Few if any of the people with the "fuck off, we're full" attitude mean it on a personal level. It's just that you fit the demographic of a fully remote worker making a big metro area salary that moves in and prices out people who HAVE to live here for whatever reason.
I'm not originally from the state, but I moved to NH for a specific job. Remote workers from New York, Connecticut, California, and New Jersey are competing with people like me for houses and apartments. I've been trying to buy a house for the past two years, and I'm consistently getting outbid by $20-30k on top of offering $15-20k over asking price...by people paying cash. This isn't unique to the housing market. People in your demographic are making it so that people who've lived here their entire lives or have other durable ties to the region can't afford to stay.
Doesn't necessarily excuse any vitriol you might get, but it explains it.
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Few if any of the people with the "fuck off, we're full" attitude mean it on a personal level. It's just that you fit the demographic of a fully remote worker making a big metro area salary that moves in and prices out people who HAVE to live here for whatever reason.
I'm not originally from the state, but I moved to NH for a specific job. Remote workers from New York, Connecticut, California, and New Jersey are competing with people like me for houses and apartments. I've been trying to buy a house for the past two years, and I'm consistently getting outbid by $20-30k on top of offering $15-20k over asking price...by people paying cash. This isn't unique to the housing market. People in your demographic are making it so that people who've lived here their entire lives or have other durable ties to the region can't afford to stay.
Doesn't necessarily excuse any vitriol you might get, but it explains it.