Recent comments in /f/newhampshire

every1getslaid t1_j2enjum wrote

Ahh yes cause funding education for anyone regardless of class is communism.

I can’t believe that in 2022 there are people who don’t understand that you need to educate everyone, not just the well off.

We live in a society and we have to look past just our own selfish needs/wants to the future.

Even if you don’t have kids that doesn’t mean you don’t have to help provide for a better future.

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Acanthaceae_Square t1_j2elipv wrote

Do you really not grasp how your kids 'descent schools' at the expense of the majority of the state having 'not descent' schools is going to eventually negatively affect you and your kids if you plan on staying in NH? Large pockets of this small state offering a second class education to kids who will become adults with poor educations translates into the state becoming an increasingly low economic area as a whole. That means less new business locating here to create enough 'descent' jobs, drops in property valuations, more crime, more untreated mental health and substance use issues, more money needed for social services, more homelessness, poor quality elderly and medical care, etc. If you're able to see beyond your immediate present, it directly benefits you and your kids to make sure other kids who will soon be adults running the economy and wiping your ass in the nursing home have a 'descent' education.

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ANewMachine615 t1_j2ehv9b wrote

And the people who can't afford to live there just... get worse lives for their kids? The people who live in worse-off areas live there for a reason, too, but I doubt many of them are saying "yeah, I COULD do better by my kids, but y'know, I'm sure our shitty schools are good enough."

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Sensitive_Weather_56 t1_j2egq4h wrote

We live in a nice town, and have really good schools and don’t think that we should be punished for that. We are perfectly OK with paying taxes. We saved up. We worked hard we moved to a nice town with great schools and a lot of resources for the kids. And a lot of really nice people in town.

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Sensitive_Weather_56 t1_j2efxbr wrote

Some people who live in these affluent areas live there for a reason I’m assuming. That they want the best education, the best resources for their children. And now they’re expected to have to share that? How is that fair ? I know this will be an unpopular opinion….

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