They told me I was unfortunate.
When my family couldn't get the help we needed, the State of New Hampshire had an explanation: I had simply fallen between the cracks. Unlucky. A one-off. Then I looked closer and saw the same space, with the same families in it, over and over. One family is unfortunate. A pattern is a design. So I started documenting the cracks — and once you map them, you can't call them bad luck anymore.
Each crack below is real. Each has an edge, a width, and a reason it's there. Read my full story →
The Scissor
They make it cost more to raise my disabled son — and cut my ability to earn it.
See the data →The Ruler
They call NH the lowest-poverty state, using a measure that can't see the working poor.
See the data →The Missing Rung
They celebrate homeownership while pricing out the families trying to get in.
See the data →The Vanishing Slot
They rank our childcare among the best while the actual openings disappear.
See the data →The Drain
They call NH best-for-business while the workers and customers it depends on leave.
See the data →The Invisible Children
They rank NH #1 for child well-being while a third of the families those kids live in can't afford to live here.
See the data →New Hampshire is proud of its rankings. They're real. But a ranking is an average — and an average is exactly where a crack hides.
We don't argue the state is failing. We document precisely where families fall, and we show that someone built the gap that catches them.
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