You remarked upon a lot of the cities that do not utilize their river fronts along the Merrimack River. That is due to the fact that during the industrial age all the way until the 1980's the Merrimack was very polluted & smelled horrible from Franklin to the sea, and I am not even joking one bit. It is much cleaner now and does not stink as bad but the structures of those cities were made a long time ago, so that's why it is so. Franklin is nicer than Laconia because of the drugs in Laconia centered around certain groups...
As a New Hampshire native my entire life, this entire list is absurd. You obviously dont live here. Putting Keene so early and putting Berlin at 5 is hilariously ridiculous
What is a nice walkable village near Concord or Manchester where there are mountain bike trails, forests to walk in, great air quality/food and where it is safe to live (zero crime and peaceful)?
I was shocked at where u put Nashua. Nashua has big houses and Daniel Webster Highway is filled lots of shopping and big restaurant chains. Also, Nashua is close to Boston if u need a big city. Nashua Downtown isn't really main Nashua.
I love Laconia, especially Weirs Beach. Lots of fun stuff to do, my favorite being Funspot, which in my view is a must-go if you are going to New Hampshire.
You are INSANE you picked Claremont ahead of Lebanon? That is NUTS! I LIVE in Claremont and have most of my Life ( And I'm 58) Claremont does not nor will it hold a candle to Lebanon, Lebanon is Bigger with much more opportunity ( Dartmouth College is nearby, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital is IN Lebanon, not to mention The VA Hospital is nearby in White River Junction, Vermont) Man, you are WAY off!
I agree Portsmouth is #1, but it has changed a lot since I grew up there in the 1960s and 70s. It used to be a blue collar town, and I don’t object to it becoming more of a tourist attraction, but the unintended consequence is that the middle class is getting pushed out and it’s increasingly expensive to find decent housing there. Plus, a lot of transplants are moving there that didn’t grow up there, don’t know or much appreciate the city’s history, and buy property there as an investment rather than as a place to live. That contributes to the crazy expensive real estate market. I lived in the DC area for 45 years after going to college there and diligently protected the equity in my house for 25 years, with a plan to sell my house and pay cash for a house on the NH seacoast, only to come home and realize that the houses in the DC area are now cheaper. That’s pretty bad. Plus, the city recently celebrated its 400th anniversary, and you would have barely known. When I was in high school, we celebrated the city’s 350th anniversary and it was a huge deal. The difference? Locals vs. transplants. People who grew up there and knew the city’s history vs. transplants who have no roots there. Other than that, I agree Somersworth and Rochester are the armpits of the state, but I’d rank Rochester slightly higher. At least they have a country fair there in the fall and Somersworth just has high property taxes in town that looks like a set from the Twilight Zone.
You ranked berlin higher than most of the actual cities on this list. Have you even been there? It’s a town first of all, a depressed old mill town with 2 restaurants and a hallowed out core. The abandoned mills are quite litterly front and center. I doubt you actually visited.
Berlin may seem like only a town, with a population of only 10,000, but it still is officially a city, with a mayor and a city council instead of a board of selectmen.
Wow.....kin of off-base....the best 4 towns in order are 1-Nashua, 2-Manchester, 3-Salem, 4-Portsmouth......but actually all the little rural small towns surrounding these cities are far better than any of the cities.
This was fun. Keene can be bizarre, its just another world. I love how you point out the aesthetic and practical use of the mighty Merrimack, for city planners. Manchester has done very well with it. Good point on Concord, my favorite, that it should do same.
i have no idea why Berlin was put at 5 for its a cesspool that is best avoided. i am not sure about the other cities but its not unusual to see drug deals happening in broad daylight on a city sidewalk
I was surprised to see a video based on city layout verses rankings according to affordabilty, comparative crime rate, convenient to travel, etc. I think people choose a city according to factors other than this video' s rankings.
Last time I was in Lebanon, a few years ago, there was still 48 stars on the flag. Coke was sold in glass bottles for ten cents in 1950 vending machines and there was a man in a striped straw hat asking if this was "Willoughby" ( bumming a cigarette from Rod S. Himself)
Manchester should NOT be number 2 or anywhere near the top. It has a big drug and crime problem and is NOT where you want to be after dark. It might not seem that bad when compared to cities in other states, but for relatively crime free New Hampshire it should be near the bottom for that reason alone.
@@zombieattacker5221 I beg to differ. New Hampshire is a great state with everything from Mountains to the ocean. It's great for outdoor activities and also has great shopping, theaters, amusement parks and tourist attractions.
