area.   </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Upstate NY is not only the home of Uncle Sam, birthplace of GM, and home to the most haunted cemetry in the country AND the Five Tribes of the Oneidas (sic - may have name wrong), but it's also the place where the Mormon religion was founed.   </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Massachusests, in addition to being home of MIT and Boston, is also the only state in the Union to allow homosexual marriage.   </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Vermont, just north of MA and one of the few NE states not to be one of the original 13 colonies, is an "exceptionally blue blue-state" noteworthy for not only being the home of the (in)famous Howard Dean, but also the VERY first state in the union to allow the marriage-equivalent Civil Unions for homosexuals.   </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Maine, in addition to being the northernmost of the lower 48, is also the eastern-most.  As such, it's where transatlantic flights that must be diverted from the DC area are sent.  Most likely because their mazelike highway system keeps anyone from getting out of Maine.   </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">More about NY: It's also the home of the first canal that allowed water travel between the east coast and the plains, the Eire Canal.  There's a LOT of history up here--oh, and let's not forget Niagara Falls, which sit right in Niagara Falls, NY.  (Although the best view is from across the river in Canada.)   </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(And on a more interesting note, Eden Studios has its headquarters and comapny-owned game store, Zombie Planet, right here in Albany NY.  Where they have a soft competition with the more general used book-and-game store Flights of Fantasy.) </li> </ul></blockquote>

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