I lived in New Hampshire for five years I'm sorry I left . I got stupid and moved to Oklahoma for a woman that didn't work out so I'll be moving back soon it's the nicest place I ever lived and I've lived in Hawaii .
Having grown up in a poorly insulated trailer in NH, yeah the winters were brutal. But I'm glad I learned how to drive there, knowing how to handle the worst conditions, like black ice, freezing rain and wet leaves that will make a car hydroplane even at slow speeds. Funny, I had no idea what a New Hampshire accent sounded like until after I moved away.
@@justinwentworth1467 I'm tryin' ta find a video of someone with uh decent New Hampsha accent, th' only thing's coming up ah people that kinda speak it but not really plus a long scholahly vid ya'd probably wouldn't wanta watch. If a Bahsten accent and a Maine accent had a baby, it'd sound like somethin I grew up with.
@@KaceyManjarrez@KaceyManjarrez It's better in almost every single way you can think of. It's safer (NH has always ranked the 1st or 2nd safest state in the nation) and Smarter (NH has always ranked #2 or # or highest intellect). The cost of living is about 60% cheaper, sometimes less. You could put a Trump sign on you lawn, your neighbor a Harris sign, and you will treat each other no differently than if you had no idea who they supported. Freeway traffic? What freeway traffic?! School wise, it is always excellent for kids. I could go on and on. I live in Exeter, NH. I longed for a small ith that same old-time feel that we thought no longer existed. Now, when people ask me about Exeter, I tell them to listen to the lyrics to "Mayberry", by Rascal Flatts. We literally live in that kind of town. We loved it so much that we started a RUclips vlog channel about NH and New England. We hope it gives you an idea about life here. Come on over here! We'd love to have you in NH!! www.youtube.com/@MagicalNewEngland
The best state I’ve never been to? I used to LIVE there, in Manchester. Let me tell you about it. NH is a wonderful state, it has beautiful scenery, lots of opportunities for people who love outdoor activities. It’s also relatively cheap by New England standards, sporting lower property prices (just). Wages in NH can be lower, so most people choose to live in Southern NH and work in Massachusetts where salaries are higher, however if you live and work in NH you can enjoy an income tax free working experience. You can ALSO enjoy a SALES TAX free experience as well, which is also why a lot of people who live in NH work in MA, and people who live in MA go shopping in NH. If you like having civil liberties, you also can’t do much better than NH - which is by far one of the most largely libertarian states in the country. It’s particularly safe, and has constitutional carry laws as well. Recreational marijuana isn’t legal for some reason but it’s rarely enforced and medicinal marijuana is legal and sold in the state. Not everything about NH is all sunshine and roses though. It’s COLD in the winter, and snowy. Really snowy. And despite this, NH has an oddly trash policy on when it decides to salt roads in winter to prevent people from slipping and sliding all over the place… namely it feels like they never do. So invest in some fantastic winter tires and get ready to pull some sick Initial D moves on the road in winter to avoid hitting people, because most people in New Hampshire decide that auto insurance isn’t necessary and don’t fucking have it. How fun. Also if you aren’t super into outdoorsy activities, NH may be quite boring. It’s also not as cheap as equivalently cold or boring states, however don’t fret. There’s more than enough stuff around NH and in surrounding states to keep people entertained enough while they save up to travel elsewhere. NH is my favorite state, I recommend it to anyone who even feels like they’d just wanna stop by as a day drive. It’s worth visiting at least once I’d say. Destinations can include Nashua for shopping, Manchester for activities and food, Conway and North Conway for small mountain town vibes and some more shopping, Franconia Notch for mountain roads, pretty lakes and intense weather patterns with thunder storms like they write about in fantasy films.
I moved here from San Diego two years ago. It’s really beautiful here. Winters are long and can be brutal, last March where I live we had 4ft of snow dumped on us. If you’re from a warmer climate you’ll need to be prepared, we have a whole house generator and I’m glad for it since we lost power for a few days during said snow storm. There isn’t much to do here unless you’re into the outdoors. Houses are also fairly hard to find, we managed to find a place with 22 acres but finding places with acreage now is tough. We also pay about 7k a year in property taxes. We manage fine because my husband still works remotely from his same company in California. It’s a great place if you love all things outdoors and winter activities. If you hate that, you won’t like it here.
im seeing all sorts of listings for plenty of acreage tbh, just not any with houses built on them hahaha. But I think for many, 3 acres is more than enough land. And those plots have dwellings on them.
Hopefully you vote to get rid of the cons that we have as state reps. Thankfully Sununu is gone soon! Also, I hope you're not anything other than white, bc life will be difficult for you here. It's like the North East version of Kentucky.
@@eurtostance shIt you better not vote left or right.. this is a libertarian heritage state and it's only getting better every year thanks to the Free State Project and it's migration movement.
Lifelong resident a bit older than you. I would agree with almost everything in this video. The only part I would disagree with slightly is the tourism issue. New Hampshire certainly is a tourist destination but the tourist don't generally flood across the state. They go to the seacoast, the lakes region, and the White Mountains. Not many flock to the Cheshire county, Grafton county, the Concord/Manchester/Nashua area, or the Great North Woods.
Yea, you got to deal with leaf peepers a little bit, but for the most part this state's traffic is a non-issue. No matter what time I leave for work I'm at my desk within a few minutes. Even when I have to cross town it's never more than 5-10 minutes and in NJ the same size town would take me 45 minutes to cross during rush hour. For a population of 30k people that's insane. I can get anywhere in the southern portion of the state within an hour's drive. Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Keene, even Vermont. Any place that matters basically. And there is never anything I'd say constitutes real traffic.
When I was growing up, my dad would take us to Hampton Beach, NH every summer for vacation. If my situation was different, I would move there in a heartbeat.
Grew up in NH and still live here. I have a love/hate relationship with NH. Love it in the summer fall and sometimes spring when we actually have one but winters here, as well as Maine and VT are brutal. It's basically like living in Antarctica with a few Dunkin Donuts here and there.
LIved most of my life in NJ and moved here in 2010 and love it. I never want to leave. Please don't tell anyone else about NH because I dont want anymore people up here :)
Yeah, Cam, what are you thinking! Please don't even think of encouraging people to move to NH! I only live here because I love skiing, surfing, architecture, great food and beautiful surroundings. PS, I'm a native Floridian.
We don't want anymore liberals to move up here from Massachusetts or New Jersey. You'll are killing our culture and raising taxes to trash social programs. Liberal programs almost always raise crime and increase homelessness as well. If you want to be liberal move to VT.
Not friendly to outsiders even if they are legacy families. Summer giant flies are pretty awful, then 30 below in the winter. From a NE Legacy family circa 1630.
lmao what? its not the 1700's. youre more than fine in the winter. no one is unwelcoming to outsiders. it doesnt even start snowing till mid January here now. you have 2.5 months of winter, and it usually isnt that bad. Youre hyping it up for a whole 4 likes
It goes down into the thirties in May in Central New Hampshire. In early June, huge mosquitoes are nearly ubiquitous until mid-August. Late summer and early fall is the best time in NH. October can get very cold.
How do they get tax without any state tax? LAND TAX….in Claremont NH which was a run down place our land tax for our home was almost $800 a month…almost more than the mortgage. So if you want to move there make sure you look into towns with the lowest property taxes. Plus get a huge snow blower and a huge whole house generator.
I'm trying to talk to my wife into being Snow Birds. I love NH and want to spend late Summer, Fall, and the beginning of Winter there. We reside in Florida and I'm fed up with hot weather.