I've been to Keene and Portsmouth. I enjoyed Keene, having stayed there (years ago) in a B&B for just a few days. I remember there was a great bookstore in Keene. Unfortunately, in more recent years, I've read that Keene has a problem with meth labs and drugs (but I don't know how true that is). I've always been curious about Concord, so I'm a little bummed that it's so low on your list. I used to get regular mailings from an art gallery in Concord, so I thought that maybe it's an artsy town. But I love Portsmouth! Some great restaurants there and lots of history. And it's a pretty city, so I agree that it is #1.
I agree about Portsmouth, having been stationed at Pease AFB, from 1969 to 1973. It is very nice, and later there I lived at the Seacoast at Rye Beach in 1971 to 1973. However, now living the last few years in Nashua, we do not go to Manchester. It, I guess being a larger city, has the most crime related matters. Nashua may not be a tourist spot, but has what we go to in the area. Today Portsmouth and the Seacoast is too expensive an area to live in, compared to most of the rest of New Hampshire. We do like the Lakes Region, where I vacationed in the 1960's before being in Portsmouth, and I had a friend and his family who were there, now living in Boscawan, and another family nearby in Hopkinton nearby too.
I have lived in Manchester my whole life. The crime thing is so blown out od proportion. Its one of the safest cities in the US. There are scummy parts to any city that has a substantial population. Like how you don't visit the tree streets in Nashua.
The lines are a bit blurred between cities and towns on the list here, but regardless, ❤to not visit North Conway while in NH is a huge miss. It has the charm of Portsmouth and the restaurants and activities of Manchester or Concord.
As a native to Berlin, and having lived around the state a bit, berlin is the absolute worst city on this list. Currently a Manchester resident, it has its issues for sure, but berlin is so lost to time and corrupt local and drugs. Crime is going up and has been for awhile, drugs are getting worse, the homeless population is growing rapidly and the economy is non existent. There isn't even a hotel I'm city limits. It has no right to be that high. Maybe rochester and manchester could be considered worse, but I would argue the bigger city issues in such a small place makes it awful. I would also like to add, claremont isn't that nice either. Though not as bad as berlin, it is definitely not higher then lebanon
Wow, I can appreciate you are looking at this from an urban planner/city layout kind of view, which is a vastly different ordering than I'd choose. No way is Keene lower than Claremont, for example. Keene is far more exciting, with a lively dining scene in no small part to the college. Have you been to Claremont in the spring/fall/WINTER? yeah. and Berlin STILL is a stinky mess. Also, how can you talk about Nashua but fail to mention a place like Mine Falls? sorry, but this list is just not good.
Bro is obsessed with rivers and doesn't care about basically anything people look for in a city, so if you don't care about rivers you can safely skip the video
1 in and I can already tell we've lost the plot. Also little known fact, Berlin is one of the worst places in NE for many reasons. Keene isn't amazing, but better than 12,10, 9, and5 and maybe 6 and 7 IMO. Nashua is over hated I guess.
First thank you for filming our wonderful state thru a coke bottle. An outstanding lack of professionalism throughout this entire video. And a complete lack of understanding of what it is to be 'New England' There is a lot more to be said, but I think most people get the idea “Don't Come Here!”
The only cities listed were Nashua and Manchester. The rest are small towns or slightly bigger towns, if that. The ones that aren't cities are literally all shit holes and are only there for military bases and passthroughs to somewhere else.
You remarked upon a lot of the cities that do not utilize their river fronts along the Merrimack River. That is due to the fact that during the industrial age all the way until the 1980's the Merrimack was very polluted & smelled horrible from Franklin to the sea, and I am not even joking one bit. It is much cleaner now and does not stink as bad but the structures of those cities were made a long time ago, so that's why it is so.
Franklin is nicer than Laconia because of the drugs in Laconia centered around certain groups...
Portsmouth is an amazing city but I will always have a soft spot for Dover, I loved living there so much!
DOVERRRRRRRRRRRR 🔥🔥🔥
My heart is in that city, man
I left Bow New Hampshire. Their property taxes are a rip off best move I’ve ever made.
Berlin should definitely be at the bottom of the list. I was shocked about the positive things said about this city.
