This year, 2009, will be the first year ever in US history where women will make up the majority, more than 50%, of the work force. That is an amazing statistic, and should not be discounted. In 1965, it was men 70%, women 30%, and the change started to accelerate in the 1980s to present. Women tend to have more jobs in health care and education, which have not seen the downturn of male oriented construction and manufactoring.
Locally, the Freudenburg-NOK auto parts maker with 130 employees, on the Gilford-Laconia line will probably close up soon. Mostly, men work there.
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Fronting Route 104 in New Hampton, within one mile of the Meredith line, there's two parcels of land for sale. Priced low: 6 acres/$70,000, and ten acres/$100,000. That seems pretty low for commercial land.
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... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!
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