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[deleted] t1_j9vui3h wrote

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LacidOnex t1_j9vvw4d wrote

This is not "New England all inclusive" this is New Hampshire

It's like complaining that r/cars keeps removing your plane pics because they all go

I'll run on the platform that this guy is probably a masshole

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paraplegic_T_Rex t1_j9vw11l wrote

I’m not saying to post things about other states. But to consistently hate the people who moved here from MA, who are literally keeping the state alive with their spending as the rest of the state dies off, is lame.

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LacidOnex t1_j9vwyyg wrote

Judging by your downvote you're definitely a masshole who can't take a joke and hasn't figured out NH culture yet

You'll get there.

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paraplegic_T_Rex t1_j9vz22r wrote

I didn’t downvote you. I love jokes. That are funny, and make sense. It’s just a stupid joke. It’s boring

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LacidOnex t1_j9w6nv5 wrote

Oh.. Well you advocated for something silly so I'm going to tag you "very silly masshole" for my own future reference

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paraplegic_T_Rex t1_j9w8xbf wrote

I mean I live in this state. I know NH very well. I spent every summer here before I moved. I don’t know why people have to be so judgmental of people who move here. It’s good for the state. The alternative is a retirement community with mountains.

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LacidOnex t1_j9w9bwp wrote

Great well... Let me know when you figure out the thick delicious irony and delete the rest of the stuff you wrote

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mrzar97 t1_j9xwa2m wrote

You know that you're literally part of the reason NH natives are being priced out of the market, right? Domestic migration has been driving down vacancies and driving up rent and real estate, royally fucking over most of the youth that was born here (and would like to stay here).

You're not some kind of hero keeping the state alive, you and people from all across the country who want to flock here are directly (though obviously not intentionally) contributing to the slow death of the state's local culture.

The rent here may look like peanuts compared to higher COL locales, but for locals - particularly younger people - the options are increasingly narrowing down to "live with your folks" or "leave the state", neither of which any of us want to do, nor should we have to.

The state Economic Development authority is far too focused on attracting new residents and businesses from other states, and seems to care very little about seeing all the money invested in their youth through to prosperity. I know way too many young people in the southern half of the state who feel like they've been flat out left in the dust.

I specifically mention the southern half because, from N. Conway to the border, it's by-and-large either federal land managed by National Parks or constitutes some sort of tourism around the Whites and Mahoosuc, and that's been the case since the state's paper industry started winding down a few decades ago. Of course there are a plethora of individual exceptions but that's generally a good rule of thumb.

Add to this that most out-of-staters who move to SNH/Seacoast have the same sort of obnoxious, pretentious NIMBY attitude that has kept this region down for 2-3 decades (rejecting the vast majority of affordable/workforce housing projects, endorsing an untenable bias in favor single-family housing developments)...

You could be making $500k/year and maxing out your credit limit each month at local businesses, and you'd still be a part of the microeconomic problem. The core issue is that the state would rather pander to you and every other prospective transplant taxpayer on high-value real estate (because they have to make up for no sales tax somehow) more than it would like to support the innovative upstarting youth it's already invested so much of that same taxpayer money into.

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DeerFlyHater t1_j9w3arz wrote

Yes, it's New England, but this is not Mass. Why are Mass people posting in here or even viewing the sub? They have enough problems in their own state.

Massholes have earned their moniker and reputation time and time again.

First and foremost, they think everything that happens in their state is the right thing to do and wants to force it upon other states. This causes them to be irrational assholes in real life and on the internet.

Second, they see New Hampshire as their playground, but do not respect the residents or the rules. They collectively refuse to fit into the area they are visiting & instead try to make that area adapt to them, collectively drive like shit, collectively trash our resources as in literally trash our resources, collectively overcrowd our attractions so New Hampshire residents can't participate as much as they want, collectively cause problems in STRs, and are constantly involved in criminal activity in the state if you believe the state police blotters.

Third, they deliberately support and prop up the big government restrict everything bullshit. Those are not good people.

I could go on, but this is reddit, and all the dickbags will downvote me anyways.

Why do I know so much about Massholes? I was born and raised there. Luckily escaping at 18 which was a depressingly long time ago. The 'Welcome to NH, don't Mass it up' slogan resonates.

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paraplegic_T_Rex t1_j9w3x8q wrote

I’m not posting here from MA. I live in NH. But I’m from MA just like you. There’s still a lot of hate for people who moved here for some reason.

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DeerFlyHater t1_j9wa4ac wrote

You've heard the term, 'the ugly American' regarding US tourists overseas? When I lived in Italy, they were often easy to spot.

MA people are the ugly Americans of New England.

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Excellent_Affect4658 t1_j9wgdiv wrote

I’m trying to imagine saying this with a straight face while living in a world that includes Connecticut.

Massholes are massholes, but … shudder.

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paraplegic_T_Rex t1_j9wa97m wrote

👍 great attitude to have. You know people call us in NH the rednecks of New England. How about we all just admit we’re very similar people and get along.

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RickyDaytonaJr t1_j9wcxb5 wrote

Good luck getting people on this sub to approach an issue with nuance rather than making broad generalizations presented as statements of fact.

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paraplegic_T_Rex t1_j9wferj wrote

Oh I know. It’s Reddit + New Hampshire. Double whammy. But we can try to change it and open some thinking up a bit.

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DeerFlyHater t1_j9wbyn3 wrote

but we're not similar as has been discussed many times

NH is a rural/semi rural state. City people can say what they want from the comfort of their cube farm.

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paraplegic_T_Rex t1_j9wc6cf wrote

See you’re just completely lumping in Boston/Cambridge with the entire state. Most of MA is rural. So you don’t like city people - fine. I assume you also hate Manchester. But it doesn’t mean everyone is so different. Many of the people who live in Boston these days aren’t from MA either. So you just don’t like cities. That’s it. That’s your whole problem.

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DeerFlyHater t1_j9wgji5 wrote

Most of MA is rural as if people stacked on top of people are rural. 2010 census because that is what came up in google and that is as much effort as I care to put in on reddit: MA pop density: 839.4(3rd in US). NH pop density: 147(21st in US).

A very few parts of western MA is rural. You may have small towns all over the place in MA, but small town =/= rural. It is mostly all one big urban/suburban/bedroom commuting community shithole.

Got it, you're butthurt over the masshole moniker. Get over it as it isn't going away. Massholes have earned it and they continue to earn it day after day.

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paraplegic_T_Rex t1_j9whnji wrote

Yeah, half the state is empty. Of course population density is low. But where people actually live in NH, it’s similar to most of MA.

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