Yep. New Hampshire is like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown, then pulling it away at the last minute when he kicks. We always have high hopes for NH, but in the end, it's really North Massachusetts - or (soviet) Red Hampshire, as you called it, who knows what evil?.
New England and the northeast is hopeless and gone forever. It's gonna be in my rear-view mirror in a few months.
Weren’t you headed south in the near future? I hope so.