From the business side...

This is an excerpt from a website of a business (Creative Optics, Inc.) that is clearly grateful to live in NH:

"NH pays least income to taxes in U.S."  2006.  Source: Manchester Union Leader. (see a chart here: http://www.cnht.org/images/tax_chart.jpg)

"NH claims best-in-nation award again ... winning the award three years in a row."  2006.  Source: Manchester Union Leader.

"Good living in NH: Census data confirm the obvious."  2005.  "THE NEW Hampshire way of life is best, and we have the data to prove it.   On Tuesday U.S. Census data confirmed that New Hampshire had the highest median household income and the lowest average poverty rate in these great United States.   New Hampshire has such good numbers primarily because our culture highly values self-reliance. New Hampshire's high school and college graduation rates are higher than the national average... The people of New Hampshire value all the right things - family, community, independence, self-reliance, an honest day's work..."   Source: Manchester Union Leader.

Well-being of Children  2005.  "New Hampshire ranks first in a national ranking of the well-being of children." Source: Manchester Union Leader.

Best Places  2005.  "According to this year's Best Cities for Relocating Families survey by the Worldwide Employee Relocation Council and Primacy Relocation, people currenlty living in Manchester, NH [#9], Portsmouth and Rochester [#10], and Nashua [#13] might want to stay put.  The survey that  included quality of life [and] climate."  Source: Manchester Union Leader.

Heavily Forested New Hampshire  2004.  "New Hampshire is the second most heavily forested state in the nation (Maine is No. 1) with a total of 84 percent of our state covered with trees."  Source: Manchester Union Leader.

Healthy New Hampshire  2004.  According to Morgan Quinto Press (Lawrence, KS), New Hampshire was named the healthiest state in the nation, and first in the nation for being the most livable. NH was also rated fourth in the nation for safety.  Source: Manchester Union Leader.

Top Places to Retire  2003.  Portsmouth, NH is rated in the top 8 places to retire according to Money Magazine.

New Hampshire is 4th in the Nation for Economic Growth  2002.  At a growth rate of 7.8 percent from 1999 to 2000, NH is 4th in the nation for economic growth.  The average growth rate was only 4.5 percent.  Source: WMUR TV

Creative Optics, Inc. has the good fortune and common sense to be located in New Hampshire, a state justifiably proud of its pro-business, low tax, high-tech climate. We are grateful for the substantial support we receive from our outstanding Congressional Delegation, which works tirelessly on behalf of NH’s small businesses. Our thanks to Senators  Gregg and Sununu and Congressmen Bradley and Bass.