New Boston?

Brookline, Mason, Hollis, Pelham, Wilton, Mont Vernon Lyndeborugh, Greenfield, Amherst, Milford, Litchfield, New Boston. check out google maps

We are the second most forested state, second only to Maine but with a much higher population density in our forested areas. The emerald ash borer is wiping out our ash trees for a few years now, and they are coming crashing down. Tree crews can't keep up with it.

Aww, you poor thing. You couldn’t be more wrong.

Mind you, it doesn’t necessarily have to be rooftop solar either. A subdivision could pool resources together and do community solar or wind, too. At any rate, the future of the electric grid is more decentralization.

I can’t remember the last time I’ve lost power. Definitely been a couple years. I live just outside of Concord

Very astute observation I have solar slated for install in the summer I'm only on little more than acre but if I can have some more sustainable utilities that keep me semi grid resistant I will do it. I've been looking into whatever option I can to reduce my bills lol

There were so many opportunities to not ruin it, and yet he prevailed. Grade A mega-boomer post, OP.

It’s both. If you look at the power grid from a high level, power lines are just the edges of the power grid, connecting producer and consumer nodes. We have an unreliable power grid because we have so many lines going all through the hinterlands, and so little redundancy. But you can’t have redundancy without density.

IMO this 20th century model is fundamentally unsustainable without massive government subsidies. It’s not Eversource’s fault. They’re never going to be able to trim enough trees on such sprawling infrastructure.

If you want grid electricity, live in town. If you want to live on an acre plot, get solar panels. If your home can’t support sewer lines, it probably shouldn’t support electrical lines either. On that note, we really need to bury more of the transmission lines connecting towns and cities, too.

It’s going to be a tough couple of decades as entitled exurban Americans slowly begin to realize that their lifestyle depends on massive government handouts and is completely unsustainable long term. A lot of them will attribute it to “live in pod eat bugs” conspiracy nonsense, but it’s just a regression to historical norms.

We only built houses in this soulless sprawl for one human worth of time. We lived in towns and villages for thousands of years, and in tribes before that. This current built environment is anti-human. We were never meant to live like this. Car addiction has been more devastating to communities than drug addiction.

40 years ago the trail was an easy walk. (Made the original carriage road for the hotel believable). Maybe 20 years ago it was super eroded and a difficult because of the exposed rocks. What is the trail like in 2023? Used to be best reward for the effort. Thanks

I'm going to plug Plymouth too. I ski at Cannon and Waterville. Will it up the lakes in the summer. Walmart, Hannaford, Market Basket in town. Lowe's and Home Depot are 30 min away in Tilton

Is NH like MA and pays their plowers in Aug?

Haha I wish

Mary Ann's or Brooklyn Bagel in Derry

I am refering to the fact that they are doing their work for the pay check not altruistic reasons. But yes you are correct, I've no idea what they do with their money. I am grateful for their work.

30 hours of plowing at what like $80 a hour? Just go stay at the park plaza until the power is back up

Aaaand it’s out again

Because no one trims their own trees, trees are allowed to grow tangled into the lines, old trees don’t get taken down till they fall down… live free or die!

Trees.

Adapt.

You think a billion dollars is pocket change?

Hampstead, Rockingham County - Golden Leaf

That's pretty neat.

Tamworth came to mind

Power bottom text even better

Merrimack County - nothing :)