The Exodus of the Young?

When people point to a graying Granite State, they not only worry about having more "older" people, but some suggest, what's equally as bad is the departure of many of New Hampshire's youth. Some are concerned that New Hampshire's twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings are leaving in droves due to high housing prices, a lack of entry-level or "first career jobs" and that New Hampshire isn't as "cool" a place to live as Boston or New York. If this is true, the lack of a younger generation could possibly have as big of a negative effect for the state as the influx of older people. We'll look at how and why younger Granite Staters are staying or leaving, what implications it may have, and what some in New Hampshire are doing to ensure residents in their 20s and 30s stay in the state.


Guests

• Stephen Reno, Chancellor of the University System of New Hampshire
• Ross Gittell, James R. Carter Professor at UNH and Senior Fellow at the Carsey Institute
• Kate Benway, Marketing Retention Specialist for the City of Manchester
• Jim Wagner, Former Vice President and General Manager of the North Country mills. Currently he's working with the Coos County communities on community and economic development initiatives