Pros and Cons of New Hampshire - Characteristics of NH that Will Never Change 

Team PRO! Lived here my entire life and wouldn’t have it any other way. Thanks for presenting a balanced, unbiased assessment of living in NH. Everyone can have an opinion about pros and cons, but these can be so subjective. People complain about winter weather but there is an upside too. For me, when the garden is resting so am I. I find winter restful and restorative and a time to do craft projects, visit with friends, visit museums etc. On the weather discussion, my husband and I always remark that we don’t worry about wildfires, flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes etc. that other parts of the country have. We just don’t have those kinds of catastrophes. All in all it is a pretty great place to live.

Wife and I born and raised in NH, then lived all over the country while in the service. Retired back to NH because we didn't find any place else that was nicer! Best thing about NH is the weather--by the time you are bored with a season, the next one is starting. Thanks for your videos.

Can someone explain me whats the problem with the lack of diversity? Why is it seem as something wrong?

Very informative and looking forward to your video on building in New Hampshire.

Really enjoying your vids on NH Jenn I plan on moving that way next year I gotta be honest I'm intimidated by the thoughts of winter my friend who lives in upstate New York was saying I'll need a tractor with a plow and a 4x4 truck. Having lived in California for 40+ years I think this will be quite a adventure.

Just secured rent in Manchester. Big move from Wisconsin to NH. Your videos were so helpful. Thank you so much!

Lack of die-versity is an excellent thing.

Team Pro! NH rocks! Love this. Thank you

Team PRO! Grew up in upstate NY...miss the beautiful season and even the cold weather =)

I have 19 States to go in my travels, but right now New Hampshire is by far my favorite; been up there every year for the last 9 during Fall and Winter. I know it totally crushes my current home state, the cesspool Maryland

Legitimate Info! Great content - keep up the good work - (shout out from SANDOWN!)

lovely information. I screamed on top of my voice the minute u mentioned Robert Frost. We are moving to New Hampshire.

Hi Jenn, just stumbled on your site and I love your videos. Can you do a video on the Pros and Cons of using your vacation home as a STR (ie AirBnB)?

Team Pro! We are from Texas but hoping to move to New Hampshire next year. Can't wait to actually have 4 seasons. We hate the weather here in Texas. One week it's winter and the next it's summer lol 😆

I’m thinking of buying a house and moving to New Hampshire, these videos remind me that chose the right state

I'm so excited to move there in a few years. We bought 5 acres in Thornton with the intention to build our dream house there when my husband retires from the USAF. I can hardly wait!!!

i love your videos. team pro all the way. would you do videos on living in the mountain regions? Sandwich, Conway, Lincoln and other smaller mountain towns?

Hi Jenn, We've been thinking about moving to New Hampshire for several years and have found your videos very informative. We recently found a very nice house in Kingston that we have under contract. Maybe we'll see you around. Thanks again and best

I love New England. I’m planning a move to Canterbury, NH. I’ve taken multiple road trips to New Hampshire all the way from south Florida. I’ve been all over the place. There’s only 13 states I haven’t been to yet. New England, is such an adorable region. I can’t see myself calling any other place, Home! New Hampshire is where the heart is.

love it here, it's the perfect place to live!

Hi, thank you for the videos. I do enjoy them. I've always had a thing for the New England area and the history there; Also, always wanted to live in an older home one day. I'm from Ohio - born and raised. I'm waiting to get out of the service and start over. I want to leave Ohio, but I don't want to leave Ohio haha! But with what I've been looking up and reading, NH seems like a great place to live that other states need to follow!

Oh, I love old houses!

I am def on team pro.Looking to purchase after Feb 2022....I am praying I can find what I am looking for.I have a 17 year old who was accepted into Keene State and I can't wait to sell and get there

Pro New Hampshire, although I do wish the property taxes were lower.

I prefer small state with 4 season weather. Hoping to live & work there in the near future though the probability is very low as I'm from the Philippines.

We are moving to Littleton in less than one year.🎉

To me, as a New Hampshire native, there are no cons except 1; the long, cold Winter.

