NH is MUCH more influenced by Mass/Boston than Maine is. More rat-race. More money. More conservative and uptight.

Vermont is rural, small, towns of people that know each other. It's more liberal and isolated from the drama of the rest of New England in a way similar to central and northern Maine, but small towns can still be trumpy. But the landscape there is hilly and different, so it hits different. Much less rat race than NH, less money and more poverty in small towns, much more liberal and laid back.