In One Town, Its Live Free and Ride ATVs

Residents of northern New Hampshire are staking their economic future on a new kind of tourist. Faced with the decline of the paper industry, Berlin, N.H., hopes to capitalize on the increasing popularity of All Terrain Vehicles. ATVs can tear up the ground as they roar through the woods, leaving exhaust in their trail.

Some communities have tried to ban them. But theyre welcome in Berlin, which is creating one of the nations largest ATV parks in hopes of attracting riders — and their money — from all over.

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