Talk:White Mountains Region

Proposed merger

Someone added a tag to merge this article with White Mountains (New Hampshire). I oppose this idea. This article refers to the specific tourist region, while the other refers to the mountain range as a whole.--Ken Gallager 12:24, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

towns

Should towns like Warren and Twin Mountain be added to the list of major towns our cities in the White Mountain region? As they are physically within the border of the White Mountain National Forest?Day4712 (talk) 20:31, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

I think the list of towns is sufficient as is. Certainly Warren is not a major town in the region. Twin Mountain is arguable, but I for one wouldn't add it, because it's still quite low-density, and it is only one area of development within the town of Carroll, along with Bretton Woods and a few other places. --Ken Gallager (talk) 13:05, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Location

I'm uncertain about the very specific definition of the region given in this article. If the NH Dept. of Tourism ever designated the "region" so specifically, it doesn't do that any more - the article link is dead and the new page is pretty vague: https://www.visitnh.gov/the-regions-of-new-hampshire/white-mountains - DavidWBrooks (talk) 01:51, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

NH Travel & Tourism dropped the sharp definition of their regions a few years ago, probably with the migration to their new website. I found a map of the regions still up on the NHDOT website: https://www.nh.gov/dot/org/projectdevelopment/planning/gis-data-catalog/documents/state-tourist-regions.pdf. (Sadly, this same blurring of boundaries has happened with the Merrimack Valley region in Massachusetts, as well.) --Ken Gallager (talk) 13:02, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

So we should rewrite this article, then? Make the region more general and blurry. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 17:29, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

I was complaining about the increasing blurriness, actually. --Ken Gallager (talk) 19:19, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

I think blurriness is better because there isn't any official designation any more. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 22:40, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Fair enough. It would mean that this article is no longer necessary. Any tourist info that is only here could be folded into the broader White Mountains article. --Ken Gallager (talk) 12:39, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

I see you found a map. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 20:35, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

DOT still followed the old Travel & Tourism boundaries. --Ken Gallager (talk) 00:57, 20 September 2019 (UTC)