Most of those condos will likely be bought by out of staters. Local "workforce" people aren't buying $500k houses or condos.. particularly younger people, they can't afford them. There are several newer condo buildings just down the street from there already, now this new proposal, and then there's the proposal at the weirs circle. Plus whatever they're building at the weirs up on the hill, the eventual development of the state school property, and I'm sure there are several more projects in the works that we haven't heard of yet. This city is getting far too developed for its current infrastructure. Too big for its britches.. Police, fire/EMS, water, sewer, roads etc. There are going to be so many people.. it's already almost impossible to get a table at a restaurant in the summer, traffic is terrible, just too many people and not enough to support them. Same with the lakes too. There are so many people on the lakes, that it's hard to enjoy them. Hell, Laconia doesn't even have a public boat ramp on Winni. Locals who live here year round have a lot of difficulty just trying to enjoy our own resources. The powers that be are ruining this city and they don't even see it. They're too drunk on all of that potential tax money coming in. That's all they care about. Before too long, it's going to be primarily populated by mostly the wealthy and the poor, with none of us middle class people left. Just big expensive houses and condos on one end, and low income housing on the other end. Those of us in the middle are getting squeezed out.
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