The north country suffered tremendously when the mills closed one by one. The pain was just as bad, when those buildings were razed one by one. I completely understand that leaving an abandon building left to decay and vandals, is not any better but demolishing those buildings, also demolished the hopes and dreams of a brighter future, for those that call or called northern NH home. Aside for BAE Systems who has facilities in Nashua, Merrimack and Hudson, this state will never be able to lure in the high-tech industries like Massachusetts has. The only other option is for manufacturing and for manufacturing to pay decent, you need a railroad that can move large volumes of product in and out faster and for a lot cheaper, than what trucks could ever do. It would be nice to see some type of manufacturing come in and spring new life but sadly it hasn't happened. Maybe with Untied Rail in the picture, there's something cooking behind closed doors, and as a resident of NH and someone who's got a lot of pride in this state, I really hope something is in the works, not just for this the region but for the entire state.
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