Planning a trip for 5 familys' with boats

[sunset on the dock]

Originally Posted by OCDACTIVE

I have stayed out of this conversation but I couldn't agree more alsadad. Is this really what our state is being portrayed as?

NH's #1 economic resource is tourism. Why is it that some treat people from out of state as evil? Why are they made to feel un-welcome.

So many people complain about taxes, property, llc taxes, fees, registration etc etc..... Well those will only get worse if people who want to come to the state and bring out of state dollars to spend, are keep being made to feel as unwelcome and the enemy. Especially when the our economy is dependant on out of staters.

The problem however is that some are using a single change in one of our laws for their only supporting argument for why out of staters are being made to feel unwelcome, making the argument seem in fact to be a smoke screen for something else (see 2 important letters to the editor in the Laconia Sun and Laconia Citizen from 2 days ago...they can be seen on line). As has been pointed out in this forum over the last couple days, many businesses and marinas (Greater than 350) feel this single change will improve the overall friendliness factor of the state and thereby translate into more tourist dollars, not fewer. And this is what has caught the attention of our reps in Concord.

[jmen24]

Originally Posted by sunset on the dock

The problem however is that some are using a single change in one of our laws for their only supporting argument for why out of staters are being made to feel unwelcome, making the argument seem in fact to be a smoke screen for something else (see 2 important letters to the editor in the Laconia Sun and Laconia Citizen from 2 days ago...they can be seen on line). As has been pointed out in this forum over the last couple days, many businesses and marinas (Greater than 350) feel this single change will improve the overall friendliness factor of the state and thereby translate into more tourist dollars, not fewer. And this is what has caught the attention of our reps in Concord.

Sunset, what color should I paint my house this spring?

[sunset on the dock]

Originally Posted by jmen24

Sunset, what color should I paint my house this spring?

How about.......BLACK

[OCDACTIVE]

Originally Posted by sunset on the dock

The problem however is that some are using a single change in one of our laws for their only supporting argument for why out of staters are being made to feel unwelcome, making the argument seem in fact to be a smoke screen for something else (see 2 important letters to the editor in the Laconia Sun and Laconia Citizen from 2 days ago...they can be seen on line). As has been pointed out in this forum over the last couple days, many businesses and marinas (Greater than 350) feel this single change will improve the overall friendliness factor of the state and thereby translate into more tourist dollars, not fewer. And this is what has caught the attention of our reps in Concord.

Hey sunset, great to see you are still around. Hope all is well with you and your family.

I am not however going to get dragged down that path of discussing one issue. There are many issues that have began to give this "tone" to NH and it won't be a single change that will curb these feelings. We all need to work together to help promote the lakes region as a place for all to enjoy rather then continuing useless arguments that only support these detrimental perceptions for those looking to vacation here.