I have lived in NH my whole life, got tired ofwinter and now spend it in Yuma Arizona very similar in cost as here for food fuel. I didn't even like visiting Florida in the winter for a week or two too crowded and humid also winter homes are really expensive and insurance is going thru the roof.
NH has a high rooms and meals tax and in the top states in property tax. It does tax interest and dividends on investments. Food costs are high, gas is up there and heating the house in the winter months is brutal. I lived in NH forty years but had to sell the house and move to Florida when I retired. My kids and grandkids still live there but job prospects most likely will force the grand kids to move unless they compromise their careers like I did to stay in NH. Most good jobs are south in the Boston area unless you are a professional self employed or work in tourism.
@@connaryscott I love the increasing libertarians moving here. Keep those dems at bay and actually reduce taxes... not just talk about it like all the republicans. Did you know the state actually cut its budget not just taxes recently? Crazy! They're doing what the republicans always promised us but never actually did.
@@jickjackyoulooking forward to no regulations on anything, too. Wanna pollute that river? Dump your Roundup in my groundwater? Go for it! We’re Libertarians!
Looked into this state. Property tax is way too high (state has to compensate for no sales and income tax), cost of living is high, cold as hell, Lyme disease, houses are expensive. But the state is beautiful.
Property taxes are high, but with no state sales or income tax, it MORE than makes up for it! I moved from NH to Maine... my property taxes are 20% of what I paid in NH, but all of the other taxes make me regret the move. "Excise Tax" alone in ME is over $500 a year in ME, that tax doesn't exist in NH. I drove busses in NH... the company in Concord pays BETTER starting wages than Greyhound or Peter Pan! The jobs ARE there!!!
Sales taxes are less "invasive" if I have little or no money , I stay home and do less shopping; but I have to "live" somewhere, LOL... so I HAVE to pay my property tax bill...@@dennisdmenace6249
@@tedmartin5239 FALSE. State Income Tax in Maine, NOT NH. Sales Tax... Maine, NOT NH. The ONLY tax "benefit" in Maine is lower property taxes. Excise Tax...? NOT in NH.... In Maine... over $500 (for me). I am NOT rich, I earn just around 50k per year, so that excuse doesn't fly!
Buffalo winters make NH winters look like Club Med and it costs me $150 a month to heat my 2000 sq ft home. Why doesn’t NH have energy efficient homes like everywhere else in North America.
Buffalo has a 58% historical chance of a white Christmas, while Concord's probability is closer to 70%. Plus I used to live out in western NY and yeah, it can snow a lot but half the time there's nothing on the ground except maybe in the Tug Hill plateau. The snow is fluffy and lacks the density of New England snow, so it melts more quickly. That's because less heat of fusion (sunlight) is needed to melt the fluffier snow. On balance there's not a lot of difference between the two places, but for snow cover that's reliable I would give central NH the edge, esp. in the hills where I now live.
If you like paying property tax rates more akin to being rent New Hampshire might be the state for you! It's beautiful up there but the winters can be as brutal as the property tax!
I’m from Rhode Island. Specifically Providence. WTF is up with the property tax here in NH? I live here now, but wtf is up with this high price BS for small ass houses??
@@Kal-El207 In the early 2000's my mother was paying 6,000 a year in property tax on a 200k house. I told her that isn't property tax that is paying the state to rent your own house from them!
I have lived in New Hampshire. Beautiful state. Freaking cold in the winter. All 6 months of it. Don't be fooled by the fact that NH does not have an income tax or a sales tax. Your property taxes are astronomical. 10 to 14 thousand dollars a year for property taxes are normal. Your tag renewal for your car is equally astronomical. 800 or more per year.
Yeah, 10% property taxes in Texas sounds fishy@@justinperez8668 ... I just checked the most expensive Ft. Worth area; the tax rate is 2.26%; so, a $500k house owner pays $11,300 per year, not $50k; compared that to $8k in a rural Texas area, and in another state like Nebraska is would be around $5,000 per year for the same house.
I couldn’t agree more. I lived in NH in my twenties and tripled my salary by taking a job outside the state in my thirties. Love spending time up there on vacations but I’ll never move back.
Anyone that actually wants a job in NH can find one. The unemployment rate is almost always one of the lowest in the USA. The overall tax burden is one of the very lowest. Insurance one of the lowest. You only have high property tax if you live in expensive housing. No sales tax no income tax and I believe the tax on dividends and interest was eliminated.
@@richardhoner7842 Don't know why you keep lying to people, you must not live here or you must live near Franlkyn bc there is nothing this state loves than over taxing property owners so the politicians can pad their pockets even though they don't live here.
@@timlewis9873 Currently live in SNH and have been looking into Maine - what would be your top 3 things you like more about Maine? Healthcare for me is probably most important as I get older.
Excellent video! I came Super Close to moving to NH in 1990. I was invited to a trip to Florida and never left. Hurricanes and all. I have zero regrets. Now I just fly to NH to visit when I really want to. It's s beautiful state. And so are the people. ✌️❤️ ~ 🦋
@@josephbaumann292NH is mostly Homogeneously White, TX has a large population of the 6% of Americans that commit over half of this countries violent crime. FACTS.
I lived there fifty years ago, and the black flies made it impossible to be outside in the spring. Now I live in western MA which has been voted the best state to live in as well as the best state for raising kids.
You didn’t mention if you enjoy the wilderness that you will get Lyme disease which all my friends have they’re all crippled. The ticks are brutal in New Hampshire and that’s the best thing I ever did move out of that state the taxes were killing me. Property taxes .l moved out west I’ll never go east.
@@KrystynaSvon Not mandatory, there are employers that demand the shot and some have lost their jobs due to refusing the shot. My property taxes just went up. My taxes are insanely high for a small home. Also, the laws here are very much in tune with democrats except for gun laws. It won't take long for that to change in my opinion. The Governor of NH has vetoed many anti gun bills over his tenure and he is retiring. I don't see our new Governor doing the same.
No income tax and no sales tax more than makes up for the other expenses. Look at the ratings. NH always finishes near the bottom of total taxes paid. Usually only beaten by Alaska that gets oil subsidies. In every survey of quality of life, healthcare, education etc NH ranks in the top 5. Crime rate almost non-existent outside Manchester and Nashua. If you don’t want to pay high real estate taxes….then buy a smaller house. Smaller house, less heating, less maintenance less taxes. How much do you Southerners pay for AC from March to October? In NH I use AC maybe 4 or 5 days a year. Heating sure…you want you big house at 75 degrees you’re gonna pay. Smaller house 70 degrees and I have natural gas … I pay about $100 a month. You want a Mc Mansion, then be prepared to pay. Remember, the vast majority of those taxes stay in YOUR town not shipped off to some giant bureaucracy. Our legislature only meets 3 months a year and they’re paid $100 plus mileage, so the incentive to be a “professional” politician isn’t there. You have the best of 4 seasons here. I’m an hour from the ocean, 1.5 hours from Boston, I live in the mountains, skiing is 30 from the time I leave the house. Snowmobiling, ice fishing, you name it. Every season has its adventures. Even with our long winters our roads put Massachusetts’s to shame. Their roads…SUK! Sure, you live on a rural dirt road be prepared for mud season. Other than that our roads are great because YOUR taxes fix YOUR roads not someone else’s. No mater how cold it is outside I just out on another layer and I’m toasty. 90 degrees and 90% humidity? I don’t care what you do you’re not comfortable unless you’re trapped in the house with AC. No place is perfect, and personal preference is always key, but there is a reason we have a housing shortage and people are pouring into the state. Quality of life matters
Sounds like an awesome place for my retirement years! I live in Alaska so winters don’t scare me. But I do want all 4 seasons, which AK doesn’t really have. I love having white Christmas and New Year’s so I’m good with snow. No sales or income tax is great. AK has really high property taxes so I’m used to that as well. And that’s fine cuz my house will be paid in full so property taxes wont be as burdensome. Lack of job opportunities is not an issue to retirees, but having low crime rate and good health care system is exactly what I’d be looking for. I would also live being closer to cultural hubs and travel opportunities. It’s a nightmare getting out of Alaska doesn’t matter where you need to go. Even getting to Cali is all-day ordeal. I need to visit NH soon and get my hubby sold on it :)
I can’t wait to get out of this state and move to SC lived in salem my whole life and can’t even buy a house anywhere not building enough houses and everybody from mass moving into all the new houses
I grew up in Salem and left about 22 years ago. I'm still in NH but not in Salem. Every time I go back there I can't believe how much it's changed. 28 looks like New Jersey and Joe Faro thinks he's the king of Salem.
