Wow. And yet I saw this from Joe Bastardi @BigJoeBastardi · May 1 ...there goes my global warming plan ( sarc) to start growing citrus in central Pa. Md 20s in mid-May? Come to think of it, may be actual real vegetation native to this area that may be in trouble
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I also lived in New Hampshire for 14 years. My daughter was born in Lawrence, MA and I worked in North Andover. NH is where I actually got started growing hot peppers just for the challenge if it.
I know the area since I grew up not far from there and used to deliver ice cream in area.
I really enjoyed it up there but I also moved away before NH turned from one of the most Conservative states in the country into the mess it is now.
Sad indeed. But is Spain any better? There are still many evangelical churches in NH, thank God, more so than MA.
The USA could learn a lot from the Spanish. Spain doesn’t have a welfare system. It’s so stingy that African refugees who land on the beaches here head straight to the French border. If you get sick and go to a clinic you either have to be a member, have insurance or have money to pay right away. If you don’t they turn you away. If you don’t work you either have to depend on charities or relatives.
If you go back and look at the picture taken from my terrace you will see three rocks jutting out into the sea. On top of the rock closest to land is a huge cross that is lit up at night so you can see it if you are miles away out at sea. It also looks nice from our house. That cross was raised on town land to commemorate the expulsion of the Moors from Spain in 1489. Try putting a cross on public land in America. We also just had a competition called “The Crosses of May” where different local religious clubs decorate crosses and get judged for the presentation (this year it was done virtually) and prizes are awarded by the town. All in all there is much more religious freedom here. Do a YouTube search for Semana Santa Almunecar and you will see the amazing displays they put on for Easter week.
Politically I stay out of the way. They don’t bother us and we don’t bother them. One of the advantages of being an expat is that if everything falls apart you can just leave. Unless this pandemic destroys everything I don’t see us leaving for the rest of our lives.