That’s it? That’s like what. 30 a day?

It’s also weird because when I was a kid, 30 years ago, i was taught French I’m school. I remember so many more québécois back then.

I think what they really mean is they don’t want to participate in modern society. They want to pretend they’re still living 60 years in the past. That and just generally scared of any kind of change. Don’t forgot part of it is code for “we don’t want more minorities here”. Now people can deny that all they want but seriously just go talk to anyone outside of any of our cities and they are terrified of “others”

I read that and not quite sure what you’re talking about. What low expectations. Outside of firearms how does mass tell you to live your life? Insurance? Seatbelts?

NH isn’t much better. Can’t buy tobacco under 21 anymore in a lot of places, only New England state without legal cannabis, some of the highest property taxes because the state barely funds education. Don’t get me wrong, we love it here but NH isn’t some bastion of freedom lol

I’ve travelled all over the Midwest. The cities are nice and I enjoy visiting. It’s the small dead towns scattered absolutely everywhere that look like they’re stuck 30 years in the past is what I was talking about. I don’t consider the larger city people “flatlanders”.

I guess that depends on the definition on sucks.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts

9th overall. NH is 4th overall in this same list. So while NH is better it’s not like mass is some god forsaken hell hole lol. Guess it’s all relative though.

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.

Well duh, should be high schoolers doing that.

Shit did I need the /s?

It’s legit though. I can only afford to be where I am here because I work for a company out of Forth Worth. 100% remote with travel.

By controlled what do you mean?

You’re fighting people that are either independently wealthy or have a really healthy retirement and don’t want any new development to up their cost of living.

“The others” you ain’t lying. Was up north a few years ago during the height of the George Floyd protests doing some work for a guy who actually believed “those n-words are gonna come here and rob us” I gently reminded him of the half dozen or so meth heads currently vandalizing the area, but yes, he scared of black peoples who wouldn’t be caught dead in those boonies.

Except that the small population is quickly leading to an aging population. I travel for work frequently. You can always tell you’re getting on a flight to Manchester because there usually a half dozen or so geriatrics in wheel chairs and the rest of the plain averages about 65 years old.

I think you kind of hit the nail on the head though. They want zero change. They want their little town to stay just like it is forever. I mean Jesus, go drive around grafton or coos county. More buildings boarded up than not. But hey, at least there’s no scary big city folk.

Seriously though, once you get north of concord you might as well be somewhere deep in Mississippi or Alabama

Man, flatlanders are so weird. I was out in the upper Midwest for work a couple weeks ago. Drove from Indianapolis to Columbus and my god is it weird out there. The best was the billboards, “adult superstore!” “Jesus saves” “abortion kills babies” “guns’r’us” just on repeat. Meanwhile every little “town” I drove through half the buildings and houses were boarded up and falling down.

You ever been up to graft on county? Basically the same lol

I actually laughed cuz it kills 2 birds with one stone!

That wall to keep people out? Or keep young people in?

I was just reading an article about Warner that was similar. Literally no houses for sale at all. The community is aging and trying to figure out what to do but their zoning laws basically stop any new building. So you get this feedback loop of lifers complaint that they’re on a fixed budget because they’re retired. They also don’t want to leave the place they’ve lived which I get. But if you won’t let people build, and nobody wants to leave, inevitably you’re going to hit a wall.

I’m not really clear on what some people want. NH is the second oldest state just behind Maine in median age. There is a decent amount of brain drain as younger people leave the state for college, especially given the cost of UNH.

I’m convinced there’s a block that just wants NH to be a giant retirement community. It appears as though most younger NH citizens prefer denser more populated areas with more to do than your average “New England small town”. What’s the plan if you don’t want people from out of state moving here? Who’s going to fill the jobs or take care of the aging population?

I’m on Dover and it currently smells odd outside. Smelled the same in somersworth and down on Dover point road. Almost a chlorine like smell.

Light of info but does say the pilots survived amazingly.

Tacomas are always good in the smaller segment, can be pricey though. As far as dealerships I’ve never found a “bad” one for just purchasing. A lot of that has been being Pre-approved by my bank / credit union before even stepping foot on the lot.

If you can get financing ahead of time the dealership really shouldn’t be an issue, you already know how much you’re going to spend going into it makes it easier to negotiate. “I’m willing to lay X amount, take it or leave it”

I always love when the state police just stand on the side of the circle and just wave those assholes over.