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raxnbury t1_j9hjskb wrote

Reply to comment by stonewallmike in Massholes are moving north to NH at record levels by EgonEggnog

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.

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Psychological_Yak644 t1_j9hzjsq wrote

A lot of the people pushing back aren’t lifers…. They just hate change. One family who has been here for CENTURIES actually want to find a way to fix it; they understand that a town can’t continue to thrive without change. The irony and hypocrisy of a lot of it is just mind boggling. Join the Warner fb page and you’ll see so much ridiculous vitriol over the smallest nonsense.

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bonanzapineapple t1_j9hzrzt wrote

Yeah, I mean at some point you reach the situation where there are no jobs anywhere near a town, so then no working people want to move there. Like a long of socio economic phenomenons, it's a vicious cycle!

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raxnbury t1_j9i0229 wrote

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.

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lellololes t1_j9jhy5g wrote

This is happening all over rural Japan, and it's not pretty. All the kids leave, because they literally need to.

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