I do electrical work in New Hampshire and they are building houses and condo developments like crazy. But they’re selling them way before they are even built. So many massive custom homes all along southern New Hampshire. Doing one right now up on winnipesaukee, they’re selling for just under a million.
They need to build up the south more, like Nashua and manchester. At least Salem has Tuscan village going up. But those are just sort of the over saturated high-end apartments. I think it's best to build on what's already built on. And try and preserve the more rural areas.
My wife grew up here (NH) and is why I now live here. We raised most of our children here and we may die here. That said.... NH does NOT have "harsh winters". It has WINTER. There are many other places though that DO have "harsh winters". But it also has the other seasons (in spite of many of the comments). Fall used to be stunning, but the past handful of years, not so much. But the thing about NH's beauty and different types of beauty, is that you can see them ALL in a single day if you like. They are within easy driving distances. PROPERTY TAXES SUCK though. Yes, there are other offsets for that, but in some places the property taxes actually drive people out of their homes. It is by far my only real complaint about NH.... aside from people flooding in from "other places" and trying to turn it into the crap holes they LEFT. Stop it.
Don't move here to commute to mass. Route 3, 95 and 495 are the worst getting home. Takes hours. Massholes suck. But the White Mountains rule. If you haven't driven the Kancamagus in fall, you need to try it. So worth it.
Oh you don’t want people clogging up your roads down there but you’ll send them up north huh? Haha. Kidding it is a beautiful drive, as long as you do at least to posted speed limit and pull over to look at all the pretty leaves, it’s still a state highway that some people commute to work on.
@@Ogrematic you’re incorrect NH Rt112, the Kancamuagus highway, on the east starts in Conway NH and has homes along it, even neighborhoods off of it. It does cut through the center of the White mountain national forest however it is still a highway, people do live in it and I personally commute to work, as a guide, into the national forest. My point above was, if you’re peeping leaves pull over or drive the at least the posted speed limit please.
@Kal-El207 it just sucks when you hear people talk about "good jobs" and you find out they only pay $20-$25/hr. That's nowhere near enough to live comfortably in RI, Mass or CT.
Because there’s people who love things like skiing, hiking, ice fishing, camping, backpacking, beautiful scenery, changing seasons etc. Not everyone wants to sweat 365 days a year
@@Metalmirq The most of us who want to enjoy those sports would rather go to Idaho, Wyoming or Montana than New Hampshirite, if for no other reason than avoiding the liberal mind hive that exists there. I just don’t want to spent my hard earned money there unless I had to go through on the way somewhere saner.
@@cherokeejack7757 “liberal mind hive”? In New Hampshire?! Hahaha that’s hilarious. Maybe the Mass transplants along the coast, but it’s more like gun totin’ libertarian in most of the state.
Moved here because I’m originally from New England. I’m from the capital of Rhode Island, I’ll let you Google that. I moved to the Midwest and it got too dangerous where I was at. So I came back to New England but didn’t want to be in RI. I can’t stand Mass and CT is a strange wasteland. ME is too far and VT ain’t my cup of tea. So NH was the perfect fit. I can’t say what I like about it. Idk yet. I hope things get better is all. Plus, I got all my family in Boston and Rhode Island. So it’s a perfect distance. That’s why I chose it. New England is all I know.
I'm a travel nurse at Dartmouth. I spent last winter in Fargo, North Dakota. Nothing compares to that. So NH winter? SMHHH. It may be beautiful, but, it offers nothing. The nature and beauty doesn't pay one's mortgage/rent. Cars/vehicles are destroyed using salt on roads in winter, vs. sand (I used to live in spokane, WA). Unless one is from the "hills" you'll want to pull your hair out from boredom.
New Hampshire people are very kind and welcoming unless you move here with a chip on your shoulder thinking you know better or are going to change the state to your liking. If you are like that it's pretty rough sledding. Just being honest
@@mangomaharaja6859 Lifelong resident, in my fifties. NH is not very diverse ethnically but in my experience New Hampshire residents are welcoming and curious about other cultures.
We have a vacation home in Colebrook and our next-door neighbors left New Jersey to live in Colebrook. They are so happy they did. But in small towns, you really need to be able to cook because good restaurants are hard to find.
If you're serious about moving to New Hampshire you better have money. Especially, if you want to live on or near the seacoast, which is beautiful, but expensive. To be clear, all of Southern New Hampshire is expensive because of its proximity to Boston and the rest of Massachusetts. As a result, if you don't make over 100 thousand dollars a year, you can't afford to live here. In fact, with rising interest rates on mortgages and the price of homes on the rise as well, you really need an average annual household income of 125 to 150 thousand dollars a year. Which means both Mom and Dad better have good jobs, because raising a family and buying a house in the Granite State isn't cheap!
I lived in the Exeter area for three years. Unfortunately, in summer 2021 I suffered a bout of temporary insanity and moved back to CA. At this time I have my home on the market and am hoping to ditch liberal-infested and run CA and return to New Hampshire.
I absolutely love living in this state, so long as people from MA don’t move here in droves and bring that states crap with them NH will remain 1 of the best states to live in
New Hampshire and Maine are the original America; the way people wanna live out here is different from anywhere else. New England really lives up to the "Live and let live" attitude. For the most part, nobody cares who you are or what you do so long as you mind your own business, are polite, and you don't try to change the way things operate. Yankees really hold their attitude and way of life dear, especially in New Hampshire, since it's the most conservative state in New England. New Hampshire is seriously amazing though, every region has it's own distinct beauty, the people are so friendly, it's a beautiful political system, and it holds the spirit of the constitution dearly. If you're a libertarian, it's also the biggest stronghold for your party.
NH is the best firearms laws in the country from a gun owners POV. Other than that......real estate tax is insane, home prices are way too high, as is the snow, as are too many of the relocated ex-MA residents, other than that go for it. Not me, I need more sun & warmth.
You are g this may be the last time I ever use RUclips I really really cannot stand things like Facebook Google and RUclips anymore you still love them they're all so censored now I wrote out a long response to this with pros and cons and as soon as I started typing cons that were politically related it immediately deleted the entire comment and closed it like closed it like I wasn't even typing and I'm like that's interesting so I tried it again it did the same thing yet this comment.... People complain about content being censored that's the 90s content isn't censored in the US it's controlled
NH is fun, but it’s winters are very harsh and gloomy. NH also has mud season, and that can be extremely tough to get through as a resident, that outsiders don’t realize. While NH is a great place to visit, it’s difficult to find work, compared to a place like MA, RI, or CT. The northern New England states are the boonies, and many people from MA moved to southern NH, and they have to commute into Boston or the Boston area daily, and that traffic blows! If you are a Republican, then central and norther NH is for you politically, as those are the desirable places for conservatives and it’s definitely laws in NH are also a lot more relaxed, so if you are into guns, NH is a safe state for now, but eventually the liberals will change that. There is a housing crisis in NH, and home prices and rents are expensive. It also is has one of the highest rate of vacation homes, at 10.4%, with mainly boomers from the Boston area. Their property taxes are sky high, as they get much of their property taxes from people with vacation homes, rather than burdening residents with income taxes or sales taxes. So, while NH is a wonderful state to visit, it can get really lonely up there when it’s not vacation season.
