ConcordConcord is the third big city I stayed in after entering New Hampshire . It is the capital of New Hampshire. Although the population is only 40,000, somehow the city looks more prosperous than Manchester and Nashua.
downtown state parliament building was built in 1819 and has a history of more than two hundred years. This parliament building is golden-topped like the Massachusetts parliament building, but it is much smaller in size.
For states whose economy is mainly engaged in the service industry, the capital's infrastructure is obviously better than other cities. This seems to be a common phenomenon. It seems that the government can also drive the local economy. At least government agencies, hotels and catering industries can provide a lot of employment opportunities.
New Hampshire State Capitol is in front of the city square, and there are several good hotels across the street from Main Street.
The commercial districts of the city are distributed on this main street in front of the state government. The history of the city construction of
Concord can be traced back to 1773 and was determined to be the capital in 1808. The red brick buildings on both sides of Main Street are still in their traditional form.
New Hampshire was the place where it joined American independence earlier. During the Battle of Lexington and the Siege of Boston, a large number of militias joined the ranks of fighting against the British army with weapons.
New Hampshire was also a state that joined the U.S. federal government during the United States' independence.
New Hampshire was the earliest industrialized region in the United States a century ago. The prosperity of the past can be felt from the city scale and beautiful old buildings of the capital Concord .
However, as industry transfers outward, the economy of New Hampshire began to decline, which seems to have become a law of the free market economy. Although Concord has many exquisite old buildings, there are few new buildings, reflecting that the economy has not developed significantly in recent years.
As a local industry matures, land and labor costs are increasing day by day, and return on investment gradually declines, and capital will shift to low-cost underdeveloped areas, and capital profit-seeking drives the transfer of capital.
After the American Civil War, the north's industrial migration south and westward followed this rule. After World War II , many American factories moved to Asia, which created the prosperity of Japan and the four little dragons in Southeast Asia.
In the late 1970s, China implemented the reform and opening-up policy after opening up the country. A large amount of overseas capital and technology poured into China from Southeast Asia, Japan, the United States and Europe, creating China's economic take-off and prosperity. China's ability to achieve such achievements is closely related to the reform and opening-up policy.
There is no banquet that will never end. When China's economy develops, the cost will inevitably rise, and capital will flow to nearby low-cost places. This is not transferred by personal will. It is unrealistic to continue to maintain a high economic growth rate.
Next I will rush to Hanover at the junction of Vermont in the northwest and from there continue northward from Newport to cross the border into Quebec, Canada. Continue before completion....
