The novaTopFlex Community is intended to appear as a utopian community, with frameworks and patchworks that enable equal chances and development for progress beyond rigid social roles and constructs. While novaTopFlex believes that social roles are outdated social constructs, the activity of the novaTop Community strives to exceed moral and ethical standards from general society while also enabling additional leeway for nontraditional identities and expressions as necessary. The novaTop Community shall naturally collect the individuals from major events based on any number of shared common interest goals, including, but not limited to, technology, geography, and mathematics.
Month: October 2025
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Peer Pressure is a Capitalist Construct
The idea that all individuals must eventually find someone at all is a capitalist construct that literally underscores the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in society. Even in cases where additional freedom is permitted, the idea that singlehood is somehow “taboo” is more or less also a capitalist construct. Again, because “traditional values” are inherently social constructs, while human diversity is extremely important for societal acceptance, development, progress, and advancement.
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Wage Dependency is a Capitalist Construct
Wage dependency is, by virtue, a crisis for individuals and groups under faiths and religions that are inherently against the concept. Therefore, capitalism can conflict with individuals’ and communities’ faith and value systems in certain cases. What if an individual knows individuals or communities whose faith(s) conflict with the global capitalist system? Additionally, capitalism is the system that causes harm to humanity and can easily result in human extinction eventually, even as a system masquerading as an innocent economy. Capitalism is guilty of the resultant system outcomes, including wage dependency but also extending into overwork and extreme stress burdens that are increasingly impossible to mitigate.
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Interesting Facts about the State of Vermont, Part Three
Topography
Within the State of Vermont, the topography is quite complicated. While the western and eastern sections of the State of Vermont tend to be more level, albeit rarely perfectly flat, the midsection of the State of Vermont tends to be more mountainous, as the region is actually the spine of the Green Mountains. Although the highest ridge line in the State of Vermont occurs throughout the central longitudes of the State, the highest elevation in the State of Vermont is at the summit of Mount Mansfield, in the Town of Underhill in Chittenden County. The lowest elevations within the State of Vermont are, of course, located within Lake Champlain in the extreme northwest of the State, particularly approaching 45° North. While the State is often associated with the Green Mountains, the islands within Lake Champlain are actually substantially flatter in comparison.
Special Notes about Essex County
In addition to being the smallest county by population in Vermont, Essex County is also the smallest county by population in New England. Guildhall is the shire town, or county seat, of Essex County, and the Town of Guildhall is pronounced “Gilhall” with a silent “d.” Brighton and a few additional communities may exist as particularly important locales within Essex County, and the County is also near the source of the Connecticut River, which is actually fully within New Hampshire. The majority of Vermont’s gores are located within Essex County, and multiple gores exist with zero population while additional gores may have a single- or double-digit population.
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Interesting Facts about the State of Vermont, Part Two
The Cities
Within the State of Vermont, the ten cities of the State of Vermont are named (shire towns in bold) Montpelier, Barre, Burlington, South Burlington, Essex Junction, Winooski, St. Albans, Newport, Rutland, and Vergennes. Addison County is uniquely fascinating because the county seat is a town, even though a separate city entity exists within the county. In reality, however, the minor civil divisions are determined specifically by the type of government within the municipalities. Beyond the first-level municipal divisions are the villages within the State; however, additional unincorporated locales exist within numerous towns within the State. Apart from the primary cities and towns of Vermont, fully unincorporated areas, often triangular in shape, exist as separate entities referred to as gores and may or may not have a nonzero population. The unincorporated communities in the State of Vermont are largely located within Essex County, the most rural county in the State of Vermont and adjacent to both New Hampshire and Québec, Canada.
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Interesting Facts about the State of Vermont, Part One
In the State of Vermont, there are only ten (10) cities in total, and the smallest of these ten, Vergennes, is home to fewer than three thousand (3,000) people. Cities and towns coexist as minor civil divisions within the State, as with the remainder of the New England region, while villages and census-designated places (CDPs) are located within the different towns of the State of Vermont. Interestingly enough, the largest cities and towns in the State of Vermont are always in close proximity to the State’s largest city, Burlington. Colchester, Winooski, Essex Junction, Milton, and surrounding cities and towns, even outside Burlington proper, maintain higher population levels compared to locales in the remaining thirteen (13) counties of the State, while the smallest of the fourteen (14) counties, Essex County, is actually also the smallest of the counties throughout New England. While the northwestern region, specifically around Burlington, contains Vermont’s highest population counts, the Northeast Kingdom contains Vermont’s lowest population counts, containing unorganized territories with population counts as low as zero (0) in a few cases.