Don't be so quick with the "Liberals will change that" when it comes to gun laws. I live in ALL RED Indiana. And these Republicans was the 1st in the nation, with Red Flag law. Yep, no outrage from the Right, no mention of it from the NRA, nothing. Its like its OK if the Right does it.
Wow hit the nail on the head on multiple points. I grew up in New Hampshire southern NH near Mass border I can tell everything you said is mostly true! Nice safe state but past I would say 4-5 years many people from Massachusetts and other states moving here taking up the vacation rentals up north near the lakes region or Maine. Jobs not really a job market for young individuals and property taxes are getting pricey. Oh yea NH used to mainly white Caucasian demographic so it hasn’t gotten more diverse which can be good or bad and was mainly conservative state before it’s leaning more liberal especially southern NH from Manchester all the way to Nashua, Salem area.
Tell me more about this “mud season?” Is that when all the snow melts and turns everything to slush? Wife and I loved visiting NH /VT last fall and we always talk about how amazing it would be to retire there but I think the property taxes would crush us.
@Livetheseacoast that's great news. We are tired of California with their stupid laws. We are planning to visit New Hampshire this summer and hopefully will sell our property and move there. We love the idea of having normal neighbors, safety for kids, and the beauty of New Hampshire. We will contact you when we are ready to purchase a new home. Thank you for a great video.
Everything this video says is true. What it doesn’t say is that as bad as New Hampshire can be, it’s still not worse than Connecticut and Massachusetts. And BTW, retired people should just keep looking, preferably south.
The outdoors in NH are rad. The ice climbing is some of the best in the lower 48, but it seems to be getting worse every year - guess that means NH winters are getting milder, for the winter-haters in the comments.
I don’t climb as much since my second hip replacement but I’m still heavily plugged in and yes the winters are variable but the freeze thaws we get has helped some old obscure ice routes form. I live in the White Mountains.
@thefullaj4034 yeah, this year seems like it's been really wet, lots of seepage - hopefully that means a good ice season ahead, if we get some sustained cold without the 50 degree warm rainy spells like last year. Sorry about the hips
I lived in New Hampshire for five years I'm sorry I left . I got stupid and moved to Oklahoma for a woman that didn't work out so I'll be moving back soon it's the nicest place I ever lived and I've lived in Hawaii .
Can’t wait to leave Hawaii -
@sirclarkmarz What part is the most preferred?
It's Expensive EVERYWHERE!
SO, Live where you Love!
And, Love where you Live!
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Best answer!
Besides, I'm from California. So almost anything is objectively cheaper no matter which state I move to 😂
Having grown up in a poorly insulated trailer in NH, yeah the winters were brutal. But I'm glad I learned how to drive there, knowing how to handle the worst conditions, like black ice, freezing rain and wet leaves that will make a car hydroplane even at slow speeds. Funny, I had no idea what a New Hampshire accent sounded like until after I moved away.
What does it sound like, I don’t hear it!!
@@justinwentworth1467 I'm tryin' ta find a video of someone with uh decent New Hampsha accent, th' only thing's coming up ah people that kinda speak it but not really plus a long scholahly vid ya'd probably wouldn't wanta watch. If a Bahsten accent and a Maine accent had a baby, it'd sound like somethin I grew up with.
Moved here from LA (after living there for over 35 years), and this state is the best place I've ever been to. I will NEVER move away.
@marcoslopez6030 Yes, it really is amazing.
I love hearing this, I’m in LA and thinking of doing the same. Can I ask why it’s the best place for you?
@@KaceyManjarrez No, stay in LA
@@KaceyManjarrez@KaceyManjarrez It's better in almost every single way you can think of. It's safer (NH has always ranked the 1st or 2nd safest state in the nation) and Smarter (NH has always ranked #2 or # or highest intellect). The cost of living is about 60% cheaper, sometimes less. You could put a Trump sign on you lawn, your neighbor a Harris sign, and you will treat each other no differently than if you had no idea who they supported. Freeway traffic? What freeway traffic?! School wise, it is always excellent for kids. I could go on and on. I live in Exeter, NH. I longed for a small ith that same old-time feel that we thought no longer existed. Now, when people ask me about Exeter, I tell them to listen to the lyrics to "Mayberry", by Rascal Flatts. We literally live in that kind of town. We loved it so much that we started a RUclips vlog channel about NH and New England. We hope it gives you an idea about life here. Come on over here! We'd love to have you in NH!! www.youtube.com/@MagicalNewEngland
@@KaceyManjarrez I wrote you a long response a day ago, but it disappeared. Did you see it?
The best state I’ve never been to? I used to LIVE there, in Manchester. Let me tell you about it.
NH is a wonderful state, it has beautiful scenery, lots of opportunities for people who love outdoor activities. It’s also relatively cheap by New England standards, sporting lower property prices (just). Wages in NH can be lower, so most people choose to live in Southern NH and work in Massachusetts where salaries are higher, however if you live and work in NH you can enjoy an income tax free working experience.
You can ALSO enjoy a SALES TAX free experience as well, which is also why a lot of people who live in NH work in MA, and people who live in MA go shopping in NH.
If you like having civil liberties, you also can’t do much better than NH - which is by far one of the most largely libertarian states in the country. It’s particularly safe, and has constitutional carry laws as well. Recreational marijuana isn’t legal for some reason but it’s rarely enforced and medicinal marijuana is legal and sold in the state.
Not everything about NH is all sunshine and roses though. It’s COLD in the winter, and snowy. Really snowy. And despite this, NH has an oddly trash policy on when it decides to salt roads in winter to prevent people from slipping and sliding all over the place… namely it feels like they never do. So invest in some fantastic winter tires and get ready to pull some sick Initial D moves on the road in winter to avoid hitting people, because most people in New Hampshire decide that auto insurance isn’t necessary and don’t fucking have it. How fun.
Also if you aren’t super into outdoorsy activities, NH may be quite boring. It’s also not as cheap as equivalently cold or boring states, however don’t fret. There’s more than enough stuff around NH and in surrounding states to keep people entertained enough while they save up to travel elsewhere.
NH is my favorite state, I recommend it to anyone who even feels like they’d just wanna stop by as a day drive. It’s worth visiting at least once I’d say. Destinations can include Nashua for shopping, Manchester for activities and food, Conway and North Conway for small mountain town vibes and some more shopping, Franconia Notch for mountain roads, pretty lakes and intense weather patterns with thunder storms like they write about in fantasy films.
I moved here from San Diego two years ago. It’s really beautiful here. Winters are long and can be brutal, last March where I live we had 4ft of snow dumped on us. If you’re from a warmer climate you’ll need to be prepared, we have a whole house generator and I’m glad for it since we lost power for a few days during said snow storm.
There isn’t much to do here unless you’re into the outdoors. Houses are also fairly hard to find, we managed to find a place with 22 acres but finding places with acreage now is tough. We also pay about 7k a year in property taxes. We manage fine because my husband still works remotely from his same company in California. It’s a great place if you love all things outdoors and winter activities. If you hate that, you won’t like it here.
Hi i would like to move to new Hampshire soon
im seeing all sorts of listings for plenty of acreage tbh, just not any with houses built on them hahaha. But I think for many, 3 acres is more than enough land. And those plots have dwellings on them.
