Speaking for Vermont, we had protracted land disputes with NY that caused VT to be its own First Republic independent from the US for about nine years, with our own constitution, currency, and governance - then it went all downhill. 🤪 Made us very grumpy and cantankerous. That's why VT is not an original 13 colony because a bunch of money grubbing Yankees wanted money for native lands that were never theirs. And probably added to the drift between upstate NYS and VT/NE.