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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR
I think you need to look around your own state.
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SAUGUS?!? 
I hardly consider there to be a link between Saugus and Lake Winnipesaukee. Though come to think of it - Weirs Beach and Laconia do sort of remind me of Saugus! HA! If you want to do a comparison - lets look at some of our resort locations in MASS - The Berkshires of course - no neon out there! Then there are the towns like Chatham, Dennis, Hyannis, etc...anywhere on Cape really, Salisbury Beach since someone brought it up - is in its final stages of its arcade/honky tonk life - and is becoming "wooden signed" to its death. There is only ONE road with any kind of flashing lights - right in the center - and that will be gone within a couple years, much like its counterparts along the coast. Nantasket Beach - Gone - Revere Beach - gone - Mass is becoming "Wood Carved" while our neighbor to the north goes NEON!!
As for Haverhill - the problem in Haverhill is not NEON signs - its paper signs being posted on more than 25% of their window space in
convenience store windows - again - APPLES AND ORANGES - and if you read the article instead of skimming it you will see there is an ordinance in place that the council wants enforced. No NEON or FLASHY Signs - even the Starbucks on 125 has a Wooden Carved sign - NOW drive 100 yards north and cross into NH and thats a different story!
Get back to the main and original point - since we have drifted so far away from it....Signage in NH is not the fault of any other community - which was my original post. It is the fault of those who serve NH on councils and chambers. Lets face it - those are the facts. If you dont like the changes - go to Town Meetings, vote city councilmen off the boards and complain to the Chambers of Commerce.
As for me spending time in NH - of course I do - what with all the conveniences and SERVICES in lower taxed Haverhill with the tax free shopping a stones throw away - who wouldn't do that!
