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Hampshire or New Hampshire?

Do you know about the English county, or the American state, or both?
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Last updated: August 18, 2021
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1. Has an historic seaport called Portsmouth
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2. Has a population of over 2 million people
Hampshire 1,844,245 (est), New Hampshire 1,377,529
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3. Writers born there include Neil Gaiman, Ian McEwan, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens
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4. Which has a higher proportion of people who describe themselves as not religious?
Hampshire 29.5%, New Hampshire 36%
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5. Has wild otters
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6. The world's first free public library funded by tax-payers was founded here in 1833
Peterborough Town Library
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7. Has Downton Abbey
Highclere Castle
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8. Higher proportion of the workforce in the public sector
Hampshire 25%, New Hampshire 14%
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9. The First Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science) was founded here in 1879
Founder Mary Baker Eddy was a native of New Hampshire, but started the church in Massachusetts
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10. One end of the first trans-Atlantic telecommunications cable, which began operating in 1874
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11. Has an IBM research laboratory
IBM's UK headquarters are also in Hampshire
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12. Has an international airport
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13. Has a nuclear power plant
Seabrook
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14. Has large areas with a chalk substrate
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