Now, in fairness, there is no crime or riots where I live. In fact, I think that if I had not been going to NH for every one of my 47 years (
), I would be perfectly content to stay in my little corner of Bergen County pretty much forever. My town is pretty much like Mayberry or Mitford. There is a Halloween parade with all the little ones who trick or treat at the stores in town. The football team and cheerleaders go through town every Saturday morning, tooting horns to get the team all riled up for the game. The baseball kids have a parade on opening day. We have the best Fourth of July parade in the area and it all made up of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, baseball players, and antique cars.
The town council fights with the Bd of Ed on a regular basis and then they all go out for beer. Our kids go to top colleges and universities. Our newspaper features kids on the front page every week with the occasional shot of ladies playing Mah Jong at the library or the superintendant reading to the kids for Dr. Suess' birthday. The library has two pages in the paper with all its goings on from week to week. The PTA sponsors a walk-to-school day (no buses here) and awards prizes to every kid who participated.
Taxes, well, yes. We got those in abundance. But, overall, my town is a pretty darn nice place to live.
Would I prefer Alton Bay? You betcha! Which is why by screen name is . . .
nj2nh