{Indeed, if I correctly recall a CNN documentary, New Hampshire--on the average--has one of the most liberal voting records in the country}.
Keene is also said to be a community where those who are "different" have to travel outside of the community to proclaim themselves so; yet we are told that the lesbian community is fairly visible, presumably with no ill effects. This contradiction causes the reader to wonder how accurate a description of the community is being provided. Another undocumented claim is that single people are not invited to private gatherings.
It could be that the description provided by Anderson and Shaw (1
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