Pros and Cons of Living in New Hampshire 

I live in Hampton NH. I’m sure there is a tax for restaurants lol.

@@kocachan2064 There is....I certainly need to fix that in the video. I mis-spoke and meant to say something else

You showed Portsmouth, good for freedom lovers, and low crime rates, lowest I believe, I could live in a shed or sailboat.

@@derekdavis6508 But don't choose a shed right on Main St. (Route 3) in Franklin like I did. Well, not a shed, it's an apartment, kind of, I guess technically it is -- it's the whole downstairs of an old house but I have neighbors upstairs. My living room windows are just 25 feet from the road and with NH having the 2nd most motorcycles per person in the U.S., on a typical warm Saturday or Sunday, only about 3,500 drive by between 5 a.m. and 2 a.m. and they're loud. With so much woods in this state, pick somewhere quiet!!!

Can you talk about health insurance in New Hampshire? Average cost to go to the doctor? Surgery? Etc?

Dont listen to the goofy above ^ don't let one person bad 20 year experience mess up your dreams. If it took him 20 years to figure that out then I'm sure you will be smarter and manage your money well. I love it here

@@deereal985 ...we know that everyone is different in their perspective, but my research indicates there are many options and it’s doable. Thank you for your response.

@@IReminisceNYC You go live your dream ..we only live once in a lifetime...I'm happy for you..

@@ny9972 Thank you so much. I absolutely agree. All the best to you. 💓

Ain't too many black people here. If you're comfortable dealing with people who have never dealt with you before then welcome. You won't be making city money either. Fresh air is good though. As long as you have the money to get your own house come on down because rent prices have skyrocketed along with everything else.

Each of those you mention has their place for some people but others can do without them. I personally wish NH was 50th on the list of most motorcycles per person instead of #2. Don't care about Nascar. Lakes are GORGEOUS but if I'm never on one or in one I'll live just fine. And I think my concert days are behind me. Give me the mountains and trails. I actually hope NH does change politically and sheds more of the red people and more of the blue people and becomes more Libertarian but in a classical libertarian sense, not the Libertarian ideals that those running for office seem to harbor in 2021 which are little too leftist in some ways and too right leaning in other ways. They've drifted. I wish NH would have people in office willing to examine the laws on the books and see which ones are just too stupid and nanny state-ish so this state can become more of an example and not just one of the crowd.

Wait what? I don't get it.

Ha ha ha, that's funny! Many of the roads might be great but have you see the "FROST HEAVES" signs up north? (literal LOL . . .) Some of those roads are HORRIBLE! Still beautiful scenery but not every road is a smooth pleasure to enjoy going down. (P.S. awesome road I was on lately -- 132 from New Hampton down to where it turns to 127 in Sanbornton. Highly recommended!)

Not when all the flatlanders get here and vote

Good. I’m definitely pro gun, as well.

@@evanlakeman2130 NH is too far north for flatlanders. They all prefer the warmer areas

@@mondaymotivator_ Not far enough, Maybe you havent been here in awhile, you see more and more out of state plates everyday. I live in a small town that is becoming a bigger town. Real estate prices are crazy and forcing some folks that grew up here to leave

@@evanlakeman2130 They come in like a parasite, and force the originals to leave

Concord is a great city. I've lived there in the past and for a small town boy like me it was quite liveable. For a city, it has a small town feel to it.

@@TwoWolves To each his own. I'm a few exits north of Concord and I absolutely dread heading south on I-93. Well, it's not as bad as I-95 going into Philly but I prefer the much smaller town feel and the bigger mountains furthur north of Concord.

And Charlie Baker is gonna pay for it

@@IlluminatiCheckerboardflooring 🤣 🤣

I am glad you liked it

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I live in Connecticut and I drove 5 hours to MT. Washington and I promise you will love the state. It’s beautiful! The water everywhere is crystal clear! Great fishing I bet. And Hunting! A local told me there are a lot of big Wildlife here.