As a New Hampshire native my entire life, this entire list is absurd. You obviously dont live here. Putting Keene so early and putting Berlin at 5 is hilariously ridiculous
What is a nice walkable village near Concord or Manchester where there are mountain bike trails, forests to walk in, great air quality/food and where it is safe to live (zero crime and peaceful)?
I was shocked at where u put Nashua. Nashua has big houses and Daniel Webster Highway is filled lots of shopping and big restaurant chains. Also, Nashua is close to Boston if u need a big city.
Nashua Downtown isn't really main Nashua.
I love Laconia, especially Weirs Beach. Lots of fun stuff to do, my favorite being Funspot, which in my view is a must-go if you are going to New Hampshire.
You are INSANE you picked Claremont ahead of Lebanon? That is NUTS! I LIVE in Claremont and have most of my Life ( And I'm 58) Claremont does not nor will it hold a candle to Lebanon, Lebanon is Bigger with much more opportunity ( Dartmouth College is nearby, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital is IN Lebanon, not to mention The VA Hospital is nearby in White River Junction, Vermont) Man, you are WAY off!
I agree Portsmouth is #1, but it has changed a lot since I grew up there in the 1960s and 70s. It used to be a blue collar town, and I don’t object to it becoming more of a tourist attraction, but the unintended consequence is that the middle class is getting pushed out and it’s increasingly expensive to find decent housing there. Plus, a lot of transplants are moving there that didn’t grow up there, don’t know or much appreciate the city’s history, and buy property there as an investment rather than as a place to live. That contributes to the crazy expensive real estate market. I lived in the DC area for 45 years after going to college there and diligently protected the equity in my house for 25 years, with a plan to sell my house and pay cash for a house on the NH seacoast, only to come home and realize that the houses in the DC area are now cheaper. That’s pretty bad. Plus, the city recently celebrated its 400th anniversary, and you would have barely known. When I was in high school, we celebrated the city’s 350th anniversary and it was a huge deal. The difference? Locals vs. transplants. People who grew up there and knew the city’s history vs. transplants who have no roots there. Other than that, I agree Somersworth and Rochester are the armpits of the state, but I’d rank Rochester slightly higher. At least they have a country fair there in the fall and Somersworth just has high property taxes in town that looks like a set from the Twilight Zone.
You ranked berlin higher than most of the actual cities on this list. Have you even been there? It’s a town first of all, a depressed old mill town with 2 restaurants and a hallowed out core. The abandoned mills are quite litterly front and center. I doubt you actually visited.
Berlin may seem like only a town, with a population of only 10,000, but it still is officially a city, with a mayor and a city council instead of a board of selectmen.
Concord is my favorite of these cities.
great video! would love to see more!
Wow.....kin of off-base....the best 4 towns in order are 1-Nashua, 2-Manchester, 3-Salem, 4-Portsmouth......but actually all the little rural small towns surrounding these cities are far better than any of the cities.
The music is too loud and distracting.
This was fun. Keene can be bizarre, its just another world. I love how you point out the aesthetic and practical use of the mighty Merrimack, for city planners. Manchester has done very well with it. Good point on Concord, my favorite, that it should do same.
Keene is competing with Manchester for the "rudest people ever" award in my books. But i'm in Claremont, so I probably can't talk much.
i have no idea why Berlin was put at 5 for its a cesspool that is best avoided. i am not sure about the other cities but its not unusual to see drug deals happening in broad daylight on a city sidewalk
I was surprised to see a video based on city layout verses rankings according to affordabilty, comparative crime rate, convenient to travel, etc. I think people choose a city according to factors other than this video' s rankings.
Last time I was in Lebanon, a few years ago, there was still 48 stars on the flag. Coke was sold in glass bottles for ten cents in 1950 vending machines and there was a man in a striped straw hat asking if this was "Willoughby" ( bumming a cigarette from Rod S. Himself)
Manchester should NOT be number 2 or anywhere near the top. It has a big drug and crime problem and is NOT where you want to be after dark. It might not seem that bad when compared to cities in other states, but for relatively crime free New Hampshire it should be near the bottom for that reason alone.
Getting shanked is a lot more interesting than most of what you can do in New Hampshire
@@zombieattacker5221 I beg to differ. New Hampshire is a great state with everything from Mountains to the ocean. It's great for outdoor activities and also has great shopping, theaters, amusement parks and tourist attractions.
I've been to Keene and Portsmouth. I enjoyed Keene, having stayed there (years ago) in a B&B for just a few days. I remember there was a great bookstore in Keene. Unfortunately, in more recent years, I've read that Keene has a problem with meth labs and drugs (but I don't know how true that is).
