[fatlazyless]

New Hampshire probably has a lot of wind what with its mountains, geography, and prevailing winds coming from the west.

If you do a little bit of driving around Plymouth and Campton close to the Plymouth Wal-Mart, plus on Route 93 northbound for one mile between Exit 25 and Exit 26, it is almost impossible not to notice the 24 different, reflective white, 300-400' high wind turbines located in Groton, known as the Groton wind farm. These were constructed in the summer and fall of 2012, and it is planned for all 24 to be spinning in the wind by the end of this year. As of today, maybe just three of the 24 are actually now able to spin with the wind.

The town of Groton receives $22,000+/year for each one of the 24 white, wind turbines, so I strongly suspect there are residents of Groton who are delighted with how they look because they are seeing their property tax bills get greatly reduced. So, for the Groton individual property tax payer, it may well be worth having huge, white, wind turbine towers and white,turbine propeller blades for neighbors, especially if they do not have to view them from their own homes permanently into the future, and only occaisionally have to catch a glimpse of them as they may be out driving.

For someone who lives in a town that is a neighbor to a wind farm, such as in Campton or Plymouth and who receives no large property tax reduction as a result, and now has a permanent view of the white wind turbines, they are most likely very very unhappy with the new wind turbine view. Goodbye majestic all-natural mountain ridgelines, and hello same ridgeline now adorned with a number of all-white, 300-400' high, reflective white colored towers and three-propeller rotary turning white windmill blades on what had previously been an unadorned ridgeline, and probably a major reason why you chose to live there in the first place. Your place used to have a terrific scenic peaceful view!

For a photo, just google "groton wind farm" and click on images.

New Hampshire is not really a single state of 1.3-million people, but more like a collection of 150 different towns that all have their own different individual property tax collection systems, so what is good for one town could be bad for its neighbor town.