Speaking of population ...
Coos County, which includes Berlin, Gorham, etc. and covers roughly the top 1/3rd of the state, has had DECLINING populations in each of the last SIX decades as supported by census data. I believe every other county in the state has had INCREASING populations in EACH of those decades. The exception might be Grafton, but I don't think so.
Interestingly, NH was just reported as the fastest growing state in New England from 2000-2010.
Berlin was the 4th largest city in the early 1900s and is no longer in the top 20!
I could go on ... but you get the idea. I think the PUC and SEC gets it also.