@@baghdadwarrior039 I saw a bear the other day out hiking in central NH. And a zillion chipmunks! LOL

AZ's got awesome scenery. So does NH in a different way. I'm constantly amazed. I do a lot of hiking and I'm finding fantastic views from almost every mountain I go up. I've been making videos for my channel of my time in NH since I moved here in March. There's just so much so see. It's endlessly incredible here!

That's one of the reasons I moved here -- the winter and generally cooler temperatures compared to where I was for the past 12 years: South Carolina. I don't care a whole lot about Boston but proximity to NYC is definitely great! Can take the train from Boston for cheap so you don't have to worry about parking down there!

Leave your politics there

@@dominickjustave3558 New Hampshire is a blue state just like California

@@EdmundoPujol swing state tho

That’s awesome but plz don’t vote for the same policies at Cali

@@EdmundoPujol Yet New Hampshire has a Republican governor and the Republicans flipped both of the state legislatures back in 2020. On top of that, Trump almost winning the state in 2016.

We need more videos of New Hampshire

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You should check out our video about the 10 best places to live in NH. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8ecWJwbvPeI.html

Have you made it to NH? I just moved here in March. I can tell you this is one of the states the governor is ending federal unemployment this month to help fill many of the Help Wanted signs all over the place. Maybe not in every single line of work there is but I'm guessing the job market needs a lot of people right now. I think the time is right to easily find work!

Not even Wisconsin? Our winters are really great here. 😏

Tyger Royal I have lived in Manchester for the past 40 years. Here is a short video I did. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0v3-GukLDfU.html

I love manchester. lived there for a decade or so. lots of work, school and unfortunately junkies. gotta go away from the grey spots on the satellite picture. love the 03104.

Portsmouth is better than somewhere else? Who'd the judge of that? Some people might consider Pittsburg to be the best place in all of New England. Manchester is a small city. Portsmouth, too. Lotta people despise cities of any size. So what's "better" is totally subjective.

Labinot Visoka safest places is always very subjective. I can tell you some highly rated areas are Bedford NH, Goffstown NH, Newmarket NH and Exeter NH. All are in close proximity to job opportunities

@@LivingInSouthernNewHampshire again thanks for the reply i appreciate it. Now i will do a research on them. Have a wonderful day sir

Angel Lopez about a particular area?

Kevin Cooper well I am a senior student at a high school in New York City and I was thinking that the best place to move in the future would be Manchester.

@@postupislilrodneysson9986 Sorry if I'm late to the party but I'd be wary of Manchester. It has a pretty high crime rate compared to the rest of the state. Dover and Rochester aren't exactly great either. They're not like Detroit or anything but just some food for thought.

@@creedleader5583 yeah I heard about the crime rate but I live in a higher crime rate area in nyc.

What part lf the state are you moving to?

@@LivingInSouthernNewHampshire I will be living & working in Greenfield NH

@@raymondsmith9061 Great area. You'' have green grass, flowers and trees in full bloom by then. Great time of the year to be in that area.

Annie Hill that is great...you’ll love it here. Where are you moving from?

Moving from Hawaii

Annie Hill you will love it here. Let me know if I can be any help with the relocation.

Is North Conway New Hampshire a good places to live

Annie Hill North Conway is a beautiful town.

I get you. Here in CA just ugly and disrespectful men. Id feel in paradise in NH lol

Property taxes are billed twice a year. Spring & fall.

Thanks for replying

Property taxes are paid twice a year - July and December.

Not sur for sure but I think your pen name has been used by someone in the past ;)

@@ZooomaCW Reincarnation anybody?

@@marktwain368 Best of luck on your book, Samuel!

You should move there.. someone will come along and greet you and you have a friend or colleague..go live your dreams because you'll only live once of a lifetime...I'm happy for you

Jobs are pretty abundant it's pretty hard to be unemployed here. Rent is astronomical tho so be ready for that if you decide to move.

@@thomasmenard1799 I was just about to say the same.

LOL. So random! I love it!!

