Just a reminder that Manchester has a high number (for NH) of folks without cars and we have next to zero bus service. People that live in Manchester without a car are stuck. We do need train service to connect our residents to the rest of NH and New England.

> The executive council recently killed funding for the study that would have told us that

Yep. The report was overdue but it seemed like a waste to only get the interim report. I wonder if that's available?

eeekkk i would advise for this not to happen, this will get shutdown by homeowners anyways and will consolidate any available housing near the rail where crime and poverty is highest. i have lived in many cities and have no desire to be anywhere near a light rail, america sadly just implements these services so badly

I am in favor of making the best decisions. There is no limit to the amount of discussion to reach that conclusion. But we can't even debate the rail thing because we waste so much time debating if we should debate it. And THIS conversation is like debating if we should debate about debating. A person who is just looking to stifle progress can keep going like this forever. It is another insidious strategy to keep the focus away from the actual question at hand.

Try snowshoeing at Beaverbrook in Hollis. It is super close to you, and they have tons of trails, and $10 snowshoe rentals: https://www.beaverbrook.org/

It isn't about that. It is about setting the stage to more easily and legally discriminate against trans kids.

And then people will complain about property taxes going up to pay for it.

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

My proposition is that these things are substantially more complex and wont be solved overnight.

My theory is that bringing more people in to fill the current housing (with prices that will not be reduced without govt intervention no matter how much we wish for it) those people will need more services that will pay more and may result in a profitable need for additional housing on the lower end.

It's not a guarantee. I can promise that blocking progress and shutting down connections and mass transit that the rest of the world uses is the opposite of a solution.

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

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.

I don't see the use in stopping at the Pheasant. Malls are dead. Amazon has taken over. The only reason to put a stop there would be to service the residential units that will eventually replace a lot of the retail sprawl that exists in that area. That's a stop that should probably only occur outside of commute hours.

What's the second stop in south Nashua? The Pheasant is south Nashua.

Fifth and sixth stops should probably be combined. That's way too many stops for a very long rail service. The longer it takes to get from one end to the other, the less useful it is. Commuters won't use something that takes significantly longer than if they just drove.

That's been part of the problem. Other towns along the line also want in, but there's a tipping point where there are so many stops that you can't actually get anywhere in a reasonable amount of time. The strongest proposal, IMO, was Manchester, Nashua, Lowell, North Station. Four stops. It's short enough to beat a commuter's drive time, includes the most important cities.

It's not a tactic to kill debate, it's a tactic to stop the state and the cities of Nashua and Manchester from dumping money into something that has failed to get off the ground in the ~50+ years that it's been under discussion. How much longer would you like to drag this out for? There's no use in keeping a project in the discussion phase for that long. It's either viable or it's not.

Would you be happier if this bill proposed shelving the project for a decade and then calling for it to be returned to the table for discussion then to see if conditions have changed enough to warrant further discussion?

What is your proposal to fix the problem?

The housing market is profit driven, the companies have found little to no profit in low income and affordable housing. So they stopped providing it and raised rents etc.

Do you propose the Govt mandate, regulate, and subsidize housing to ensure people can get in to affordable housing?

If you don't want that, how should it be done?

Housing will get improved when there is profit to it. Right now there isn't.

Unless you want the government to pay for, regulate and subsidize low income housing?

Well let’s go up the line.

First stop is the pheasant lane mall. Tax Free Shopping Second stop is South Nashua. Further tax free shopping. Third stop is over on the Hudson Nashua line that will likely be commuters but the area could be updated with mixed use offerings. 4th stop is airport in Bedford and they have already stated they will have a shuttle on loop to bring you across the river. 5th and 6th stop is down town Manchester where you have the Fisher Cats, SNHU Arena and Palace Theater along with dozens of restaurants bars and specialty shops.

There is also plans for a bed down facility for the trains which means jobs for maintenance along with crew layovers.

New office created. Bathroom Police. Head of the department will be Office Doofy from the Scary Movie franchise. FFS this state has bigger priorities. But let’s focus on bathrooms

Talk is cheap, the only reason to force people to stop is if you think they'll reach a conclusion that you decided you won't like.

Edit: It is actually an insidious tactic to shut down debate just because you've arbitrarily decided "its gone on too long".

But connections with Massachusetts will increase demand, which will help with commecting the state

I've watched it play out and added my $0.02 in some of the public feedback over the decades that this has been under discussion. That's pretty far from an automatic red light.

That's why there's a proposal to kill the thing. It's dragged on long enough. We need to either build it, or end it. We're wasting time and money letting this proposal drag on forever.

But you're in favor of an automatic red light on everything, not much different.

This is such a waste of money. Completely unnecessary.

>You realize people can use it come into the state right?

Ever use the Lowell line? The trains fill up in the morning heading into Boston. They fill up in the evening heading back from Boston. The trains tend to be sparsely populated outside of that. There's not much reason to think that NH would see anything different.

You might get some traffic to MHT depending on how difficult it is to get from the train to the airport. But what else is going to draw people in?

Reddit _in_pronoun_voice is pro-facist apparently. Bold position.

As one who has done a considerable amount of trail maintenance in my life I urge anyone and everyone to be very careful on the trails in April and May, with a preference to avoiding them if possible. Muddy trails are not just an inconvenience to hikers, but are much more susceptible to damage during the spring thaw. Water bars get damaged, pathways wash out, etc.

Others have noted the weather can be variable and there is danger in the woods at that time of year. I don't care if you make a stupid decision and die on a mountain, just don't wreck the trail while you're at it.