Of the ten (10) cities of the State of Vermont, four (4) of the cities are within Chittenden County, two (2) of the cities are within Washington County, and the remaining cities are located within the counties of Rutland, Franklin, Orleans, and Addison. The total number of counties in the State of Vermont is fourteen (14), and the counties are named Grand Isle, Franklin, Orleans, Essex, Chittenden, Lamoille, Caledonia, Addison, Washington, Orange, Rutland, Windsor, Bennington, and Windham. Interestingly, although the northwestern portion of the State of Vermont contains the City of Burlington along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, the islands and exclave within Grand Isle County are significantly less populated in comparison. The exclave is known as the Town of Alburgh (formerly spelled “Alburg”), and is located in the United States specifically because the region exists south of 45° north latitude. However, unlike exclaves such as Point Roberts or the Northwest Angle, bridges over Lake Champlain continue to exist to serve travelers within the United States without a passport. The specific routes are US Route 2 throughout the Grand Isle area and into Rouses Point, New York, and Vermont Route 78 between the Grand Isle region and the Town of Swanton in Franklin County.
The county seats of the counties of the State of Vermont are actually referred to as “shire towns,” of which the shire towns for the counties are as follows (cities are in bold):
- Grand Isle → North Hero
- Franklin → St. Albans
- Orleans → Newport
- Essex → Guildhall
- Chittenden → Burlington
- Caledonia → St. Johnsbury
- Addison → Middlebury
- Washington → Montpelier
- Orange → Chelsea
- Rutland → Rutland
- Windsor → Woodstock
- Bennington → Manchester (North Shire) and Bennington (South Shire)
- Windham → Newfane
Note for Addison County: Middlebury is not the City located in Addison County; Vergennes serves as the sole city within Addison County, Vermont.
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The North Country of New York
Within the North Country of the State of New York includes the regions of the Thousand Islands, the Adirondack Mountains, and relatively small and sparsely populated rural communities in between. While the majority of the population of the North Country region resides along or in fairly close proximity to US Highway 11, the Adirondack Park is nearly zero population in comparison to the general North Country area. However, population counts even within Adirondack Park tend to be higher in such locations as Ticonderoga, Tupper Lake, Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, and Lake George, none of which are located within Hamilton County.
The Adirondack Mountains have traditionally been identified as containing forty-six high peaks in the region, with Mount Marcy serving as the highest point within the State of New York. Further to the north and west, largely along the Canadian border, the North Country of the State of New York becomes more highly populated by density; however, the overall population statistics and demographics alike remain fairly similar to the State of Vermont to the east. Within the Adirondack Park, the region is particularly highly protected; however, with the large share of private lands for a “park” area, the region becomes more comparable to Vermont by virtue. The Adirondack chair was first invented in Westport, New York, within the modern-day boundaries of the Adirondack Park, specifically to be conducive to heightened comfort and awareness of the natural surroundings of the partially protected environments and landscapes of the region. While the Adirondack chair was first invented in Westport, the use of the Adirondack chair design could also be appropriate for portions of the Green Mountains in Vermont to the east or even within the central and eastern vicinities of Lake Champlain, as well.
The Thousand Islands are an interesting quirk of the geography of the International Boundary region between the United States and Canada. While many of the islands are within the State of New York, a few of the islands are within the Province of Ontario, and the region is in relatively close proximity to such locales as Watertown, New York; and Brockville, Ontario. Also of interesting note is the Saint Lawrence River, as even though the river ultimately ends entirely within Canada, the upper portion of the river, which exists south of the latitude of 45° North, is actually the line between Canada and the United States, downstream from Lake Ontario but upstream from the aforementioned latitude line.
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The Ten Identified Regions of New York
The regions of the State of New York that have been identified by novaTopFlex are the North Country, the Catskill Region, the Hudson Valley, the Mohawk Valley, the Capital District, the Finger Lakes, Central New York, Western New York, the Southern Tier, and Downstate.
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Otsego Lake and Otsego County
At the southern tip of Otsego Lake is the Village of Cooperstown, the County Seat of Otsego County, New York. Within the village in particular is the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the Fenimore exhibitions.
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“Upstate” New York
Within the “Upstate” region of New York exists fifty-five of the sixty-two counties of the State. Perhaps the most interesting case is Madison County, which is quite rural, particularly compared to neighboring counties. Also of special interest could be places including Cazenovia, Canastota, and Chittenango.
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Historical Context of the Dual Contest Qualifiers
The historical context of both novaTopFlex and the math powerhouse often overlaps, though not always so. With both novaTopFlex and the math powerhouse, individuals can thank Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, W. E. B DuBois, Mark Twain, Nathan Hale, Ada Lovelace, and Maria Mitchell as historical figures of interest and influence. Both are relatively nonconforming individuals, albeit in different ways, and novaTopFlex is actually three separate identities to an individual.
