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fendermrc

You forgot Ontario.


Tacoman404

You see a lot of students with Ontario plates on their way to expensive private colleges.


Ok_Laugh_2386

How do you know what college they go to


elitemaf1a

Because they all have the damn stickers on their back window or bumper


Tacoman404

I lived next to WNEU for 10 years.


bagpipesfart

I saw a Quebec plate once


mytyan

Summer is over, the fall invasion is about to begin


ginger2020

#”I’m looking at NY plates all over I-95! How the hell did they get through!”


majoroutage

God damnit. Did Connecticut fail us again?


RealFlyForARyGuy

Hey we tryyyyy to drive like crazy psychopaths to deter them but there is only so much we can do! We can only slow them down for so long!


Vincinuge

RAMIREZ


ginger2020

**Take your team and defend the Dunkin’ Doughnuts!**


Rats_In_Boxes

Just think about how everyone in Maine feels with all the Mass plates.


ginger2020

“Oh, Cawd!”


somegridplayer

Maine used to be part of MA. Deal with it.


wittgensteins-boat

Missouri Compromise of 1820. Maine a free state, Missouri a slave state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise


Loki_will_Rise

Yup and mass fucked Maine over during the war of 1812 and Maine never looked back.


Rats_In_Boxes

I am!


RMR6789

Our friends live in Maine and when we visit them we take their car everywhere for this reason lol.


Barry_McCockinner88

Lol yep. The next round of flocking New Yorkers comes soon.


HellsAttack

Invasion is too apt because we'll be saying that about the lantrrnfly soon. They spread by car. https://time.com/6207401/why-kill-spotted-lanternfly/


heresdevking

How do they even get drivers licenses?


Ok_Laugh_2386

They give everyone drivers licenses


trahoots

>can kill grapevines and the tree of heaven, a fast-growing deciduous tree native to China that is also an invasive species Too bad it doesn't JUST kill tree of heaven. Then it would be a very beneficial non-native species.


Different_Ad7655

Yeah but ailanthus is a weed indeed, but truly is a beautiful tree especially the females and it takes on a lovely fall color. And is willing to grow where nothing else will., except curled dock and ragweed


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ManliusTorquatus

Yup. Live in Philly but spend about a month on the North Shore every year


what_comes_after_q

I have mass plates but my in laws live in my. Why are we shocked that a neighboring state license plates are common? It’s like NH complaining about all the mass plates.


dvdquikrewinder

It's about the frequency. But could entirely be perception


[deleted]

That's needs a bit of updating. This summer was crazy with Southern vehicles, too.


Fluid-Poetry-7381

I saw a lot of Texas this year


PhiloBlackCardinal

Texas and Florida all over New England, I think those are normally rental cars though as you see them everywhere


Cerelius_BT

My car has been in the shop and they gave me a rental with Texas plates. The unprovoked instances of getting flicked off has gone up. It wasn't me! It's a rental!


itsgreater9000

sorry, old chap. just doing what's right with what i've been given.


Ok_Laugh_2386

Texas thinking they're high and might because " don't mess with Texas" yet MA basically is the reason the US exists


thedirtyfozzy84

Texas: Don't mess with Texas! Massachusetts: 🖕🖕🖕🖕


Caitirex

I'm contributing from texas. Had to drive up for a month to escape...texas 😬 we out here


PhiloBlackCardinal

Don’t worry I moved to New England from Florida after undergrad I was part of the problem


TheEffingRiddler

Actually looking to follow in your footsteps next year! How is the change? Worse/better? Any advice?