You better not vote Democrat
Hopefully you vote to get rid of the cons that we have as state reps. Thankfully Sununu is gone soon! Also, I hope you're not anything other than white, bc life will be difficult for you here. It's like the North East version of Kentucky.
@@eurtostance shIt you better not vote left or right.. this is a libertarian heritage state and it's only getting better every year thanks to the Free State Project and it's migration movement.
Lifelong resident a bit older than you. I would agree with almost everything in this video. The only part I would disagree with slightly is the tourism issue. New Hampshire certainly is a tourist destination but the tourist don't generally flood across the state. They go to the seacoast, the lakes region, and the White Mountains. Not many flock to the Cheshire county, Grafton county, the Concord/Manchester/Nashua area, or the Great North Woods.
Yea, you got to deal with leaf peepers a little bit, but for the most part this state's traffic is a non-issue. No matter what time I leave for work I'm at my desk within a few minutes. Even when I have to cross town it's never more than 5-10 minutes and in NJ the same size town would take me 45 minutes to cross during rush hour. For a population of 30k people that's insane. I can get anywhere in the southern portion of the state within an hour's drive. Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Keene, even Vermont. Any place that matters basically. And there is never anything I'd say constitutes real traffic.
When I was growing up, my dad would take us to Hampton Beach, NH every summer for vacation. If my situation was different, I would move there in a heartbeat.
Grew up in NH and still live here. I have a love/hate relationship with NH. Love it in the summer fall and sometimes spring when we actually have one but winters here, as well as Maine and VT are brutal. It's basically like living in Antarctica with a few Dunkin Donuts here and there.
LIved most of my life in NJ and moved here in 2010 and love it. I never want to leave. Please don't tell anyone else about NH because I dont want anymore people up here :)
Just keep the Liberals out ...
Yeah, Cam, what are you thinking! Please don't even think of encouraging people to move to NH! I only live here because I love skiing, surfing, architecture, great food and beautiful surroundings. PS, I'm a native Floridian.
The liberals are already here. Look at the senator hahaha
@@chadjohnson7544a check on you conservatives
We don't want anymore liberals to move up here from Massachusetts or New Jersey. You'll are killing our culture and raising taxes to trash social programs. Liberal programs almost always raise crime and increase homelessness as well.
If you want to be liberal move to VT.
Not friendly to outsiders even if they are legacy families. Summer giant flies are pretty awful, then 30 below in the winter. From a NE Legacy family circa 1630.
lmao what? its not the 1700's. youre more than fine in the winter. no one is unwelcoming to outsiders. it doesnt even start snowing till mid January here now. you have 2.5 months of winter, and it usually isnt that bad. Youre hyping it up for a whole 4 likes
It goes down into the thirties in May in Central New Hampshire. In early June, huge mosquitoes are nearly ubiquitous until mid-August. Late summer and early fall is the best time in NH. October can get very cold.
Nashua is a 3rd world country so is Manchester
as someone who lives in Portsmouth its funny watching this video and recognizing pretty much every place he films
How do they get tax without any state tax? LAND TAX….in Claremont NH which was a run down place our land tax for our home was almost $800 a month…almost more than the mortgage. So if you want to move there make sure you look into towns with the lowest property taxes. Plus get a huge snow blower and a huge whole house generator.
I'm trying to talk to my wife into being Snow Birds. I love NH and want to spend late Summer, Fall, and the beginning of Winter there.
We reside in Florida and I'm fed up with hot weather.
Me too. I live in Orlando now and it's too hot. I would love to move up north where it's a little cooler.
Keep Rhonda Santis down there
Don’t do it. You’ll regret it. We flatlanders need not subject ourselves to such pain.
Hot and humid sucks it drains you takes the life out of you.
I have lived in NH my whole life, got tired ofwinter and now spend it in Yuma Arizona very similar in cost as here for food fuel. I didn't even like visiting Florida in the winter for a week or two too crowded and humid also winter homes are really expensive and insurance is going thru the roof.
NH has a high rooms and meals tax and in the top states in property tax. It does tax interest and dividends on investments. Food costs are high, gas is up there and heating the house in the winter months is brutal. I lived in NH forty years but had to sell the house and move to Florida when I retired. My kids and grandkids still live there but job prospects most likely will force the grand kids to move unless they compromise their careers like I did to stay in NH. Most good jobs are south in the Boston area unless you are a professional self employed or work in tourism.
For dividends and interest , It’s being phased out. 2022 5 %, 2023 4%, next year 3% … until it’s phased out completely in a few years
@@connaryscott I love the increasing libertarians moving here. Keep those dems at bay and actually reduce taxes... not just talk about it like all the republicans. Did you know the state actually cut its budget not just taxes recently? Crazy! They're doing what the republicans always promised us but never actually did.
@@connaryscott they are going to have to reverse that..booze sales starting to decrease and ed funding increases coming
@@jickjackyoulooking forward to no regulations on anything, too. Wanna pollute that river? Dump your Roundup in my groundwater? Go for it! We’re Libertarians!
Love NH in the summer! Its gorgeous. Maine as well
Looked into this state. Property tax is way too high (state has to compensate for no sales and income tax), cost of living is high, cold as hell, Lyme disease, houses are expensive. But the state is beautiful.
Re taxes. They don’t fund the whole state from those liquor stores on the highway. Property taxes much higher than neighboring states.
Property taxes are among the highest in the NATION...
Property taxes are high, but with no state sales or income tax, it MORE than makes up for it! I moved from NH to Maine... my property taxes are 20% of what I paid in NH, but all of the other taxes make me regret the move. "Excise Tax" alone in ME is over $500 a year in ME, that tax doesn't exist in NH.
I drove busses in NH... the company in Concord pays BETTER starting wages than Greyhound or Peter Pan! The jobs ARE there!!!
Sales taxes are less "invasive" if I have little or no money , I stay home and do less shopping; but I have to "live" somewhere, LOL... so I HAVE to pay my property tax bill...@@dennisdmenace6249
@@dennisdmenace6249 That only happens in the case where one has a LOT of money and goes shopping a LOT...lol
@@tedmartin5239 FALSE. State Income Tax in Maine, NOT NH.
Sales Tax... Maine, NOT NH.
The ONLY tax "benefit" in Maine is lower property taxes.
Excise Tax...? NOT in NH....
In Maine... over $500 (for me).
I am NOT rich, I earn just around 50k per year, so that excuse doesn't fly!
Buffalo winters make NH winters look like Club Med and it costs me $150 a month to heat my 2000 sq ft home. Why doesn’t NH have energy efficient homes like everywhere else in North America.
Buffalo has a 58% historical chance of a white Christmas, while Concord's probability is closer to 70%. Plus I used to live out in western NY and yeah, it can snow a lot but half the time there's nothing on the ground except maybe in the Tug Hill plateau. The snow is fluffy and lacks the density of New England snow, so it melts more quickly. That's because less heat of fusion (sunlight) is needed to melt the fluffier snow. On balance there's not a lot of difference between the two places, but for snow cover that's reliable I would give central NH the edge, esp. in the hills where I now live.
If you like paying property tax rates more akin to being rent New Hampshire might be the state for you! It's beautiful up there but the winters can be as brutal as the property tax!
I’m from Rhode Island. Specifically Providence. WTF is up with the property tax here in NH? I live here now, but wtf is up with this high price BS for small ass houses??
@@Kal-El207 In the early 2000's my mother was paying 6,000 a year in property tax on a 200k house. I told her that isn't property tax that is paying the state to rent your own house from them!
