The Dream Dies
By New Hampshire is safe.
The Free State Project, a libertarian movement that chose New Hampshire as its promised land for a society based on maximum choice and minimum government, has abandoned its goal of recruiting 20,000 members by 2006.
Once the deadline was met, the group planned to move to New Hampshire en masse. Today, only about 6,800 people are members of the project, and most live in California and Florida. Only about 130 people have made the move since signing up.
Money quote from Dante Scala, of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics:
It always seemed implausible that libertarians, who above all value their individuality were going to be able to group together and accomplish such a large common goal