@@ZooomaCW lol

@Precious Erving-Frimpong PA def sucks

Even with property taxes, NH still has one of the lowest overall tax burdens. Most folks can exercise some control over what they'll by participating in Town Meeting. Vote for more spending, taxes go up. Vote for less, taxes go down.

You are so right about Bucks County vs. NH. Same with where I'm from due east of Bucks in NJ, close to NYC. If anyone thinks property taxes in NH are high, they need to look at Bergen County, NJ. Your average 1/3 of an acre, 5 room, 3 bath house can easily cost $20,000 a year in property tax. Makes NH look downright appealing and not so bad!

@@ZooomaCW yep. Man jersey is worse than pa but not by much lol

Teaching salaries are slightly higher in MA but you would pay a MA state tax. Salaries in NH are in or around the $40,000 range from what I am told.

*HISSSS* NOT CALIFORNIA!

Me too! We are outside of Sacramento and I’m so sick of it here!

@Ian Dont assume we are all liberals. It’s the ones who aren’t that want to leave.

I can attest to that having more than a few friends who escaped from California. Today you'd think they'd been born and raised here.

@@DR-eq6qe So true. I know very well that there are plenty of conservative/libertarian pockets of California. It's L.A. and S.F. that are the hugest liberal places, kinda like the state of NY which is hugely red if you take away NYC. Similar also to Illinois if you take away Chicago.

Yup. The mantle of lowest crime rates seems to shift between Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

@@TwoWolves All lack "diversity"

Much like our winters in Wisconsin. They can get cold 🥶

Hopefully that will change soon. The governor has been trying to dump that tax and maybe he'll succeed this time. Only time will tell.

Get out of town, hillbillies don't have stocks ;)

That just changed recently. Now NH doesn’t tax dividends

There are several private schools. I do an airport service and have hit them all except the one in Meriden.

@@therrienmichael08 Must be nice to get to experience all the beauty that all the variety of campuses offer. All schools seem to have their own certain feel to them.

I cancelled mine as soon as I moved here! Except it is needed for those working Uber and Door Dash and similar services. Oh well.

Uh, yeah, SUPER different! My hiking videos in the mountains show how wildly different it is! And the snowy cold videos from February and March. I know it snows in some of Texas occasionally but not like here!

Hey, I saw your comment and wanted to tell you about my experience (as a 15 year old girl) who lived in new hampshire. By the way, I live in Portsmouth (on the border of maine). If you are wondering if your kids will be comfortable and happy here, I am sure they will. There is not very much diversity within the school district, however I have not seen any racism or hateful comments coming from my peers. Everyone here is super welcoming and friendly. One thing I have a problem with is running across some hateful adults that make insensitive comments towards the lgbtq+ community, but those kind of people are everywhere. Regarding to healthcare, the best job opportunities would be in Boston, but could also possibly be a burden to drive long distances to work if you are closer to maine. And if you are wondering what neighborhoods have the best school systems and such, you should definitely look into Portsmouth. I attended portsmouth middle school and it was a great experience. The schools are not open at the moment, they are just online for now. People in my community are so so so friendly when it comes to new people. When I first moved there, my dad had already been staying there for awhile and I had met lots of new people through him, and just out in public (mostly the downtown area). Almost every time I leave the house I run across someone I know and we always say hello, etc. Point is, its a lovely state and the people are even better. Let me know if you have any questions regarding younger peoples experiences because I might not be much help with adult things lol!

@@nicoledonovan2253 thank you I have 7 kids my oldest is 16 years old so your very close in age to my kid . So nice of you to give me a perspective from a young persons point of view I love it because as adults we are always thinking job and commute but then we never really full on factor in what younger people think and how they perceive things to be . Thank you so much very detailed 😊

I'm just going to reply to the diversity part. NH is one of the states with the most accepting culture of all walks of life. The closest thing I see to racism here is my grandparents generation using out of date terminology and occasionally looks from the older generation. This isn't to be considered racism more of curiosity because for a long time the state has been mostly white. I grew up in Manchester which is a very very diverse city. Growing up race or ethnicity was never viewed negatively. I had friends of many different backgrounds because we were all smushed together in the public school system. There are not "black neighborhoods" or "white neighborhoods". The biggest thing to get over from a people standpoint as someone who has traveled to the west coast a few times is you will have to get used to people being less open and more gruff. Humor can be self deprecating or harsh. We are thick skinned people and don't like change. We only ask that if you come to stay leave your politics at the door and remember that everyone here is very opinionated but also generally respectful of each other's beliefs.