I have lived in New Hampshire. Beautiful state. Freaking cold in the winter. All 6 months of it.
Don't be fooled by the fact that NH does not have an income tax or a sales tax. Your property taxes are astronomical. 10 to 14 thousand dollars a year for property taxes are normal. Your tag renewal for your car is equally astronomical. 800 or more per year.
Yeah like Texas, You find a house for $200k but the taxes are $20k per year 😂😂🤣
@@lifeasithappens? Taxes here are anywhere from 2-4%? Who gave you this information
Yeah, 10% property taxes in Texas sounds fishy@@justinperez8668 ...
I just checked the most expensive Ft. Worth area; the tax rate is 2.26%; so, a $500k house owner pays $11,300 per year, not $50k; compared that to $8k in a rural Texas area, and in another state like Nebraska is would be around $5,000 per year for the same house.
@@StephenDoty84That’s still high. $1000 dollars per month in property taxes is my entire mortgage/taxes/insurance combined.
Wow, in Texas, it's like the rent/mortgage never ends. @@BezmenovDisciple
It's absolutely gorgeous here. 😊
I lived in downtown Nashua for 4 years. It was fantastic. That was in the late 90’s tho. I have no idea how prices are now
Trust me its not overlooked its unaffordable and not many jobs
I couldn’t agree more. I lived in NH in my twenties and tripled my salary by taking a job outside the state in my thirties. Love spending time up there on vacations but I’ll never move back.
@@exhausted.dad.here-where did you end up moving?
Anyone that actually wants a job in NH can find one. The unemployment rate is almost always one of the lowest in the USA. The overall tax burden is one of the very lowest. Insurance one of the lowest. You only have high property tax if you live in expensive housing. No sales tax no income tax and I believe the tax on dividends and interest was eliminated.
@@richardhoner7842 Don't know why you keep lying to people, you must not live here or you must live near Franlkyn bc there is nothing this state loves than over taxing property owners so the politicians can pad their pockets even though they don't live here.
2007, I got flooded out and moved from Concord NH to the Bangor Maine area. I've been in Maine for 16 years and will never go back to NH.
Maine is better than New Hampshire all around .
@@tedmartin5239 Lived in N.H. for 18 1/2 yrs. Moved back to Maine with no regrets.Love it.
@@timlewis9873 Currently live in SNH and have been looking into Maine - what would be your top 3 things you like more about Maine? Healthcare for me is probably most important as I get older.
Is Maine better all around? If so, how? Or why?
New Hampshire is the best place ever born an raised an here an dont have pla s on moving any time soon gearing up for another winter
Property taxes are VERY high in New Ham[shire.
True!
Why do people let it stay that way? Fight for affordable housing.
Excellent video!
I came Super Close to moving to NH in 1990.
I was invited to a trip to Florida and never left. Hurricanes and all. I have zero regrets. Now I just fly to NH to visit when I really want to. It's s beautiful state. And so are the people. ✌️❤️
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I love the life here in Coos county.
The reason the crime rate is low is because any state resident can open/conceal carry without a license.
@@josephbaumann292NH is mostly Homogeneously White, TX has a large population of the 6% of Americans that commit over half of this countries violent crime. FACTS.
Lol no. It’s because there are basically no black people or Hispanics. You just cut crime by like 70% that alone
My guess is there are certain demographics that dont exist iin large enough numbers to cause an issu. But we aren't allowed to talk about that.
@@messagesystem333 that and the whole state has a low population. Most populated city doesn’t even crack 150 thousand. Not even close actually.
@@josephbaumann292 Texas has low crime rates outside of its major cities which lack a certain thing the other fella commented about.
I actually like living in New Hampshire.
Not only have I moved there, I've moved there three times.
dang, the place is stunning, but i would pass living the during there the winter tho.
Cheers from Sao Paulo, Brazil
Former masshole. I'd love yo move to New Hampshire, but the property taxes for retires would kill us.
I hear you! Thanks for the comment!
What state did you wind up in? I’m still a masshole and I’m looking to get out.
Wherever you go just do everyone a favor and stay together 😂 all joking aside you guys are tame, New Jersey worst attitudes in the country IMO
@@blackened872Stay in Mass. we don’t like you anywhere else. Stay there.
I lived there fifty years ago, and the black flies made it impossible to be outside in the spring. Now I live in western MA which has been voted the best state to live in as well as the best state for raising kids.
No gun rights in Massachusetts, the voters and politicians are all leftists and communists.
Hey sport, you misspelled TX.
The jobs that are in NH pay significantly less. Driving into MA to work is a challenge to say the least.
I’ll stay here in NH born in Boston which is a mess down there glad I’m here no sales tax beautiful mountains lakes
winters suck
Agreed!
Winters do every where in New England. From NJ to Maine
You didn’t mention if you enjoy the wilderness that you will get Lyme disease which all my friends have they’re all crippled. The ticks are brutal in New Hampshire and that’s the best thing I ever did move out of that state the taxes were killing me. Property taxes .l moved out west I’ll never go east.
There is another solution. Vote in the libertarians. They're trying to gut the budget and eliminate the taxes altogether.
Please to what state would you recommend to relocate? It’s so hard to decide! I thought New Hampshire was the best state
My son has chronic Lyme disease 😢 I wish I never lived in this trash state. I'm moving as soon as I can
@@christined9210 were covid💉 mandatory in your state? How harsh were restrictions during lockdown?
@@KrystynaSvon Not mandatory, there are employers that demand the shot and some have lost their jobs due to refusing the shot. My property taxes just went up. My taxes are insanely high for a small home. Also, the laws here are very much in tune with democrats except for gun laws. It won't take long for that to change in my opinion. The Governor of NH has vetoed many anti gun bills over his tenure and he is retiring. I don't see our new Governor doing the same.
No income tax and no sales tax more than makes up for the other expenses. Look at the ratings. NH always finishes near the bottom of total taxes paid. Usually only beaten by Alaska that gets oil subsidies. In every survey of quality of life, healthcare, education etc NH ranks in the top 5. Crime rate almost non-existent outside Manchester and Nashua. If you don’t want to pay high real estate taxes….then buy a smaller house. Smaller house, less heating, less maintenance less taxes. How much do you Southerners pay for AC from March to October? In NH I use AC maybe 4 or 5 days a year. Heating sure…you want you big house at 75 degrees you’re gonna pay. Smaller house 70 degrees and I have natural gas … I pay about $100 a month. You want a Mc Mansion, then be prepared to pay. Remember, the vast majority of those taxes stay in YOUR town not shipped off to some giant bureaucracy. Our legislature only meets 3 months a year and they’re paid $100 plus mileage, so the incentive to be a “professional” politician isn’t there. You have the best of 4 seasons here. I’m an hour from the ocean, 1.5 hours from Boston, I live in the mountains, skiing is 30 from the time I leave the house. Snowmobiling, ice fishing, you name it. Every season has its adventures. Even with our long winters our roads put Massachusetts’s to shame. Their roads…SUK! Sure, you live on a rural dirt road be prepared for mud season. Other than that our roads are great because YOUR taxes fix YOUR roads not someone else’s. No mater how cold it is outside I just out on another layer and I’m toasty. 90 degrees and 90% humidity? I don’t care what you do you’re not comfortable unless you’re trapped in the house with AC. No place is perfect, and personal preference is always key, but there is a reason we have a housing shortage and people are pouring into the state. Quality of life matters
Sounds like an awesome place for my retirement years! I live in Alaska so winters don’t scare me. But I do want all 4 seasons, which AK doesn’t really have. I love having white Christmas and New Year’s so I’m good with snow. No sales or income tax is great. AK has really high property taxes so I’m used to that as well. And that’s fine cuz my house will be paid in full so property taxes wont be as burdensome. Lack of job opportunities is not an issue to retirees, but having low crime rate and good health care system is exactly what I’d be looking for. I would also live being closer to cultural hubs and travel opportunities. It’s a nightmare getting out of Alaska doesn’t matter where you need to go. Even getting to Cali is all-day ordeal. I need to visit NH soon and get my hubby sold on it :)
I wouldn't think about spending winter anywhere but Florida. Simply the best!
living in florida is disgusting
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I tried wintering in Florida once. Its vertical drop and snowmaking capacity were not up to my standards.
