New Hampshire Has Everything Young People Want ... So Why Are They Leaving? (Portsmouth Parking UPROAR, Seacoast Housing Crisis & More!)

The future of New Hampshire is at stake.Luckily, brilliant young minds are on the case for building a better New Hampshire.In a rare roundtable discussion, popular past guests Corinne Benfield (Stay Work Play) and Andrew Samonas (Samonas Realty) join host Troy Farkas to discuss a number of topics, including the recent Portsmouth parking controversy and its effect on the local workforce, why a shortage of affordable childcare is causing big problems for families across the state, Gen Z's experience of navigating the workforce in the age of artificial intelligence, and how, weeks after a $16 million home sale in Hampton, the Seacoast's leaders are thinking about tackling the ongoing housing crisis.For more from Corinne's organization, you can follow Stay Work Play on Instagram @stayworkplay. To learn more about working with Samonas Realty, visit SamonasGroup.com.SUPPORT SEACOAST STORIES:Follow Seacoast Stories on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get our new episodes every week.⁠Visit the NEW ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SeacoastStories.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our newsletter & LIMITED-TIME ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠summer merch drop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!UPCOMING EVENTS:Seacoast Stories Dinner Club: We're in Newburyport, Mass., on Wednesday, September 3. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book your seat at the table here.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Seacoast Stories Dinner Club pres. by ⁠⁠Partners Bank⁠⁠: We return to Kittery, Maine, on Wednesday, September 16! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book your seat at the table here.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SPONSORS:⁠⁠Degree Wellness Seacoast⁠⁠: A new all-on-one recovery center is coming to North Hampton, N.H! Learn more & lock in a discounted (FOR LIFE) founding membership ⁠⁠here.⁠⁠Budget Blinds of the Seacoast: Custom blinds, shades, and shutters! Reasonably priced and done right the first time.CHAPTERS:Come to Seacoast Stories Dinner Club (00:00)Portsmouth parking controversy latest (00:40)Why residents pushed back against recent parking measures (06:15)Portsmouth parking hack for residents (08:45)A BIG WIN recently for addressing the childcare shortage in N.H. (09:36)How companies can help with childcare (14:25)N.H.'s "ass-backwards" way of addressing issues (18:00)Secure your founding membership at Degree Wellness Seacoast TODAY (25:27)