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MiggySmalls6767 t1_j7uw3dm wrote

Reply to comment by Wide_Television_7074 in Want passenger rail in Manchester? Make your voice heard by PurpleSubtlePlan

Because a large portion of our state currently drives into Mass and utilizes their commuter rail system already, or commutes all the way to Boston. Not to mention everyone else who is commuting to Boston for anything from sporting events to shopping to flying out.

Manch airport isn’t a substitute for Logan. Flight options are terrible and limited.

This would help a large chunk of the state on a number of things and just makes entirely more sense than busses.. which defeats the point of reducing traffic and not having to sit in it all day.

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FaustusC t1_j7v2hj9 wrote

Well, if that's the case, why are we considering spending billions on a rail system when asking 10,000 to move closer to their work places makes more sense?

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Larovich153 t1_j7w0ovo wrote

How about the majority of the state's population thinks it is a good idea and free staters go back to their cabin in the woods and go away

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MiggySmalls6767 t1_j7vxfk3 wrote

Billions? Also because it helps every citizen of NH? Anyone who would like to commute via rail to downtown boston instead of wasting time, gas, parking, etc on driving in?

I’m sorry if all you do is sit at home and play with yourself but the rest of society has shit to do.

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vexingsilence t1_j7v5e3s wrote

It's a nice paradox. People move here because the higher density cities they work in aren't good to live in. But then they want the same services here so that our cities can grow to become the same thing they left because it was unlivable. It's really twisted.

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MiggySmalls6767 t1_j7vxijp wrote

Or just want to have a train to a major city like every other civilized nation on earth.

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FaustusC t1_j7v86er wrote

It's California cancer.

They can no longer afford to live in the state they voted into the ground, they flee to somewhere (usually fiscally conservative) and vote for the same shit that ruined state one. Repeat. I mean fuck, I got an Instagram reel of 3 female roommates laying $6,000 a month for a 3 bedroom house. Imagine paying $2,000 a month to have two fucking roommates still and thinking "yep, I'm of sound mind to make economic decisions for everyone else."

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vexingsilence t1_j7v92vt wrote

The funny thing is that some of them will inevitably figure it out over time and become the same people they see today as obstructionists. The cycle of life.

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FaustusC t1_j7van8y wrote

You're far more optimistic of them than I am. Lol

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