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Rare_Message_7204 t1_j1yq8th wrote

Reply to comment by AnythingToAvoidWork in Newcomers to New Hampshire and Maine continue to drive population growth: More people are dying than being born, so population growth depends on people moving in from elsewhere by TurretLauncher

How can you keep the state beautiful and also push for larger populations? We are a very small state. The two just don't go together.

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Chappy_Sinclair_ t1_j1z7lc1 wrote

Burlington, VT and Portland, ME are the Ghosts of Manchester Future.

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nhbruh t1_j1zjb5a wrote

Fun facts:

  • Since 1952, NHs population has grown every year except one (1991)
  • The population has more than doubled in the last 60 years: 1962: 632,000; 2021: 1,388,992

Now the question becomes, keeping the historical growth data in mind, why do you see this trend posing a threat to the state’s beauty? Perhaps a follow up might be, why do you think the state has remained beautiful despite the steady growth over the past 60+ years?

Edit: Adding my source

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dahwhat t1_j1zka2d wrote

We haven't reached the limit/capacity for the people:land area ratio.

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