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Originally Posted by Mr. V
Laconia was once a mill town.
This provided employment to many.
The mills left, tourism has tried to fill the gap.
What's needed is a blend of both: bring back industry!
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AGREE-AGREE-AGREE!
I moved to Keene (1988) some fifteen years after graduation from KSC.
When I got there, everybody was selling real estate- and making A LOT of money!
Bankers, investment people, boutiques- all white-collar and schmoozy!
I was very disappointed- I moved from yuppie-ville to N.H.- I thought
Within a few years, downtown stores were closing- window-fronts covered.
Keene had traded in it's dynamic industry, and working force, for the flashy, new buck!
Hard to go back, I guess.
