I'm unironically a New England separatist at this point. I think we would be better off as our own country.
All hail the Eastern White Pine...without the appeal to heaven.
Yeah, actually, I'd posit that the yankee aversion to nosiness in any form is a large part of why the New England states were among the first to enshrine protections for queer people into law.
And it's interesting that New Hampshire, which was rock-solid Republican 25 years ago, is now basically a blue state, as its "good fences make good neighbors" brand of conservatism has fallen out of favor in the GOP.