I've always been curious about Concord, so I'm a little bummed that it's so low on your list. I used to get regular mailings from an art gallery in Concord, so I thought that maybe it's an artsy town.
But I love Portsmouth! Some great restaurants there and lots of history. And it's a pretty city, so I agree that it is #1.
Concord is weird... it thinks its Portsmouth but not even close. Manchester knows its not Portsmouth and doesn't even try lol.
I lived in Somersworth for a year. Really nice hookah lounge there for a town so small. Unfortunately it closed down a couple years ago.
Grew up living on Franklin Street, was never able to see the good in Somersworth 😅
Hardee's is bomb tho, miss that place the most
Your Nashua assesment works!
I live there!
One small thing that irked me was the pronunciation of Somersworth (pronounced Summers-worth)
good video
I agree about Portsmouth, having been stationed at Pease AFB, from 1969 to 1973.
It is very nice, and later there I lived at the
Seacoast at Rye Beach in 1971 to 1973.
However, now living the last few years in
Nashua, we do not go to Manchester.
It, I guess being a larger city, has the most
crime related matters.
Nashua may not be a tourist spot, but has
what we go to in the area.
Today Portsmouth and the Seacoast is too
expensive an area to live in, compared to most
of the rest of New Hampshire.
We do like the Lakes Region, where I vacationed in the 1960's before being in
Portsmouth, and I had a friend and his
family who were there, now living in
Boscawan, and another family nearby in
Hopkinton nearby too.
I have lived in Manchester my whole life. The crime thing is so blown out od proportion. Its one of the safest cities in the US. There are scummy parts to any city that has a substantial population. Like how you don't visit the tree streets in Nashua.
What about Meredith, Plymouth & wolfeboro? They’re beautiful
They're not cities though.
Can you make one without that music?
The lines are a bit blurred between cities and towns on the list here, but regardless, ❤to not visit North Conway while in NH is a huge miss. It has the charm of Portsmouth and the restaurants and activities of Manchester or Concord.
Proud Manchester Resident Moment
I used to live in Portsmouth, and it’s definitely the best!
As a native to Berlin, and having lived around the state a bit, berlin is the absolute worst city on this list. Currently a Manchester resident, it has its issues for sure, but berlin is so lost to time and corrupt local and drugs. Crime is going up and has been for awhile, drugs are getting worse, the homeless population is growing rapidly and the economy is non existent. There isn't even a hotel I'm city limits. It has no right to be that high. Maybe rochester and manchester could be considered worse, but I would argue the bigger city issues in such a small place makes it awful. I would also like to add, claremont isn't that nice either. Though not as bad as berlin, it is definitely not higher then lebanon
Wow, I can appreciate you are looking at this from an urban planner/city layout kind of view, which is a vastly different ordering than I'd choose. No way is Keene lower than Claremont, for example. Keene is far more exciting, with a lively dining scene in no small part to the college. Have you been to Claremont in the spring/fall/WINTER? yeah. and Berlin STILL is a stinky mess. Also, how can you talk about Nashua but fail to mention a place like Mine Falls? sorry, but this list is just not good.
Mike Gill, State of Corruption, NH
Bro is obsessed with rivers and doesn't care about basically anything people look for in a city, so if you don't care about rivers you can safely skip the video
1 in and I can already tell we've lost the plot. Also little known fact, Berlin is one of the worst places in NE for many reasons. Keene isn't amazing, but better than 12,10, 9, and5 and maybe 6 and 7 IMO. Nashua is over hated I guess.
yup i knew clicking on this video Rochester was one of the worst lol
Putting Claremont at 9 is decent.
Anyone visiting Manchester for tourism I'm gonna assume is either not the brightest or got a great prank played on them by a local
blood put manchester number 2
Franklin is terrible bro
It's pronounced Skanklin bro
First thank you for filming our wonderful state thru a coke bottle. An outstanding lack of professionalism throughout this entire video. And a complete lack of understanding of what it is to be 'New England'
There is a lot more to be said, but I think most people get the idea “Don't Come Here!”
Democrats please don't move to New Hampshire please.
The only cities listed were Nashua and Manchester. The rest are small towns or slightly bigger towns, if that. The ones that aren't cities are literally all shit holes and are only there for military bases and passthroughs to somewhere else.
They may seem like towns, but all are officially cities.
Nope, you just don’t know what a city is lol