Our best assets are moving out

vrrooom · 01-30-2007, 12:27 PM

I have lived in the lakes region for over 20 years, but never found jobs that paid well here. I work for companies all over the world, returning to the lake on weekends. Why do we have this problem, well it is quite simple, NH politicians do not care about providing good jobs. They pay lip service to job creation; take for example the Airbus center that was proposed for Pease. NH would not provide any $$ to subsidise the business, well someone else did, and almost 1000 engineering and aircraft mechanics jobs went south. We need agressive, funded economic development, led by experienced business people (they are already here, and just need to be engaged by the state). As long as the NH advantage is recreation, things will be as they are now, and education will continue to decline slowly over time.

dpg · 01-30-2007, 12:42 PM

I'd move up in a minute and do not make "big money" by any means but still couldn't match my salary.

01-30-2007, 12:27 PM	#1
vrrooom Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gilford Posts: 50 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	We shoot our own feet --- most of the time I have lived in the lakes region for over 20 years, but never found jobs that paid well here. I work for companies all over the world, returning to the lake on weekends. Why do we have this problem, well it is quite simple, NH politicians do not care about providing good jobs. They pay lip service to job creation; take for example the Airbus center that was proposed for Pease. NH would not provide any $$ to subsidise the business, well someone else did, and almost 1000 engineering and aircraft mechanics jobs went south. We need agressive, funded economic development, led by experienced business people (they are already here, and just need to be engaged by the state). As long as the NH advantage is recreation, things will be as they are now, and education will continue to decline slowly over time.

01-30-2007, 12:42 PM	#2
dpg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,618 Thanks: 157 Thanked 235 Times in 172 Posts	I'd move up in a minute and do not make "big money" by any means but still couldn't match my salary.