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danmac1152 t1_j9gyxhx wrote

People are only moving to NH because housing is cheaper. It’s not always a “yea let’s move to NH!” Mentality. It’s “where the hell can I afford to own my house.”

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brigdin t1_j9haa4r wrote

So they move here and drive up housing prices here and then nobody from New Hampshire can afford to live here. Wonderful!

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danmac1152 t1_j9hc42a wrote

Yea that’s kinda how it works. Same as how so many people want to move to Mass, drive the prices up, then people from Mass can’t afford to live there. Called supply and demand. I don’t think anyone likes it. But again, people do what they can to afford their lives and survive.

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futureygoodness t1_j9i36ag wrote

People here could choose to build more houses, don’t blame people moving here for poor policy decisions they couldn’t have had a part in.

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raxnbury t1_j9i69sl wrote

You are not wrong. Don’t discount the sway that local property management companies have on local government.

Take Dover for example, last I looked it was something like 50% renters and most of those rentals belong to a handful of shitty property management companies. And they sure as shit don’t want anyone else building but them.

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lellololes t1_j9ji9te wrote

Welcome to Planet Earth, where such things have been happening since the dawn of civilization.

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AllstarGaming617 t1_j9koz58 wrote

That simple ecology 101. Southern New Hampshires proximity to Boston is going to force urbanization from Manchester to Nashua. Boston is one of the fastest growing metro areas in the country being the east coasts hub of technology and education. It has the biggest companies and the best schools. Nothing is going to change that. As Boston grows the “metro” area will slowly come to include Nashua up to Manch, it kind of already does. They literally just but another “city” within Boston in the assembly square area. That type of urban growth around Boston is only going to force further urban expansion away from the city. Lawrence, haverhill, and Lowell are already packed so people are going to skip across those over the border into Nashua. That’s exactly me and my wife’s situation.

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danmac1152 t1_j9kujmg wrote

Absolutely. I live a few minutes over the border and the majority of people in my area either work trades for local companies or travel/remote work to Boston. Like you said, Mass is a very desirable place to live and the expansion will continue

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soh_amore t1_j9ky1rl wrote

Close proximity to a state which doesn’t have income tax. Why stay in Lowell if you can just move 10 miles up and save $$$

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AllstarGaming617 t1_j9l7elg wrote

Well if you work in mass you still have to pay mass state taxes. Although New Hampshire is suing Massachusetts over taxation of remote workers/workers who cross state lines. I don’t think it’ll ever change for workers who physically work for mass companies but I do think eventually remote workers who live in nh will get the benefit of no income tax

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soh_amore t1_j9lb596 wrote

Don’t you normally get some kind of tax credit that offsets the working state’s tax. Maybe that does not work here as NH doesn’t have income tax?

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AllstarGaming617 t1_j9leqz7 wrote

I think that’s what some of the lawsuit between the states is about. Currently there is no tax credit between mass and nh. Living and working across state lines between two states that have income taxes there is a tax credit. My wife and I both work for Massachusetts companies and live in Nashua. She actually works for local government so she’ll always be paying taxes. My company is based out of north Attleboro but I run all operations in New Hampshire so I’m hoping that maybe something pans out in this lawsuit that benefits my tax situation.

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