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Grant · 03-26-2008, 04:36 PM

This is nothing new -- it's been going on for quite a while, but I suppose it's now reaching a 'critical mass' stage.

It seems that the 80s-90s tech boom, and the accompanying surge of high-tech workers in the 495/128 beltways contributed a great deal. The influx of workers and the tax benefits of relocating north of the border led to a southern NH boomlet. Word spreads fast, and with all the state has to offer, it became a destination of choice. Fortunes grew, McMansions arose, and eventually the virus spread to the Lakes Region. Consider the escalation of property values on the Lake since, say, 1982 or so. (And, while we're at it, consider the degradation of water quality in the same period...)

This is highly unscientific

, highly simplified, and based solely on personal observations gleaned over the years.

03-26-2008, 04:36 PM	#4
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,505 Thanks: 384 Thanked 232 Times in 126 Posts	This is nothing new -- it's been going on for quite a while, but I suppose it's now reaching a 'critical mass' stage. It seems that the 80s-90s tech boom, and the accompanying surge of high-tech workers in the 495/128 beltways contributed a great deal. The influx of workers and the tax benefits of relocating north of the border led to a southern NH boomlet. Word spreads fast, and with all the state has to offer, it became a destination of choice. Fortunes grew, McMansions arose, and eventually the virus spread to the Lakes Region. Consider the escalation of property values on the Lake since, say, 1982 or so. (And, while we're at it, consider the degradation of water quality in the same period...) This is highly unscientific , highly simplified, and based solely on personal observations gleaned over the years. __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."