2:50 this is a Pro

Team PRO. WHY??? It is beautiful, friendly people and the history/older homes.

Been living here in NH for over 40 years. Have lived a lot of other places in the US and overseas. New Hampshire is what I think of when I think of home. Call me Team Pro!

Late to the party, my wife and I have lived here since the mid 1970s, having grown up in the Chicago area. 1) We were looking to move to a more rural area. Our first though of course was west but rural areas there are really rural, neighbors may be miles away. NH being settled prior to the automobile individual towns tend to have different personalities rather then the post WWII urban sprawl I experienced growing up. Needing to have a car is an issue but at least for us finding a place to park it is not a problem. Something you did not mention that came as a surprise to us flatlander was the NH road system is a function of topology and old Indian paths. 2) People tend to complain about the cold here in NH. Growing up in the Midwest it was colder and had less snow. If you live in a location with four seasons more snow and less cold is hard to beat. Although I have to mention with things warming up winters now often consist of less snow and more ice because if it rains during the day it freezes over night making getting out an about interesting. I spent 4 years of military service in hot areas, prior to that I had not really thought about how much I enjoyed the seasonal change. 3) I think appreciation of history tends to come with age. Growing up in the Midwest not much predates the 1871 Chicago fire. The cornerstone on the building my father worked at was dated 1921. For me that may have been as old as the Egyptian pyramids. As you said in NH history is more alive and old buildings are being actively used so that is interesting for my wife and I but our children are pretty oblivious to local history, their lives are focused looking to the future. All in all we are happy we moved to NH and our two children continue to live in the state.

Tell me about your lightning bugs,please

What you guys call a heat wave we consider a nice day here in Texas! lol

We are considering moving there and upon researching, the only cons I’ve seen is property tax and maybe high cost of housing

Thank for posting video, looking to buy and hear that I should not buy in Manchester NH due to high crime rate ? Which are the “good areas “ of Manchester?

Hi there ! A simple question. i'm a french canadian living near montreal ,Québec. Is new hampshire a welcoming state? I'm thinking of moving there in the near futur . 😊 thanks.

What about black flies? Do you have them?

You didn’t mention all the tick that you can get Lyme disease, people in that state are crippled from Lyme disease, So if the tick don’t get you the property taxes will

So far I haven't heard any cons....

I'm coming to new Hampshire in roughly a year I've been homeless since march 4th and most likely will be when I get there but I'm going to scratch and claw my way back to the top I'll either get a house with a fha loan and down payment grant then refinance after a few years and I build that credit back up or I'll get a apartment I'm also planning on working custodial for the school system or one of the hospitals

Im living in NYC and currently working on moving to NH and so far there are no cons about NH to me compared to nyc.

Team pro!

What is a mudroom?

Ok, so. Being a person on Disability and living in "affordable" housing with heath insurance from Medicare and MassHealth NH doesn't seem friendly to me. But if your still healthy and working for a living NH seems to be Heaven in my book. Wish I could work I'd move out of Communist Massachusetts and live up North for sure. Just have to remember the leave the Baystate thinking in the Baystate.

So ok they are old homes which of those homes are haunted?

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The only Con of NH is that it aint big enough. A free state like that should be bigger than this.

Stay away from New York city funerals are pretty expensive

Nah because from what I hear from my grandmother Massachusetts is going in the way of New York slowly

the oldest part of the country is San Juan, Puerto Rico and St Augustine, FL

Who do you back for college football? College football is so much better than the NFL.

I am team pro. I escaped Ma. 30 yrs. ago and and I like the boonies. Oh, our gun laws are great if you like that.

How are minorities treated?

If you Homeless Manchester is your home. A loooot of homeless here sleeping in parks they shit where ever drugs and if you walking Dog be careful you dog don’t find a Needle 💉😏

Nh beaches suck. Hampton is basically NH's impression of the Jersey shore. Maine beaches are much better.

The only thing I can say is keep NH right wing and you will always think in your right mind.

DO NOT move to MASS. Don't do it. It sucks

Being less diverse in NH is a wonderful plus.