Before the turn of the century and even a little into this one, New Hampshire’s motto was the same as it is today, Live Free or Die, but a slight tweak would better describe Granite Staters’ prevailing attitude as Live and Let Live.
Your business was your business, and my business was my business, and “never the twain shall meet.”
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