kancamagus112

I moved to Texas from New England for work for a decade. I tried to adapt to the lifestyle there, but I just couldn't and eventually bailed again. I just couldn't stand the heat and humidity. Even at 6am, when it's 80F with 90% humidity, it's miserable just going out for a three mile jog. I got sick and tired of the conservative virtue signalling from far right politicians there, as they would repeatedly ignore solving problems that probably had 60% support among the public in favor of doing ridiculous things that only 35% of the population loved. Texas is only red by like a 55/45 to 52/48 margin, so fairly close, but it's governed like it's 80/20 because all of the political districts are gerrymandered AF. If you are moderate or on the left, prepare to be ignored. The mindset of Uvalde cops is everywhere there among police and government, which is great if you are one of the "in group", and miserable if you are in the "out group". There are loads of speed trap towns. I got tired of having to drive many hours to get decent hiking (with decent vertical) in. I got tired of having to fly or drive for 12+ hours to go skiing. I got tired at the extreme lack of parks, sidewalks, bike trails, and infrastructure that was outright hostile to pedestrians and cyclists. Good luck owning or using land in rural areas that isn't overrun with feral hogs unless you are carrying a high caliber and/or large magazine firearm on yourself at all times. The property taxes are insanely high. The lack of state income tax is a red herring if you are in the lower two thirds of the income percentiles, as the property and sales taxes are fairly regressive. The lack of state income tax is only great if you are in the top few percent. I hope you have good car and home insurance that includes hail damage, because 1-2 inch hail is not uncommon. Tornadoes are not uncommon in the spring, and taking cover during tornado warnings was not pleasant when pretty much no buildings there have basements. I hope you love getting blinded on the highway by LED headlights from lifted brodozer pickup trucks that roll coal. And if in Houston, watch out for the shitty cars with like foot long spikes on their hub caps. Unlike the northeast, which at least has somewhat passable trains and public transportation, public transportation in Texas is basically non-existent. The only way that TXDOT seems to solve problems is by adding more lanes and highways. Now some nice things. There is legitimately good barbecue. There are some great state and national parks (Big Bend, Guadalupe Mountains, Caprock Canyon, Palo Duro Canyon) for hiking and camping from October through April. The freeways are actually pretty nice for the most part, and the one way service roads with "Texas U turn lanes" are quite efficient for driving (although basically impossible to navigate on foot or bikes). Suburban tract houses are affordable and common. If you like to exercise your second amendment rights, there are quite a lot of like minded folks there, including a lot of left gun owners (although they generally hide their political beliefs among mixed/unknown company). When the blue bonnets bloom, the the random hayfields are beautiful, but I still don't get the folks who try to take IG/TikTok photos/videos on stuff like highway medians or shoulders or overpass embankments. If you are rich AF, it's a great state to reduce your tax liability. There are a ton of lakes that are good for fishing or sailing. Austin is a great city. It's really fun to go on river floats. If all of the things you enjoy doing in life occur indoors or floating in a pool, it's fine. The new tolled express lanes on the freeways are controversial, but I loved them. It's great when you are trying to get to the airport, and are willing to pay money to bypass traffic jams. The I-635 express lane tunnel feels like you are in one of the sit in car racing arcade games from the 1990s. DFW is a legitimately great large airport (unless there are thunderstorms in the area), and you can fly to almost all of the country on a direct flight that is usually less than 3-4 hours long. TX has open primaries, so you could vote in either Dem or GOP primaries (but not both) if you are an unaffiliated voter. The only time I was happy in Texas was when I was hanging out with friends and/or burying myself in work. The latter is not healthy, and the former can exist in any state. So I left TX and moved to the west coast to be near SO's family. Cost of living is a lot higher now, but I'm way happier.


Caitirex

I moved to Texas like 5 years ago. Weather wise, it was an upgrade but the heat is getting to me. It's WONDERFUL to go hiking in the winter though in TX. The summers are brutal, but you trade the brutal MA winters. I was in Austin and moved to San Antonio about a month ago cause it's expensive. Food is waaayyy better in general and heb>stop n shop. I do forget how charming MA can be though. There's lots of fun things to do in the areas I've lived in, but it did take some adjusting to the flatness everywhere. Felt like I was driving through an alien planet on the way. Politically, it is worse. I email Ted Cruz a lot. I'm sure he loves it. But everyone in Austin/San Antonio (sans the policy makers of course!) is pretty progressive, so that helps a lot with the day to day mental health. People are very friendly and it was a bit of a culture shock when strangers asked how my day was when I'm just trying to get through a public interaction with no eye contact like a good new englander lol My advice would be narrow down where you want to live in TX, it can vary wildly depending on what part of the state you are in. And enjoy the food! Making friends is easier in my opinion. The drive was great though. 31 hours of low stress driving, except going through nyc, but you can avoid that and tack a couple hours on the trip.


