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-- MORE PERSONAL VIEW. WMUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR ADAM SEXTON GIVES US A LOOK. ADAM: PULLING UP A CHAIR AT THE AIRPORT DINER IN MANCHESTER, ANDREW YANG OPENED UP TO NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS, SHARING STORIES OF HIS UPBRINGING AS THE SON OF IMMIGRANT MR. YANG: MY FATHER GREW UP ON A PEANUT FARM IN ASIA WITH NO FLOOR. WHEN I VISITED HIS CHILDHOOD HOME, I WAS LIKE, NO WAY. LOOKING AROUND THIS FARMING VILLAGE, AND I WAS LIKE HOW DID YOU GO FROM HERE TO, SO THEN MY FATHER ENDED UP GETTING HIS PHD IN PHYSICS FROM BERKELEY, WHERE HE MET MY MO ADAM: YANG’S PARENTS WORKED HARD TO SEND HIM TO ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY, PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY. MR. YANG: SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, I CAME OF AGE HERE, I WENT TO COLLEGE AT BROWN, WHICH IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY, I GREW UP IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, SO I CONSIDER MYSELF A NEW ENGLAND PRODUCT. ADAM: YANG SAYS WHILE HE DIDN’T EXACTLY ENJOY HIS PREP SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, ONE ESCAPE WAS MUSIC AND ATTENDING CONCERTS. MR. YANG: U2, THE CURE, DEPECHE MODE, I WENT TO THE FIRST THRE LOLLAPALOOZAS, SO I SAW ALL OF THAT STUFF ADAM: THE ENTREPRENEUR TURNED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS A MARRIED FATHER OF TWO SONS -- ONE LIVES WITH AUTISM. MR. YANG: I HAVE A FEELING, AND WE SAW THIS A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT TEEN WHO’S A CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVIST, BUT I FEEL LIKE HE JUST SEES THE WORLD IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND ONE OF THE MESSAGES I HAVE IN THE CAMPAIGN IS THAT BEING ATYPICAL IS THE NEW NORMAL. ADAM: EVEN THOUGH YANG IS BUSY CAMPAIGNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HE VACATIONED THIS SUMMER ON THE SEACOAST, BRINGING HIS FAMILY TO HAMPTON BEACH. MR. YANG: MY KIDS LOVED THOS BOARDWALK H ARCADES, WHER

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Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang opened up to New Hampshire voters Friday, sharing stories of his upbringing as the son of immigrants.>> Download the FREE WMUR appYang sat down with voters at the Airport Diner in Manchester for a taping of "Candidate Café." "My father grew up on a peanut farm in Asia with no floor," Yang said. "When I visited his childhood home, I was, like, 'No way!' Looking around this farming village, and I was, like, 'How the heck did you go from here to...?' So then my father ended up getting his Ph.D. in physics from Berkeley, where he met my mom."Yang's parents worked hard to send him to one of the best schools in the country, Phillips Exeter Academy."So I spent a lot of time here in New Hampshire," Yang said. "I came of age here. I went to college at Brown, which is not that far away. I grew up in upstate New York, so I consider myself a New England product."Yang said that while he didn't exactly enjoy his prep school experience, one escape was music and attending concerts. "U2, The Cure, Depeche Mode," he said. "I went to the first three Lollapaloozas, so I saw all of that stuff."The entrepreneur turned presidential candidate is a married father of two sons. One has autism."I have a feeling -- and we saw this a little bit with that teen who's a climate change activist -- but I feel like he just sees the world in a different way," Yang said. "And one of the messages I have in the campaign is that being atypical is the new normal."Even though Yang is busy campaigning across the country, he vacationed this summer on the Seacoast, bringing his family to Hampton Beach."My kids loved those boardwalk arcades," he said. "They'd spend limitless hours on the tokens and getting the tickets."