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Celebrating the State of New York
novaTopFlex pledges to celebrate the State of New York through extensive research of various locations, not just within the City of New York or even Long Island, but across the entire State of New York, including Western New York, the Finger Lakes, the Catskills, the Burned-over District, the Adirondacks, the Capital District, and the Taconics. Apart from the City of New York, numerous smaller cities within the “Upstate” region of the State, which is actually more of an oversimplification of the main body of the State, exist, in particular including Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, Albany, Schenectady, Poughkeepsie, Elmira, Binghamton, Watertown, and Plattsburgh.
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Tennessee and North Carolina
novaTopFlex has recently added a few spaces around both Knoxville and Asheville to the itinerary, because both cities can also be quite accepting, and even surprisingly so, compared to the rest of their respective states. The cities are in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (WNC) and especially Asheville can support the novaTop identities.
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Delaware is Not a Suburb of Philadelphia.
To begin with, no, Delaware cannot be “just” a suburb of Philadelphia throughout the entire state. Delaware is not a lesser version of Philadelphia or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a whole. In fact, Delaware is a very real state in these United States of America—in fact, the State of Delaware is surprisingly powerful for the minuscule size of the State. Very many Fortune 500 companies are based in the State of Delaware because of particularly protective business-friendly laws. Also, even in spite of the size of the State of Delaware, no, Delaware is not a suburb of Philadelphia. In fact, the state’s largest city, Wilmington, stands on its own, separate from but highly integrated with the City of Philadelphia not far up the Delaware River. The capital city, Dover, is merely about government and administration, while the southernmost region of the State of Delaware is largely associated with open access to the Atlantic Ocean and beach communities in the area nearby.
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Numerous Resorts in Seasonal Communities
novaTopFlex has identified significant interests in the summer resort regions of southern Delaware and the Jersey Shore as well as the winter resort areas in Vermont. Throughout the Jersey Shore and southern Delaware especially is famous scenery, particularly with the Atlantic City Boardwalk, perhaps one of the most famous boardwalks nationally and globally. But in Vermont, Stowe and Killington are particularly interesting and known for being resort towns.
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The Atlantic Ocean
novaTopFlex is chiefly interested in connecting with the communities along the East Coast of the United States of America even south of latitude 41° North under the condition that proximity to the coast must be maintained to a certain extent at all times. The further inland in the nation the location, the less likely comfort south of latitude 41° North is likely to become. But along the East Coast, novaTopFlex is very fascinated with and wants to ask the community about the boardwalks in Delaware and along the Jersey Shore.
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The State of Delaware
Only three (3) counties exist in the State of Delaware, a very business-friendly state in the United States of America that is occasionally reduced to a “suburb” of Philadelphia. While the stereotype can hold true for select individuals in portions of New Castle County, even the northernmost portion of the State of Delaware is often significantly more nuanced than “just a suburb of Philadelphia.” While Philadelphia, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a whole, often tolerate large swathes of diversity of identity and expression as well as diverse cultural traits, the State of Delaware is occasionally identified as a place where traditional social roles and hierarchies can hold more tightly, though even then, not necessarily throughout the State. As with most locations descended directly from British Colonial America, the main cities and towns are obviously organized and nearly so, depending on the community, with grid and similar Philadelphia-style street patterns being fairly common practice in Delaware. In the northern part of the State is New Castle County, where Wilmington and Newark seem to serve as principal cities of the region. In the central part of the State is Kent County, where Dover is the state capital and where government administration is the dominant profession locally. And in the southern part of the State is Sussex County, Georgetown as the county seat, with the region largely being associated with seasonal tourism, particularly with the resort communities during the summer months. Lewes is the origin of the State of Delaware per the Zwaanendael Colony, much like Isle La Motte is the origin of the State of Vermont via French explorers. New Sweden had also been an early influence on the general area, most particularly around present-day New Castle County.
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Long Island: A Story of Multiple Histories
Preamble
As the community may recall, the importance of Long Island modern history can be traced back to the Dutch colonizers of the area of New Netherland, where Breukelen (now Brooklyn) would be a fairly significant powerhouse on the western end of the island. However, on the eastern side of Long Island, largely associated with present-day Suffolk County, was chiefly New England settlements, Southold from across the Long Island Sound, Southampton from nearer the Massachusetts Bay.