That sticky , humid swamp you are referring to? What a miserable place
@@M1978-p8j You are totally, and I mean TOTALLY, ignorant.
That whole area is just awesome.
I can’t wait to get out of this state and move to SC lived in salem my whole life and can’t even buy a house anywhere not building enough houses and everybody from mass moving into all the new houses
I grew up in Salem and left about 22 years ago. I'm still in NH but not in Salem. Every time I go back there I can't believe how much it's changed. 28 looks like New Jersey and Joe Faro thinks he's the king of Salem.
SC dangerous af. Have fun.
There are no homes available in NH. Not one take my word for it you are wasting your time
You are true, there is a very real inventory shortage in New Hampshire.
I do electrical work in New Hampshire and they are building houses and condo developments like crazy. But they’re selling them way before they are even built. So many massive custom homes all along southern New Hampshire. Doing one right now up on winnipesaukee, they’re selling for just under a million.
There is NOTHING available! Stay in Mass.
This is patently false. I saw a 3br 1 bath home near Ossipee for $1.5mm last week.
Oh, and it is a teardown.
They need to build up the south more, like Nashua and manchester. At least Salem has Tuscan village going up. But those are just sort of the over saturated high-end apartments.
I think it's best to build on what's already built on. And try and preserve the more rural areas.
My wife grew up here (NH) and is why I now live here. We raised most of our children here and we may die here. That said.... NH does NOT have "harsh winters". It has WINTER. There are many other places though that DO have "harsh winters". But it also has the other seasons (in spite of many of the comments). Fall used to be stunning, but the past handful of years, not so much.
But the thing about NH's beauty and different types of beauty, is that you can see them ALL in a single day if you like. They are within easy driving distances.
PROPERTY TAXES SUCK though. Yes, there are other offsets for that, but in some places the property taxes actually drive people out of their homes. It is by far my only real complaint about NH.... aside from people flooding in from "other places" and trying to turn it into the crap holes they LEFT. Stop it.
In the hills the snow can get crazy deep. Wish I could post a picture from 2023, you wouldn't believe it.
You do pay sales tax on hotels and prepared foods like bakeries and restaurants thought
Don't move here to commute to mass. Route 3, 95 and 495 are the worst getting home. Takes hours. Massholes suck. But the White Mountains rule. If you haven't driven the Kancamagus in fall, you need to try it. So worth it.
Don’t cry those people you call Massholes bring in a lot of money so stop your sniveling
Oh you don’t want people clogging up your roads down there but you’ll send them up north huh? Haha. Kidding it is a beautiful drive, as long as you do at least to posted speed limit and pull over to look at all the pretty leaves, it’s still a state highway that some people commute to work on.
@@thefullaj No, it isn't, it's a road No-one lives on. It's a park, there are no homes on the Kancamagus.
@@Ogrematic you’re incorrect NH Rt112, the Kancamuagus highway, on the east starts in Conway NH and has homes along it, even neighborhoods off of it. It does cut through the center of the White mountain national forest however it is still a highway, people do live in it and I personally commute to work, as a guide, into the national forest. My point above was, if you’re peeping leaves pull over or drive the at least the posted speed limit please.
Under cons you forgot the bugs; tics, black flies, mosquitoes, deer flies (mosquitoes on steroids), fruit flies, etc.
I thought it was like that anywhere in the US outside of major urban areas or deserts/mountains though isn’t it
NH is Boston's best suburb.
I live in southern New Hampshire an hour north of Boston. I go to Massachusetts about once a year.
Beautiful video!
Too expensive.
You couldn’t pay me enough to live in that New England hellscape. I lived there for two years and couldn’t leave fast enough.
With the high cost of living and lack of liveable wage jobs, its hard to live anywhere in New England
If you’re from there like I am. It’s all you know. I’m from Providence.
@Kal-El207 it just sucks when you hear people talk about "good jobs" and you find out they only pay $20-$25/hr. That's nowhere near enough to live comfortably in RI, Mass or CT.
They should add a sales tax. That would lower real estate taxes. Values would then climb
No it wouldn't. it would just embolden NH Democrats to spend more money.
Life Science jobs are lacking. You’ll need to commute to Massachusetts for living wages.
$7.25 minimum wage, too
Would rather starve in North Korea that work minimum wage in NH
Nice place to see two months out of the year, but why would anyone move there?
Because there’s people who love things like skiing, hiking, ice fishing, camping, backpacking, beautiful scenery, changing seasons etc. Not everyone wants to sweat 365 days a year
@@Metalmirq The most of us who want to enjoy those sports would rather go to Idaho, Wyoming or Montana than New Hampshirite, if for no other reason than avoiding the liberal mind hive that exists there. I just don’t want to spent my hard earned money there unless I had to go through on the way somewhere saner.
@@cherokeejack7757 another political obsessed weirdo
@@cherokeejack7757 “liberal mind hive”? In New Hampshire?! Hahaha that’s hilarious. Maybe the Mass transplants along the coast, but it’s more like gun totin’ libertarian in most of the state.
Moved here because I’m originally from New England. I’m from the capital of Rhode Island, I’ll let you Google that. I moved to the Midwest and it got too dangerous where I was at. So I came back to New England but didn’t want to be in RI. I can’t stand Mass and CT is a strange wasteland. ME is too far and VT ain’t my cup of tea. So NH was the perfect fit. I can’t say what I like about it. Idk yet. I hope things get better is all. Plus, I got all my family in Boston and Rhode Island. So it’s a perfect distance. That’s why I chose it. New England is all I know.
I live here. I thought his assessment was quite fair.
Beautiful but Too cold for me. I live on Cape Cod and spend winters in FLA. Winters are brutal up there
You don’t have that warmed coastal air coming up from the south like you do in cape cod
Guide to costs in NH leads to living in Maine video where it’s still a long cold winter
I don’t recommend Manchester. It’s really gone down hill with homelessness, drugs, and rise in crimes. The cost of living is also on the high side.
Drugs and homelessness definitely. Crime? Not so much. I’m in Manchester.
Crime rate is based on CALLS to the police, not on the character of the people
Are residents accepting of people from other states? Or do they feel ‘we’re full!’ ?
I'm a travel nurse at Dartmouth. I spent last winter in Fargo, North Dakota. Nothing compares to that. So NH winter? SMHHH. It may be beautiful, but, it offers nothing. The nature and beauty doesn't pay one's mortgage/rent. Cars/vehicles are destroyed using salt on roads in winter, vs. sand (I used to live in spokane, WA).
Unless one is from the "hills" you'll want to pull your hair out from boredom.
Spokane uses sand as opposed to salt I take it? I would think sand could mess your paint job up too no?
Depending on what you do, there are ways that nature & beauty can pay the mortgage.
Ridiculous high property taxes. Very high home prices. Totally unaffordable
Hi you can talk about reception to new people
New Hampshire people are very kind and welcoming unless you move here with a chip on your shoulder thinking you know better or are going to change the state to your liking. If you are like that it's pretty rough sledding. Just being honest
@@jdds1165 Thanks, we are humble.
