Since the founding of New England in 1887 up until approximately 1990, the people who resided within the town of New England consisted almost entirely of people who had occupations that were not directly farming-related or people who had retired from farming.

The townspeople in New England were mechanics, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, school teachers, store workers, cooks, bakers, beauticians, book keepers, etcetera.

When local farmers became older in age, many of them would move in to the town of New England in order to enjoy the convenience of the grocery store, pharmacy, church, post office, restaurant, bar, health clinic being only a few city-blocks away. In the winter time during heavy snowfalls, out on the remote rural farms, many farmers would be stuck at home for weeks at a time, unable to drive in to town.

Because the population of New England peaked at about 1,100 residents in 1950-1960, and has gradually decreased since then, New England has been a town where housing was relatively affordable and available, in comparison to other areas of the U.S. that experienced continual population growth. Because of this, beginning in approximately the 1990s, some naer-do-wells began moving to New England.

How the undesirables heard about New England, typically a distant elderly relative living in New England would hear about the continual bad-luck stories of a niece or nephew living in Portland, Seattle, Spokane, and suggest that they might have better luck in New England where housing was affordable and the cost of living was lower. Or, following the death of an elderly relative in New England, the surviving family members would be trying to decide what to do with the decedent’s home, and a perpetual down-on-their-luck family member would think that the possibility of obtaining a free place to live was too good not to guilt or bully the other family members into letting them move into a newly vacant house.

Beginning in the 1990s, the people who began relocating to New England because of their lack of success and problems elsewhere, believing that they would have an easier life with a free house or lower cost housing, became a bit of a blight on New England. Their personal habits of being lazy, unreliable, irresponsible, untrustworthy, dishonest, incompetent, and uncouth caused them to frequently be unemployed, with broken down vehicles, cluttered yards, poorly kept houses, and sloppy disheveled personal appearance. On top of that, they introduced crack-cocaine and methamphetamine into New England.