Franklin revitalization efforts?

[Last1Standing]

Franklin has long been a down-and-out town, and it will remain that way under the New Hampshire tax philosophy. Quality of life has been severely degraded by the opioid crisis. On the national scale, New Hampshire and specifically Franklin are major opioid addiction centers. How this impacts quality of life: (1) Home break-ins by addicts (2) Impossible to hire able-bodied young men to do home maintenance and yard work. There are none left. (3) Businesses can't find nonaddicted employees. I'm sure there are many other impacts. Those are the three that I'm directly aware of. Revitalization? The town is literally dying. The infrastructure is crumbling. There is no money to maintain streets.

[unit731]

Originally Posted by MrsBrookes

Thanks, all - I guess I recall how bad Asbury Park and Hoboken were, and seeing what they are now makes me look at a place like Franklin with hope/ intrigue. Ah, well. I will, however, look into those other recommended towns!

You need a college town or some newer large business/factory.

Most of NH cities are old mill towns. Most mills are long gone. Left behind is a lot of housing. Nothing is going to happen to upgrade these old mill towns unless there is federal or state tax money. With today's attitude - providing or raising taxes is quite unpopular.

Urban renewal (federal tax money) of the 1960's is long gone. Some towns did a poor job of urban renewal.
Examples are Laconia and Lebanon. Main street Lebanon is virtually empty of stores as urban renewal attempted to make Main street a "mall". Similar happened to downtown Laconia.


Then there is Walmart. Enough said about Walmart.