Restaurants in the Lakes Region charge high prices because people are paying them. Most of the tourists coming here are from high cost of living states, like Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, where these prices are normal. They can afford to go out to dinner while here and pay the high prices. I see where an MIT study shows the minimum income to live comfortably in Massachusetts is $120,000 (second highest next to Hawaii). Not many people in Laconia make that much. This immigration from wealthy states has also caused the price of housing to be unaffordable for the locals. All the condos and houses going up near Weirs Beach aren't being sold to the locals.
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