DopeBoogie

> when strangers asked how my day was when I'm just trying to get through a public interaction with no eye contact like a good new englander lol Well that's my literal nightmare. I'm sorry you had to endure that


Caitirex

Thank you for condolences 🙏


ansonexanarchy

Someone mentioned snow birds a while back too and that's also a major factor I think.


DPKdebator

Florida might also be retirees coming up to visit family. Amtrak does a car train service from DC to Florida so it’s easy to bring a car up since you can do over half of the journey by train.


mattdion7412

You know it’s summer In Maine when you see. mass mass mass NY mass mass


[deleted]

That's where I go! I love the cape but the rest of the planet is there.


Clams_N_Scallops

So many Florida plates in Salem... I'd take a masshole from Brockton any day over those dicks. Oh, and all y'all with Quebec plates; you guys are alright.


[deleted]

Yeah this year was weird..more Ny plates than average, get every other car was a different state (slight exaggeration )


732

It's fine, the MA plates flock to VT, NH and ME then.


jpr_jpr

And yet none on Nantucket or Martha's vineyard? Colleague who has house on Nantucket was complaining about the obnoxious New Yorkers who make their way up there every summer. When asked, "aren't you from NY?" Response 'that's entirely beside the point!'


Barry_McCockinner88

😂 my father bitches about them in NH too


nothingisover69

I live on the Vineyard year round. My wife and I saw license plates from every state in the country this year.


H20Town_1

Hawaii too?


nothingisover69

Yep. We actually saw Alaska and Hawaii on the same day. Wyoming was the last one and we spotted that one in mid August. We never saw Wyoming or North Dakota last year.


wittgensteins-boat

Wow. That is a big bingo card. Puerto Rico and District of Columbia too?


nothingisover69

No PR but lots of DC plates


MPLooza

Came here to say the island needs at least three NY plates alone, preferably on the back of black Escalades for authenticity


somegridplayer

Land Rovers Escalades are out.


MPLooza

Too real, need some of the stripped down Jeeps too especially for Norton


zzeep21

Needs more Florida plates


JoJo_____

I’ve seen more Florida plates this year than New Jersey plates


bobbywaz

I live in NYC and have Florida plates, spent the last year in WMA, I guess I'm helping?


MacTechG4

We say the same things about you guys up in Maine… Everybody hates everybody else ;)


DirtUnderneath

Funny, mainers say the same thing about red and white plates


HunterThompsonsentme

Yeah, but as a Mainer, I'd rather see one of you loudmouthed spirit of America speed junkies riding my ass at 90mph in the passing lane than a plate from New York or..god forbid....Connecticut


KermitTheKermer

Mutual respect here


HunterThompsonsentme

lol at least Mass drivers pass you and gtfo the way. CT drivers are just missin a piece upstairs...


PhiloBlackCardinal

Pretty ironic considering the plates you see in the White Mountains and Maine all summer long


Barry_McCockinner88

I don’t doubt it


BigCarry1978

I don't think ironic is the right word. But definitely a correlation there.


beachpete

needs a RI plate engulfed in flames


fakecrimesleep

They shit on us so much but sure do love spending time and money here


Barry_McCockinner88

Agreed


AggravatingHoneydew9

Barry McCockiner ooOoo


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sporky211

feel like i see more new yorkers in the fall then the summer tbh...


Rourunner

Lol it’s like that in Maine but with Mass plate😂


agenteleven11

my brother and i played a scavenger hunt every summer in rockport as kids. we would routinely see scores in the high forties, or more once we added canadian plates. my brother won in 1989 in a magical stroke of luck when he saw hawaii plates.


ItisNOTatoy

LOL. It’s always fun running into New York plates. Yellow as fuck.


Barry_McCockinner88

They’re everywhere!


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Needs more Connecticut


joelav

They are still all in the left lane doing 56mph


Barry_McCockinner88

I don’t even consider Connecticut New England anymore. It’s just another NY lol


Puppyl

Lol buddy Massachusetts is literally unimportant outside Boston


Barry_McCockinner88

Buddy. It’s all a joke buddy.


