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Keene, New Hampshire

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The Resume

    (1736- )
    County seat and the only city in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
    Nickname: Elm City
    Incorporated as a town (1753) and as a city (1874)
    Population: 23,056 (2018)
    Hosted the New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival (1991-2014)
    Serves as headquarters for C&S Wholesale Grocers

Why Keene, New Hampshire might be annoying:

    It was burned down in King George's War (1747).
    It doesn't have a very diverse population as 95% of it is white.
    It has extremely harsh winters.
    Steamtown, U.S.A. was originally going to be located here, but it was located in Bellows Falls, Vermont instead.
    Its Free Keene movement pushed support for legalization of marijuana at the city's Central Square Park (2009).
    Riots caused by college students took place at the New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival, which caused the city to lose its hosting of the state pumpkin festival title to Laconia (2014).

Why Keene, New Hampshire might not be annoying:

    Yale president Timothy Dwight called it one of New England's prettiest towns.
    It has no sales and state income tax.
    It was where the Newburyport Silver Company used to make flatware and candlesticks.
    It was a filming location for the 1995 film 'Jumanji.'
    It set world records for the largest display of jack-o'-lanterns when it used to host the state pumpkin festival.
    'The Colbert Report' mocked its Free Keene movement (November 2014).
    It brought back an annual pumpkin festival, which it is locally organized, after a two year absence (2017).

Credit: Neo NX2004


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 70 Votes: 22.86% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 114 Votes: 45.61% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying