N.H. has had a Mass. invasion

Foster's Daily Democrat reports:

A new study by University of New Hampshire researchers confirms what locals have long known — there's Mass. migration afoot.

Details in the study indicate nearly 25 percent of the state's current population were born in Massachusetts, while some 57 percent of Granite Staters are — as neighboring Mainers would say — "from away," according to the study.

"We have seen what could certainly be considered a substantial migration from Massachusetts to New Hampshire, particularly from the Boston Metro area," said Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer with UNH's Carsey Institute and author of the study, titled: "The Changing Faces of New Hampshire: Recent Demographic Trends in the Granite State."

Massachusetts can't compete with the lower tax state of New Hampshire.