@@jdds1165how's diversity like in NH?
I'd say overall NH is very used to welcoming people from all over the country. Most people move here from Massachusettes.
@@mangomaharaja6859 Lifelong resident, in my fifties. NH is not very diverse ethnically but in my experience New Hampshire residents are welcoming and curious about other cultures.
Some great info, nice part of the world…
Thanks for the comment!!
Pro: Summer. Con: The rest of the year.
Spent a week in Wolfeboro - couldn’t find a good place to eat. We are kinda gastronomically spoiled here in NJ:)
We have a vacation home in Colebrook and our next-door neighbors left New Jersey to live in Colebrook. They are so happy they did. But in small towns, you really need to be able to cook because good restaurants are hard to find.
@@timothymark970 you sure do:)
@@Stakan79 Even when we're not at our vacation home, we don't eat out much, maybe once a month. So it's not very important to us.
@@timothymark970 we were in AirBnB. Lack of good restaurants wasn’t a deal breaker, of course. It was just an observation.
I live in New Hampshire
Awesome!
Yup I’m sold
If you're serious about moving to New Hampshire you better have money. Especially, if you want to live on or near the seacoast, which is beautiful, but expensive. To be clear, all of Southern New Hampshire is expensive because of its proximity to Boston and the rest of Massachusetts. As a result, if you don't make over 100 thousand dollars a year, you can't afford to live here. In fact, with rising interest rates on mortgages and the price of homes on the rise as well, you really need an average annual household income of 125 to 150 thousand dollars a year. Which means both Mom and Dad better have good jobs, because raising a family and buying a house in the Granite State isn't cheap!
I lived in the Exeter area for three years. Unfortunately, in summer 2021 I suffered a bout of temporary insanity and moved back to CA. At this time I have my home on the market and am hoping to ditch liberal-infested and run CA and return to New Hampshire.
Please dont overcrowd it. Please dont publicize it. Please keep it as it is
NH seriously needs to be developed bro
@@Rhode-Island hmm I agree man !
I absolutely love living in this state, so long as people from MA don’t move here in droves and bring that states crap with them NH will remain 1 of the best states to live in
If MA keeps upping everything then they will come here.
New Hampshire and Maine are the original America; the way people wanna live out here is different from anywhere else. New England really lives up to the "Live and let live" attitude. For the most part, nobody cares who you are or what you do so long as you mind your own business, are polite, and you don't try to change the way things operate. Yankees really hold their attitude and way of life dear, especially in New Hampshire, since it's the most conservative state in New England.
New Hampshire is seriously amazing though, every region has it's own distinct beauty, the people are so friendly, it's a beautiful political system, and it holds the spirit of the constitution dearly. If you're a libertarian, it's also the biggest stronghold for your party.
To cold for me, it is a nice state though
I left Berlin NH in 82 and haven't regretted it yet ! If your gay or a freak , you'll love it in NH.
@1:00 Anyone know where this is?
Looks like the Franconia notch. But I could be wrong on that. The area where the old man on the mountain used to be.
Looks like Dixville notch in Northern NH
Welcome to New Massachusetts.
Live free or die.
NH is the best firearms laws in the country from a gun owners POV. Other than that......real estate tax is insane, home prices are way too high, as is the snow, as are too many of the relocated ex-MA residents, other than that go for it. Not me, I need more sun & warmth.
Constitutional carry? Not listed?
If it's so good, what happened to Old Hampshire? did you ever think about that?
Thought about it, it’s still in England🤤
How many clearooms are on Pease afb
You are g this may be the last time I ever use RUclips I really really cannot stand things like Facebook Google and RUclips anymore you still love them they're all so censored now I wrote out a long response to this with pros and cons and as soon as I started typing cons that were politically related it immediately deleted the entire comment and closed it like closed it like I wasn't even typing and I'm like that's interesting so I tried it again it did the same thing yet this comment.... People complain about content being censored that's the 90s content isn't censored in the US it's controlled
NH is fun, but it’s winters are very harsh and gloomy. NH also has mud season, and that can be extremely tough to get through as a resident, that outsiders don’t realize. While NH is a great place to visit, it’s difficult to find work, compared to a place like MA, RI, or CT. The northern New England states are the boonies, and many people from MA moved to southern NH, and they have to commute into Boston or the Boston area daily, and that traffic blows! If you are a Republican, then central and norther NH is for you politically, as those are the desirable places for conservatives and it’s definitely laws in NH are also a lot more relaxed, so if you are into guns, NH is a safe state for now, but eventually the liberals will change that. There is a housing crisis in NH, and home prices and rents are expensive. It also is has one of the highest rate of vacation homes, at 10.4%, with mainly boomers from the Boston area. Their property taxes are sky high, as they get much of their property taxes from people with vacation homes, rather than burdening residents with income taxes or sales taxes.
So, while NH is a wonderful state to visit, it can get really lonely up there when it’s not vacation season.
Jesse can you write my next video?? Haha thanks for the comment!!
@@Livetheseacoast I could if you wanted me to!
Don't be so quick with the "Liberals will change that" when it comes to gun laws. I live in ALL RED Indiana. And these Republicans was the 1st in the nation, with Red Flag law. Yep, no outrage from the Right, no mention of it from the NRA, nothing. Its like its OK if the Right does it.
Wow hit the nail on the head on multiple points. I grew up in New Hampshire southern NH near Mass border I can tell everything you said is mostly true! Nice safe state but past I would say 4-5 years many people from Massachusetts and other states moving here taking up the vacation rentals up north near the lakes region or Maine. Jobs not really a job market for young individuals and property taxes are getting pricey. Oh yea NH used to mainly white Caucasian demographic so it hasn’t gotten more diverse which can be good or bad and was mainly conservative state before it’s leaning more liberal especially southern NH from Manchester all the way to Nashua, Salem area.
Tell me more about this “mud season?” Is that when all the snow melts and turns everything to slush? Wife and I loved visiting NH /VT last fall and we always talk about how amazing it would be to retire there but I think the property taxes would crush us.
Yea I am never going to move there because I don't want Lyme Disease.
So since the "old man in the mountain" fell is he still the state symbol?
also where gg allin is from
How is the Heating and cooling repair business going there?
Plenty of business!!
@Livetheseacoast that's great news. We are tired of California with their stupid laws. We are planning to visit New Hampshire this summer and hopefully will sell our property and move there. We love the idea of having normal neighbors, safety for kids, and the beauty of New Hampshire. We will contact you when we are ready to purchase a new home. Thank you for a great video.
COLD 😏
Everything this video says is true. What it doesn’t say is that as bad as New Hampshire can be, it’s still not worse than Connecticut and Massachusetts. And BTW, retired people should just keep looking, preferably south.
Please keep this secret!
Would love to move up there. I go up there to grab fireworks
Lol there’s a housing crisis in NH. You can’t even find apartments easily. People definitely know about NH.
Same in all of Mew England. I’m from Rhode Island.
Hamspire cost of living is high?
Very
I AM moving there in April of 2025. Taking my VASH voucher and finding a place.
The outdoors in NH are rad. The ice climbing is some of the best in the lower 48, but it seems to be getting worse every year - guess that means NH winters are getting milder, for the winter-haters in the comments.
I don’t climb as much since my second hip replacement but I’m still heavily plugged in and yes the winters are variable but the freeze thaws we get has helped some old obscure ice routes form. I live in the White Mountains.
@thefullaj4034 yeah, this year seems like it's been really wet, lots of seepage - hopefully that means a good ice season ahead, if we get some sustained cold without the 50 degree warm rainy spells like last year. Sorry about the hips