Traffic is bad in new england especially the populated areas. Small states.

I live in NJ. I went to NH for the foliage back in September. And let me tell you TRAFFIC is horrible. Still NJ has a higher property tax than NH. So NH wins

@@goldshadow534 drivers in NH are a lot better than NJ though. The only time I ever saw a care weaving in and out of lanes while in NH the car had a NJ license plate.

I grew up in NJ and live in New Hampshire now. I really miss NJ and the FOOD!!! Pizza, bagels, Italian pastries... I could go on. I just can’t see how anyone can afford to live in NJ anymore. The laws are ridiculous and the taxes are even more insane! We have a 25 acre farm and pay under $6,000 a year in property taxes... not to shabby! BTW- We actually just did a winter tour of our farm in a recent video if you are interested in seeing it. If you come to New Hampshire, stock up on some NJ pizza. You will thank me later! 👍

@@CelticRootsFarm LOL I'll defiantly check it out. Yeah the food here is very good but the rest is ridicules. The housing is crazy, the traffic is chaos, the "representatives" are corrupt and are liable to no one because this is a one party state. My Husband and I plan to move to NH within the next 6 years. We try to go 2x a year, in the summer to camp and the winter to ski. this year we couldn't because of the virus. But hopefully this summer.

Life isn't fair in many ways. We all need to accept that and make our way the best we can. People who grew up in NH have no more right to afford to live here than anyone else who is an American. We may be separated into 50 states and a capital district but we're all equal as Americans. I did not grow up in NH but I moved here in March. It was brutal trying to find an affordable place. While I'm now paying $400 more per month than other smaller places, what makes it unaffordable? A person can make $1,100 in a month plus money for a couple bills and food. That's not that hard. If I have $0 left over for extras then the apartment IS affordable. Your accusation of people moving here causes NH residents to have to leave is false. Do you believe my coming to NH has forced someone else who grew up here to have to move out of NH? If you can provide a name and their testimony, I will believe you. Otherwise you're speculating based on no facts you can prove. Finding housing that's at an acceptable monthly payment is difficult. But who's fault is that? I don't know the answer but it's not the fault of people who didn't grow up in NH who have moved here. As far as house and apartment rentals, it's probably the faulty of greedy companies and individuals who rent out places to live. And it's the damn population which is too large for America. But I think things have gotten crappy in the past year due to Covid and landlords not being able to evict people (to a large degree.) That has caused a housing shortage. Shortage doesn't mean there aren't enough units for everyone, it just means landlords don't need to lower rates to get people into them. If the cost problem persists into the future, well, maybe people need to look into how to better their lives to make more money. I cannot currently afford decent, low-mileage, used Porsche. Is that because life isn't fair? No. Having such an item is not a right. We have to work for it. There are crap cars and there are crap apartments, both cheaper and easier to attain than something much nicer. To get something nicer we really want a lot more, we have to somehow make the money to be able to have that. That's life.

