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Different_Ad7655 t1_j0rkl83 wrote

How much work is there in Portsmouth? The backbone of the place used to be the shipyard and that was always contested exactly where that lay for tax purposes. I remember Portsmouth in the '60s when it was a complete dump like Newburyport and Salem. How it's also changed. I also remember the horrible Urban renewal on the west side when the small Italian neighborhood and it's Victorian buildings was demolished. It would be interesting to know how many employment opportunities , in numbers Portsmouth offers at the moment.

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picklehaub t1_j0vvngj wrote

Shipyard is still open, most of the employees live up the Piscataqua one way or the other (Eliot, Berwick, Dover, Rochester)

There are plenty of jobs in Portsmouth, lots of retail and white collar downtown and more industrial than you would think out Lafayette and on the margins.

One just needs to look at the General Sullivan Bridge between 6-9am and 330-630pm every weekday to know if there are any jobs. Not everyone is going to Massachusetts.

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Jpf123 OP t1_j0rkwdg wrote

Similar things could be said of Boston proper, I think. Shipyards used to be a bustling business and we’re having major issues with the Jones Act and not having enough U.S flagged and built ships..

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