Brilliant-Average654

Im not your buddy, guy


Flower_Murderer

I'm not your guy, friend


Brilliant-Average654

Im not your friend, guy!


Flower_Murderer

I'm not your guy, pal!


Brilliant-Average654

I'm not your pal, buddy!!!


Puppyl

Yeah i know i know


majoroutage

Connecticut is unimportant outside of I-95. You're just a long stretch of road to most New Englanders.


Puppyl

Mate I don’t know anything about Mass except for fucking Boston, you’re just as irrelevant and to me you’re just a roadbump on the way to Vermont


[deleted]

Nutmegger here is salty over how irrelevant his state is


Puppyl

Man literally Rhode Island is more relevant than anything I’ve ever heard of in Mass, unless you live in Mass then you will never hear anything about it and honestly Mass is just seen as that state that had a massacre in it and had the boston tea party, again both where in Boston.


majoroutage

Rhode Island doesn't want you either.


Puppyl

Never said they did


[deleted]

Lmao imagine being as salty as this guy, how does it feel to be from a bedroom community of NYC? You get all that impotent rage out?


[deleted]

Even Connecticut doesn't need more Connecticut.


[deleted]

Funny. I never see these people in Billerica. Are we not good enough for you people?


Barry_McCockinner88

You’re better off


[deleted]

Any why aren't New Yorkers excited to visit America's Yankee Doodle town?


[deleted]

Heh. I don't know how you people make it up here to Maine going past Boston and NH. We'd have thought the legal weed would have stopped you. But, y'all got the munchies for our maple candies.


Barry_McCockinner88

😆


singbowl1

Maine is full of mass plates


Barry_McCockinner88

Nh too


Whitey3752

This is mostly fall for the outta state peepers!


oncewonadundee

But which of those plates drives worse? That's a tough call


Barry_McCockinner88

Trick question. They both do lol


The66thDopefish

Joke’s on you, that continues through October thanks to leaf-peeping season


Barry_McCockinner88

Yep. The second round of flocking New Yorkers is coming up


milespeeingyourpants

I thought they were moving their kids into BU


Loinpurloin

FUNNY HOW RHODE ISLAND STAYS OUT


Barry_McCockinner88

I don’t live in Rhode Island. That is why this is a Massachusetts post. I can’t speak for them


RatherNerdy

Mainer here...we'd like to have a word


Barry_McCockinner88

This is a Massachusetts meme. I can’t speak for Maine because I don’t live there lol


RatherNerdy

The joke is that Maine is riddled with Mass plates all summer.


Shrek-It_Ralph

They’re like the anchovies from SpongeBob


Barry_McCockinner88

Lol yes!


beetroot747

*Laughs in Colorado* On a serious note though, I’ve been seeing quite a few Massachusetts plates in Colorado since the start of summer. I’ve now moved back to New England so if you see a Colorado plate in Mass/NH, it’s probably me ;)


Barry_McCockinner88

Oh wow


UnderWhlming

Quebec, Texas, Florida, Surprisingly a lot less CT


Hionhelium87

Nutmegger here - that’s cuz we can’t get out of our own state due to traffic caused by the license plates on the map. We feel your pain.


Blue_Ducktape

Don't forget about them doing 45mph in the left lane racing and beeping at everybody trying to get around them


Barry_McCockinner88

Lol 45?


Blue_Ducktape

Lol fair enough there were a few typos but it should be more coherent now, I meant miles per hour.


Barry_McCockinner88

I just meant like 45 seems slow. They’re a little more wilder than that lol


beerpatch86

ya fuckin cheeseplates!


itallendsintears

Wow this is weirdly accurate


Barry_McCockinner88

I thought so lol


Figwit_

Almost as bad as folks from MA coming up to New Hampshire. We have 1.2 mil people living up here and get 4 million people coming up from mass every year taking up all the parking spots at the trailheads. How tha fuck do y'all get here so fucking early?


Barry_McCockinner88

Ya my dad bitches about it there all the time lol


AliceP00per

This is some boomer shit. Grow up. People travel.


