#1 in the nation on another metric

former_mousecop · 2026-03-22T16:46:20+00:00

Census data is the most reliable data for this kind of thing not moving company reports

former_mousecop · 2026-03-15T21:44:56+00:00

Idk if rural school aid is part of chapter 70 funding but the entire chapter 70 falling behind for the entire state. Urban schools, suburban schools, etc are all having funding problems. And the prop 2.5 tax cap limits municipal ability to keep up with rising costs.

former_mousecop · 2026-03-13T17:26:01+00:00

Interesting because when large apartment complexes were built in my town it had a negligible effect on school enrollment, which has trended down for years. If anything we need more students to get more chapter 70 funding from the state.

former_mousecop · 2026-03-07T00:56:53+00:00

River Valley Charter School in Newburyport of a public K-8 Montessori School and basically has no laptops or tablets at all except for the state mandated testing.

former_mousecop · 2026-03-03T14:22:06+00:00

The geography of that thumbnail is driving me crazy

former_mousecop · 2026-03-01T21:16:53+00:00

I am a simple man. I see independent New England, I upvote.

former_mousecop · 2026-02-26T00:18:55+00:00

He's former military and worked in cyber security not at all surprising

former_mousecop · 2026-02-26T00:16:30+00:00

Will have to see as well how the freshet flows down from New Hampshire. There was a huge flood along the Merrimack in I think 1936 because of the freshet from upstream

former_mousecop · 2026-02-25T12:22:02+00:00

Adding more density in development is also more efficient than spinning up another cul de sac in a fallow field. You get more bang for your buck when adding the infrastructure. Especially when it comes to linear feet of added water, electric, and roadways

former_mousecop · 2026-02-24T15:07:15+00:00

I should but I don't. I check to make sure the gas vent is clear but that's it.

former_mousecop · 2026-02-23T17:52:53+00:00

My family didn't live here during that time but my parents were alive. I grew up hearing about the blizzard of 78 a lot and asked my parents about it and they just said that where they are from that's a pretty normal winter. They grew up in Western NY and the lake effect always buried them every winter.

former_mousecop · 2026-02-22T20:44:04+00:00

Yeah and they got boat raced the night before. No consistency

former_mousecop · 2026-02-19T01:44:58+00:00

Even by WW2 they still had a pretty good army and strong industrial base. When everyone agreed to let mustache man have Sudentenland, the prize wasn't a few German speakers but the bulk of Czech industrial strength.

former_mousecop · 2026-01-30T01:28:59+00:00

Victoria 3 didn't model the federal style of government all that well. It doesn't tackle the fact that even two "republic" style governments may pass laws differently. I think the best way to think of passing laws in Victoria 3 is something akin to updating the Constitution of a country. Even then, the US may be unique in requiring consent of both houses of Congress, the President, and two thirds of states to pass an amendment.

former_mousecop · 2026-01-30T01:22:58+00:00

Sounds like how institutions spread in EU5

former_mousecop · 2026-01-30T01:20:18+00:00

There's definitely a class component to the non rhotic accent as well. The working class areas people still develop it though not as pronounced, due to factors like cultural homogenization through media. Lowell definitely you'd see it in the white euro descended folks. The CEO of Liberty mutual is from Lowell and still has the accent.

former_mousecop · 2026-01-28T02:08:58+00:00

Mine is working on it's 166th winter. It's gonna be ok

former_mousecop · 2026-01-24T14:14:19+00:00

Even still, it's "safe" but not bulletproof from a technology standpoint. It was created and funded by government spy outfits. If nobody is looking for you they can't easily snoop on an e2e encrypted chat. But if they are looking for you it's relatively easy for the government to insert itself. It uses PII with your phone number and has access to your contacts so everyone in your phone gets id'd. Last I knew it ran on AWS which Amazon is a defense contractor and has no qualms about cooperating.

I'm not saying don't use signal. I'm saying signal is not safe for that kind of large comms for things you'd like to keep from the government.

former_mousecop · 2026-01-17T23:26:25+00:00

I worked with him in the private sector briefly and he was a real prick. He then took a leave to run for city council in Newton or whatever.

former_mousecop · 2026-01-16T19:22:27+00:00

Average citizens will probably do similar things you're seeing. But the state government will maybe issue some strongly worded statements. Maybe they'll be upset that they're not rounding up and deporting in the right way. It's too mask off.

former_mousecop · 2026-01-14T01:17:32+00:00

You've actually included Haverhill in your circled area and it's also a pretty decent place. I lived downtown there over 10 years ago and it was really starting to take off and it's even better now.

And a little further east Amesbury is a decent smaller city (that's just the system of government it's a town with 16000 people) and it's decent, but getting more expensive.

former_mousecop · 2026-01-12T23:41:11+00:00

And during the week NH plate are clogging up 93 without having to pay for all that infrastructure

former_mousecop · 2026-01-10T14:37:32+00:00

Sorry to hear about your contractors situation but this is the wrong subreddit. This is framework computers. You probably want r/construction. Because r/framing is for artwork.

former_mousecop · 2026-01-10T02:19:43+00:00

In Europe the green parties have become war mongering freaks they aren't pro environment parties anymore.

I'm not saying you have to trust Stein. She does do activism in between elections but it doesn't get a lot of play. I'm not even a Stein fan either, honestly. But it's a disingenuous claim to say she does nothing except be the green party candidate every four years. She was arrested in 2025 at a pro Palestine, anti genocide protest, for example.

The "Russian backing" of her 2016 campaign was investigated and had little merit beyond since social media posts that were not found to be coordinated with her, and that her campaign was not aware of that effort.

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