The Four Counties of Long Island
While Long Island is the principle island of New York, located at the very southeast of the State and containing Brooklyn at the westernmost end and Queens just to the east, the traditional boundaries of New York had once included areas as far east as Dukes and Nantucket Counties in present-day Massachusetts. Today, the counties are (from west to east) as follows: Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk. Each county provides unique perspectives on the Long Island experience, with only Suffolk County containing any sense of notable rurality, in which case the rural areas are often comparable in scope to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey further down the Atlantic coast. Today’s Suffolk County is centered around the county seat, Riverhead, with additional notable settlements existing throughout the region, such as Hauppauge further west and the Patchogue area further south. The easternmost edges of Long Island are Orient in the north, Montauk in the south, and both contain quite unique identities based strictly on geographical locations and proximity. Nassau County, which contains community names such as Hempstead and Oyster Bay, is actually associated with Mineola as the county seat, but the county had not been formed until the annexation of Queens into the City of New York, when only the western forty percent of the county would be annexed into the city. Nassau County would literally be formed in 1899 from the balance of Queens County that would not become part of the City of New York. At the very western end of Long Island is Kings County, again associated with the Borough of Brooklyn (initially settled by the Dutch as Breukelen of Nieuw Nederland).
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Connecticut Historic Interests
As novaTopFlex identities continue to explore interests in Connecticut, the most important question to ask is which portions of Connecticut are ideal to begin with. Since novaTopFlex prefers to follow an east-west trajectory through New England originating in Boston, the ideal situation is traveling either through Rhode Island or southward from a location in Worcester County, possibly with varied preferences for westward exploration. Such traveling tendencies would not be discovery, but truth.
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The Shiretownpolis of Taunton, Massachusetts
Taunton acts as the shire town of Bristol County, Massachusetts, one of six counties with preserved county governments in the Commonwealth along with Barnstable, Norfolk, Plymouth, Dukes, and Nantucket. Though larger cities exist within Bristol County, and though Bristol also borders a separate county of the same Bristol name in Rhode Island, Taunton remains a fairly important locale along modern U.S. 44 with access to numerous locales toward the west and the east alike. Without much in question regarding tourist attractions, the CityWalk may simply be a tour of the downtown area; however, the County of Bristol is fairly interesting elsewhere, especially because New Bedford, traditionally a whaling community, is the largest city.
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The novaTop Travel Itinerary Continues…
While surprise interests may occasionally exist in the novaTop system, the novaTop identity continues to examine the different regions of the United States of America until a singular entity can be identified as the desired gateway of identity. Additional information about every locale in the novaTop Travel Itineraries (yes, multiple, because of a three-thousand locale limit per list on Google Maps) will be featured on an upcoming post which shall complement the existing posts from the recent past about the novaTop identity.
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The Three Thousand Location Limit
novaTopFlex has attempted to create a comprehensive list of all interests of the identity and community alike. However, since there is an absolute maximum of three thousand locations to a single list unit, novaTopFlex and the associated alternate identities of novaTopFlex must continue on with a secondary list for the next three thousand places of interest. So far, novaTopFlex has identified locales in chiefly Northern and Yankee states to be of particular interest in the novaTop system.
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The novaTop Travel Itinerary
The novaTop, geoTop, and futoTop identities alike thrive on a medium social circle with a significantly larger social life, where individuals are often equally recognized and egalitarian principles abound. The novaTop Identity allows equal chances and opportunities to as much of the ideal population as reasonably possible, but preference by convention is to base all interests on distance from Downtown Boston.
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Fear of Judgment
novaTopFlex would ask the community to write about the fear of judgment risks that have occurred at prom and prom-adjacent events in 2025. Such a story about the mislabeling risk would be very interesting through the historical background, including contextualized information such as Fricke v. Lynch from Cumberland, Rhode Island.
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Updated Takes on Capitalist Constructs
Even though numerous concepts that may create stress are not initially considered capitalist constructs, modern interpretations of deadlines and procrastination responses are inherently capitalist. While natural deadlines and cycles are still technically considered deadlines, the natural, rather than arbitrary, nature of these deadlines is actually what allows for community to thrive. Deadlines arbitrarily created to be set on a specific day of the week, month, year, or the like are inherently capitalist because, in many cases, they appear to be intended to create stress. While society may often associate deadlines with procrastination, reality is that procrastination is truly only a response to artificially set deadlines of expectation, rather than natural deadlines such as changes in the seasons.
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The Iron Range → The Heart of Northern Minnesota’s Mining Industry
Centered around Virginia, Minnesota, and continuing throughout much of central St. Louis County and adjacent counties predominantly further to the west, the mining industry of Northern Minnesota has traditionally been of particularly extreme importance not just for the State of Minnesota, but also for the United States of America as a whole. Even the southwestern Upper Peninsula of Michigan and portions of Northern Wisconsin well to the north of Wausau and Rhinelander and nearer Lake Superior are not close to the level of Northern Minnesota’s Mesabi Range and nearby iron ranges.
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Mathematics Performance
novaTopFlex is glad to announce a high confidence in performance in the subjects of mathematics in general as well as a plan to continue within the mathematical journey toward a more positive outlook in the future! Nearly all mathematics topics are covered in the performance, and new horizons and new chapters of the life story and of general public-facing personal and community journalism are coming soon as well.
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