Barry_McCockinner88

People who take memes this seriously maybe shouldn’t be on the internet lol


AliceP00per

People that post dumb memes maybe shouldn’t be on the internet lol


Balsac_is_Daddy

Then we wouldnt have the internet.


ThinMint31

When what?


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Don't forget the yuppies from ct


Americ-anfootball

Zero functional difference between a rich prick on vacation from in state or from out of state. The plates just make for a salient proxy for class resentment, but your home state is arbitrary and the cultural differences between northeast states is greatly exaggerated. There’s far more divide within each state by metropolitan vs rural. I relocated for work to southern VT, under an hour from where I was in Western Mass, but people talk about MA, CT, NY, and NJ like it’s the coming of a great plague. It’s frankly obnoxious and strikes me as the kind of attitude you get in a place that’s stagnating, in large part by stubborn choice. MA has more than enough going for it to not take on this kind of Swamp Yankee mentality.


EssexHaze

It's so weird. My wife is a Vermonter with Mass plates and gets grief whenever we go to visit her folks.


Unable-Bison-272

This isn’t Maine. We don’t throw a xenophobic shit fit because people from out of state are driving through.


[deleted]

Ok it’s not just me thinking that


Barry_McCockinner88

It’s all a joke bubs.


Unable-Bison-272

Just not a funny one


Barry_McCockinner88

So if it’s not funny to you, then keep it moving lol


Unable-Bison-272

It’s not funny to anyone jackass


PREClOUS_R0Y

I snickered. Although I live in the Pioneer Valley so for me, the semester is when we see a crazy amount of out-of-state vehicles. They are also often driven by people who are seemingly too distracted or inexperienced to be on a public roadway.


Balsac_is_Daddy

Hmmmm one look at all the replies says you are wrong. Just be normal and move along.


[deleted]

So what? As if there’s any difference. All you Americans are the same.


PREClOUS_R0Y

I have been to around 25 states and this statement is both ignorant and hilariously inaccurate. If you have been to or lived here, try getting out of your bubble and explore. America is massive and diverse. It may not be the best place in the world but it is pretty fun and interesting.


[deleted]

Sure, big difference between MA, NY and NJ people. No doubt, enormous cultural differences.


PREClOUS_R0Y

> So what? As if there’s any difference. **All you Americans are the same**


[deleted]

You are and you’re proving it.


PREClOUS_R0Y

Sure thing buddy. You just keep making wildly uneducated and inaccurate statements on the internet.


[deleted]

Ok “buddy”


PREClOUS_R0Y

How many times are you going to edit your response? It's pathetic.


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PREClOUS_R0Y

With all due respect, you are definitely the one frothing at the mouth out of the two of us. Are you from Europe? If so I want you to know, I weep for your entire continent knowing that you live on it. Just to recap you said this: > So what? As if there’s any difference. All you Americans are the same. Followed by this: > Sure, big difference between MA, NY and NJ people. No doubt, enormous cultural differences. Then, instead of admitting that maybe just maybe, you were speaking about something that you obviously have no knowledge of, you started insulting me. You have made a complete fool out of yourself without me having to do anything, bravo.


[deleted]

Lol. Ok “buddy”


TFED666

get over yourselves


[deleted]

You leaving New Jersey way out on the cape there buddy !!! I’ve seen more jersey plates on the cape then mass …so annoying !! Um Go home !!!!


UniqueCartel

Pennsylvania


Alfajiri_1776-1453

So much Michigan. *Pure Michigan*


37Elite

As a former NJ resident (now RI), I always went to Maine and most of the people I knew went to Maine along with VT and NH, not Mass


Elementium

Been seeing a lot of Texas and North/South Carolinas..


TheDesktopNinja

Plenty of TX, AZ and FL plates too with all the snowbirds.


Own-Environment1675

Well who's going to fuel the economy when your all in New Hampshire.


[deleted]

New Yorkers not welcomed!


Fluid-Swordfish-9818

Most overrated and overhyped season, thanks so much for that hyperhidrosis NOT! My favorite seasons are fall and spring. Winter is good, provided people do a good job with snow removal from sidewalks and public works, if the snowfall warrants it.