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wkomorow t1_ivpuj09 wrote

The only thing I can think of is the American Institute of Economic Research is located there. It is a libertarian thinktank. Maybe they canvased the area with placards, etc. The area itself is very blue so it should have gone the way of the rest of the Berkshires, so that really is an oddity.

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nrvs_hbt OP t1_ivpvb4j wrote

Thank you for providing an actual answer! You could be right, although it's such an anomaly that at this point I'm more likely to believe the Globe made a mistake in reporting.

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ManifestDestinysChld t1_ivqludj wrote

I live in GB. The AIER has not placarded the town pushing a radical pro-dentist agenda.

Quite the contrary.

There are others - more professional lawn signs - that say things like "Our water looks and smells like shit." And it's true!

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dlovestoski t1_ivqit6t wrote

My girlfriend from GB lives a few blocks from this and had no idea that it existed.

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ManifestDestinysChld t1_ivr521k wrote

I like ride my motorcycle through the AIER campus and rev it really obnoxiously loud.

(Sorry to your gf.)

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PtrWalnuts t1_ivq9uco wrote

Today I learned I never want to visit Great Barrington.

Just so everyone knows who might’ve missed it. It was a joke.

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wkomorow t1_ivqasrk wrote

The community is really nice and like the rest of the Berkshires quite liberal and welcoming. Main street is confusing to drive down, there is this strange curve in the road. The institute dates back to the 30s.

My thought was that people do not always understand the complexities of some of the ballot questions and if you see vote no signs all over place, you might vote no.

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PtrWalnuts t1_ivqeuhl wrote

I'm just teasing actually like The Berkshires a lot. I didn't realize there was a colony of nut jobs in great barrington.

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