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Originally Posted by Mr. Moyer
As for them just staying in their house and watching their LCD TV's, that's silly.
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Of course that comment was a bit sarcastic, and I think we're mostly on the same page. However, I dispute that there is any correlation between the increased number of McMansions in the region and the increase in disposable income spent on local business. After all, how many times have we seen people post statements like, "the lake was really dead this weekend" or "the Weirs was a ghost town." The number of new big lake homes rises dramatically every year, but the number of people out and about only seems to diminish. Perhaps I am too sentimental, but I don't see how the suburbanization of rural NH is good for the economy in the long run.
Without further hijacking the thread, I'll leave with this question- when you have all the creature comforts of home (and more) in your vacation house, why leave?