@@ZooomaCW Okayyy that was a lot and I skimmed most of it, but this literally happened to me. So If that's all the proof you need, which you said you'd believe someone at that point, there ya go. And I disagree, people who are from here are more entitled to housing, If you had a hometown that you cared about and watched it become expensive, commercialized and become other peoples "home" you'd know what I mean. Im also so sick of people saying "life isn't fair" to justify whatever "x" actions. Life is what we make it and if you act unfairly, it will be unfair. Not for you though! Its not really about something as interchangeable as a car or an apartment, its your home! I you dont get that there's probably no point in me explaining

@@ZooomaCW also how would a lack of evictions cause a shortage? if the number of people is staying the same, that doesn't make sense. A shortage is caused by an in proportionate supply to demand. The demand is there from out of staters like yourself and the supply is what was already there to support people who already lived here.. what your saying makes no sense ?? Theres a shortage because everyone is moving here, not because landlords can't evict ppl. There is a shortage for the newbies, because the apartments and homes are already occupied. I know we live in America and people move all the time but what i have mentioned is a real problem and I hope you'll be kind and conscientious to our state and land (as though it was your home) however long you're here for

@@BraidedLady As far as the shortage goes, that's what I was told when I moved here in March. Several different landlords told me they don't have enough units for the amount of applications they are receiving. So this isn't something I made up. If you don't believe it's true, go ask some of the larger corporate apartment management people and they'll tell you what they told me. How it does or doesn't make sense, I can't explain nor do I care. Why would four or five landlord rental agency people lie to me? Why would they be acting in unison saying the same thing? Conspiracy? No. Covid caused a lower than usual turnover rate. That has meant less vacancies each first of the month. As far as you skimming over what I said and then attempting to answer me based on partial intake of my sentiments, that's crappy. As Americans, we are EQUALLY entitled to things. Again -- people who grew up here are no more entitled to find a place to live they can afford than someone coming from Massachusetts or anywhere else. While I was born in NH, I do have a hometown in NJ that I care about very much. I'd love to live there but the median house price for that area is now over $475,000. I can't afford it. Should someone be making sure I can afford to rent a place there for $1,100 to make life fair???? No, absolutely not. It's a shame the prices are so high but that's the way it is. I accept it. Life cannot cater to everything we all want or to everything we believe we deserve. It. Can. Not. By saying you're tired of hearing "life's not fair" it seems to me you believe it should be, especially to in-staters who grew up here. No. It's just not gonna be nor does it need to be fair to all. We're not all equal and things change. I hate that I'm paying $1,100 a month but that's the way it is. I wish I was paying for a $700 a month place. But had someone offered one to me, would I have taken it away from someone more deserving because I didn't grow up here? The fact I took this place, do you resent me taking it away from someone who grew up in NH? Too bad. Again -- we're all Americans. This is a country of equal citizens, not some citizens more important than someone else based on what state they grew up in. There's no line based on # of years lived here. The line is first come, first served. Does the general admission concert seat NH residents first to give them the best seats? No. Shouldn't they??? No. Because we're all equal.

@@ZooomaCW I got the gist of what you said, I do think life should be fair-call me crazy- and I do think we should all do what we can to make it that way. I don't think all americans are equally entitled to any american land anywhere, I think it sucks you can't live where you want to live at a fair price and i do think someone should be making it affordable for you haha I think our politicians should do that! If americans are equally entitled to things then people with any income should be able to live anywhere meaning locals wouldn't be forced out, yay! I dont really think life is unfair I think we live in an unfair society that enables some to succeed while others will struggle their whole life and I think sentiments like life is unfair is a way to throw in the towel on any attempt to change shit, that's why I hate that

I've been working my way through comments and haven't see that yet. Breaks my heart to know scumbags like that exist who would say such a thing.

That’s sad. Move wherever you want to. You have the freedom as an American. As always, use your instincts and be safe. You’re probably safer in the New England states like NH, ME, VT, rather than the south

Not everyone in N.H. thinks like that, some people are just JERKS

The reality is that less "diverse" places are safer.

I moved here in March (2021.) I came from South Carolina with no helmet law, so seeing no helmets is normal to me! But is there no seatbelt law in NH???? I generally don't care about wearing a seatbelt but when you have family to come home to and live for, I tend to want to put it on for that reason. Otherwise I'd probably often not wear it. The less Nanny State laws like that the better, though!!

