# What if I move to Dixville Notch, NH? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784 "2008-01-08T22:35:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/1 "2008-01-08T22:35:15Z")
And I’m a real douchebag. I register to vote, but don’t show up for their little midnight early-voting party. Are they out of luck, and have to wait for the rest of the state to release the results? If so, it is amazing that this has never happened. Surely someone fell ill or had to be out of town on business, or emergency at least once? ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/2 "2008-01-08T23:35:18Z")
Oh that’s easy - they just ask “Bob The Town Republican” who you would have wanted to vote for & write it in for you. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/3 "2008-01-08T23:38:54Z")
Why would anyone live in Dixville Notch if they didn’t want to be part of the voting? It’s like their only reason for living. They wake up every four years, cast a shadow, and decide whether or not we’re going to have four more years of Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/4 "2008-01-09T00:00:57Z")
I was wondering this myself. NH law allows the polls to close when every registered voter has voted or the official closing time whichever is first. If you’re a registered voter, and you don’t show up, they have to wait for you. Someone could, if they wanted, be a supreme dickhead and screw up the tradition. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/5 "2008-01-09T00:04:47Z")
Dixville is way up there. There’s only one employer (the Balsams) so if you worked there your life could easily be made difficult. There’s nothing else around and you rely on your neighbors for a life. It’s not a good idea to piss off the rest of the town. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/6 "2008-01-09T06:03:00Z")
[QUOTE=Telemark] Dixville is way up there. There’s only one employer (the Balsams) so if you worked there your life could easily be made difficult. There’s nothing else around and you rely on your neighbors for a life. It’s not a good idea to piss off the rest of the town. [/QUOTE] I don’t think **jtgain** _can_ just can move there. As you said, the only employer is the Balsams, and I’m under the impression that they own the town - which would mean that only employees could live there. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/7 "2008-01-09T13:22:26Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] I don’t think **jtgain** _can_ just can move there. As you said, the only employer is the Balsams, and I’m under the impression that they own the town - which would mean that only employees could live there. [/QUOTE] They don’t “own” the town, but they may own all the housing in the town. Paper companies own a bunch of the land up there. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/8 "2008-01-09T21:30:25Z")
My sinister plot is to go there, hang out and make friends, bake pies for them every day for a year and then, have them vote for me! Can you imagine the newscasts? “Amazingly, **DMark** was just elected by a landslide (12 to 2) in Dixville Notch. Reports are that this momentum might just lead to a win by **DMark** in NH! Stay tuned to find out who the hell DMark is and how his Administration will change America!” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/9 "2008-01-09T21:51:09Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] Someone could, if they wanted, be a supreme dickhead and screw up the tradition. [/QUOTE] I’m thinking this could work as a song, and I’ve already got the title – _The Biggest Dick in Dixville Notch_. “All the rest of the folks wanna kick him in the crotch…” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/10 "2008-01-09T22:32:37Z")
“He sits around all day drinking twelve year old Scotch He’s the biggest dick in Dixville Notch” ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/11 "2008-01-09T22:41:13Z")
For some strange reason I hear Johnny Cash singing that in my head … ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/12 "2008-01-09T22:51:38Z")
“He doesn’t have a clock, and he doesn’t have a watch He just keeps 'em waiting to vote in Dixville Notch.” ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/13 "2008-01-09T23:48:22Z")
[QUOTE=Telemark] They don’t “own” the town, but they may own all the housing in the town. Paper companies own a bunch of the land up there. [/QUOTE] Is there really a town there? I stayed at The Balsams and never saw a town - I was under the impression that The Balsams _was_ Dixville Notch. In fact, the voting is done in the hotel, and there is a [sign on the hotel property](http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://lh3.google.com/_A0qgD38TIGg/Rt-L5MDbndI/AAAAAAAAAI8/ORC5dM6rXCk/s800/P1010048.JPG&imgrefurl=http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JS-AdLAMMYktcikol15O7w&h=600&w=800&sz=121&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=jGo6bGysYFC76M:&tbnh=107&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbalsams%2Bdixville%2Bnotch%2Bsign%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG) proclaiming that you are looking at Dixville Notch. Maybe there are a few small properties around and a few rich retired people who live in the hotel and that comprises the population of DN? Hopefully someone who really knows can fill me in because I forgot to ask when I was there! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/14 "2008-01-10T05:01:46Z")
[QUOTE=K364] Is there really a town there? [/QUOTE] Dixville is a Township in Coos County NH. In NH, townships are unincorporated parts of counties, and have limited forms of self-government including voting. > **[Category:Unincorporated communities in New Hampshire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Unincorporated_communities_in_New_Hampshire)** > > Download coordinates as: > This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. > The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. While the Balsams is the main employer, I believe there are some folks who don’t work for the resort who live and vote in Dixville. They probably are loggers or work down in Errol. I’ve spent a lot of time up there and the cost of living is pretty low; you don’t need much to get by if you are willing to live rough. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/15 "2008-01-10T05:06:41Z")
[QUOTE=Telemark] While the Balsams is the main employer, I believe there are some folks who don’t work for the resort who live and vote in Dixville. [/QUOTE] WMUR said Monday that _everyone_ in Dixville works for the Balsams. I bet even they have a fact-checker. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/16 "2008-01-10T05:23:22Z")
Nothing to keep you from putting up with a long commute to a job out of town, or eventually retiring there, if you were a total political junkie. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-move-to-dixville-notch-nh/432784/17 "2008-01-10T16:11:50Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] WMUR said Monday that _everyone_ in Dixville works for the Balsams. I bet even they have a fact-checker. [/QUOTE] Then it’s changed since I spent a lot of time there.