Wow Rhogan, great post. Call me silly but I was really unaware that the church actually "supplanted" people here. I'm not sure how I feel about them bringing people here, but I do agree with you wholeheartedly about the prison being here. I really don't think it should be. Your right about questioning the people who are coming to visit these people, and also what about when they get out of jail and they plant it right here in Laconia to "start anew". Most of them had nothing when they went into prison, and will have nothing when they come out. So therefore they stay right here in this town and pull God knows what afterwards. Furthermore from what i've heard the "House of Corrections" is a joke. They should punish these people! They should make them clean, landscape, and do things for the community that they've probably violated. Sometimes our justice system in the US troubles me.
I remember coming up here at first 12 years ago, crime was a foreign word. In the past 5 or 6 years the Lakes Region (especially Laconia) has become a melting pot for various religions, races, cultures. We've seen an increase in African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Middle Easterns. And i've also noticed the crime rate escalate along with them moving here. BUT, reading through the papers, and doing research, i've noticed the vast majority of the crimes (robberies, drug trafficking, assaults) are still commited by your typical white male who is and has been a resident of the area for a while. Honestly I do not believe our new comers are not as responsible as some think they are.
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