Not true. 2nd highest amount of motorcycles per person in the U.S. My living room windows are 25 feet from Main St. (Route 3) in Franklin. On a typical warm Saturday or Sunday, between 17 and 18 thousand Harleys go by during the day not to mention 18 wheelers sporadically, even at 2 and 3 in the morning. And the traffic sometimes from Franklin to Tilton -- wtf?! Oh yes, there are some cons but it's still a joy to be living in NH!

What about me? I was born in Nashua but I never lived here in NH past Age 1. I was raised in northern New Jersey, in a part of the state where it wasn't flat (but it also wasn't exactly like it is here in central NH . . . but it wasn't flat . . . the very same Appalachian Trail crosses through NJ and wasn't too far away, just as it is here not too far away from many places.) Also lived in Utah and Montana for many years, right next to mountains (the Rockies) WAY BIGGER than the Appalachians! But until this past February, I spent *the last 12 years in the very flat Lowcountry of South Carolina*. (Which I 95% HATED.) Outside of downtown Charleston, basically everywhere along the SC coast, the highest point is a highway overpass. So am I a con, a Flatlandah?? I'll *always* have 100% allegiance for my favorite NEW YORK/NJ sports teams. I'll always choose NYC over Boston. So I kinda feel like in some ways I'll always be an outsidah even though I was born here in NH. Can I ever graduate from con to local . . . at least to some degree?

@@ZooomaCW I joined the US Military and have lived away longer than I did there....not considered native anymore by the same people I graduated high school with who never left.

@@russellhazzard6936 That's interesting. If you were born and raised then to me you're native, even if you left for a long while. Even if you don't live there now, you're still native. I'm not sure what others think matters. Me, I'm different. I feel lost, in a sort of way. Born in NH. But my parents left when I was just 1 year old. I've visited for some vacations and weekends. Spent a whole month once in wilderness outdoor EMT school in Conway. But raised in NJ and lived many years after in UT, MT and SC. Now I've just moved to NH and at the moment plan to remain indefinitely. But still I am one who cannot say "Born & Raised in [the same place.]" I'm not native to NJ but where you're raised is a huge part of who you are. I am native to NH but I've lived here a whole year when I was less than 1 year old and now just 3 months as of a week from today. Where's my home state? NJ or NH? Home is also where the heart is. My heart's technically not in NH but I do love it here and am absolutely making the most if it. I just kinda wonder how much of a New Hampshirite I can ever be. All I know is I'm just gonna be me. Thanks for serving, Russell. If I could turn back time, I'd enlist. I appreciate all those who honorably serve this great land!

@@ZooomaCW me too... but they way the native see it, cat can have kittens in an oven it does not make them biscuits. It is an experiences thing, it is a generational thing. For my small town Starbucks is a no go BUT Dunkin all the way... Though I live in Florida now I drive like a Yankee, long stops because of Ice and Snow, Pull into the breakdown lane turning rt to slowdown use the on coming left lane if not one is in it to turn left.... Back home that is normal and expected....kinda a native thing that is not law but passed on.

what's flatlandahs

How is education poorly funded? The majority of local school budgets come from local property taxes so it's a town by town thing not a state thing. Also, there is no proof of causation between spending more money and better educational outcomes.

Are you kidding? The roads and bridges are way better than my home state, Taxassachusetts we robbed more in taxes and yet the infrastructure is garbage. 2nd government run education is trash

Planet Fitness was born & corporate headquarters is in Hampton NH! Largest public gym in the world.

Really? Not a single gym in all of New Hampshire?! Wow. I wonder what those places I see called gyms really are then.

Should've called your state Iceland. 😗

Actually, yes, there is some more room. If you think it's awful, why don't you move away? Go down to Massachusetts or there are 48 other states to choose from. If you're just saying it's awful to keep people from coming here, I do understand the desire of not wanting more people here but you (we) can surely welcome a few more (as long as some move away to keep a nice balance.) I moved here in March (2021.) I was born in Nashua so of all the outsiders (even though I never lived here after Age 1) I feel I kind of have a right to move here. But really, being Americans, we all have a right to move where we want in America.

@@ZooomaCW I guess you don't know how to "read" sarcasm. I was joking