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As a former MA resident who lived on the NH border I sympathize with not wanting to be MA but NIMBY is never the answer. Things change.
by driverdan 7y ago
As a former MA resident who lived on the NH border I sympathize with not wanting to be MA but NIMBY is never the answer. Things change.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoIt's not the development, it's the people that follow it. People aren't complaining that Nashua is turning into Lowell or Leominster, they're complaining that it's turning into Cambridge. I'm sure there's a couple old racists complain about black people or something like that but there's always a few of those people. Most people seem to take much bigger issue with the newcomers lack of respect for individual freedom and property rights more than skin color or social class. People are worried that their culture will be gentrified out of existence. They're worried that in time will no longer be socially acceptable, maybe even illegal to live the way they've live and mostly like living. It's not the "backwards hicks" that are worried about this. It's the white collar professionals who are enduring the terrible commute and double taxation because they like NH for the "do what you want on your own property and nobody cares" factor are who are worried about this.