I Drove Through Concord, New Hampshire. This Is What I Saw.
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Concord might be the most under the radar place in all of New England!
For this episode of dashboard tours, I took i93 south from Vermont into Concord, the capital of the state of New Hampshire. The goal would be to capture New Hampshire’s capital and see what the downtown area looks like. It was a bright sunny late winter day with highs in the low 70s. The day was Sunday, March 21, 2021 at about noon.
We’re going to begin in downtown Concord, and check out what it looks like in one of the nation’s smallest and most charming state capitals. Then we’ll drive into a surrounding neighborhood to lend perspective and then come back into downtown again. Here’s the exact route I took.
I found Concord to be a very quiet and peaceful area. There are about 43,000 people in Concord, and the population hasn’t really grown at all over the last 10 years. This city always ranks as one of the best places to live in New England. It has enough to do so you won’t be bored, but feels like a small town. It’s safe, and remains a great place to raise a family, and there’s some culture here. And it’s relatively inexpensive.
Here’s the rest of Concord, the capital of the state of New Hampshire.
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Just recently moved from Colorado up to Woodstock NH and have no regrets. So much more laid back out here, almost in every aspect of life. The older buildings are so beautiful too.
moving to nh from co is like moving to a better mini co
There was one point where I wish he had turned in the opposite direction and gone up Auburn St. The houses in that neighborhood are absolutely gorgeous.
That's because New Hampshire has a Republican Majority state government and Republican Governor. If Democrats are elected, NH will be ruined. Just like Colorado.
Coming from someone who grew up 20 minutes away, and commutes and currently works in Concord, it really is beautiful. It's one of the few cities in the state where it actually feels comfortable being outside at night. It really is a nice little city the more you get to know it
I was born and raised love it here but not that much to do at all, steeple gate mall is dead and no one goes anymore, and I love going outside at night here but the cops will stop you and call your parents if your under age which is understandable but I wish I could go out and skateboard down loudon rd at 3 in the morning again during quarantine best time to be a teenager living in concord, almost felt unreal!
I used to walk downtown at night from our house nearby. It is nice to walk in Concord at night.
I grew up in Barnstead. Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Concord, so this was a fun video to see- very nicely done without. You showed most of Main Street and some average neighborhoods, but people should know there are other nice neighborhoods which have larger yards and all single family homes. Concord IS quiet but still offers some cultural venues and is very family oriented. Schools are great and crime is low - but property taxes are high because much of the city is owned by the State of NH and they don’t pay property taxes to Concord.
Cool!
@@davidcoleman9304 we also have no sales or state income tax so property tax is used to make up the difference
Drove through the worst neighborhood, well almost.
The only town I know that has the State Prison and the State Mental Asylum in its city limits!😂
a peaceful, serene city. No bars on the windows or ppl lying around on the sidewalks. Imagine that.
I love how people who visit Concord are like!! “Oh it’s so peaceful!!” And us who grew up there are like, “it’s so BORING!!! THERES NOTHING TO DO!”
This made me laugh! I remember being in my 20's and looking for something to do with my friends when everything in Concord closed at 9pm. 😂
Over in Manadnock, it wasn't easy to be entertained when going out (I wasn't a Keene State Owl student). So, it was just making due with what was there during my short 10 month residency in The Granite State. 🤷♂️
That is very true I also was born and grew up in Concord and it is a very boring city.
As a very introverted person who is also considered "VERY BORING" by everyone, a peaceful place = a fun place to me
I disagree entirely, I live here and it's great. Class of 25' CHS
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September in new Hampshire north of Concord traveling up interstate 93 in the town of Lincoln NH .at loon Mt ski area is the annual highlands games.great time of the year.pipes an drums.good pints an great Scott whiskey in the white mountain,s in new Hampshire!!.
@@tomlapointe1897 Sounds awesome to me
Born and raised just over 45 minutes west of Concord. It's a great city. I went to tech school there in the early 00's, people were nice, and there were some things to actually do,lol. I'm a hillbilly, not too far from the White mountains, so my experience has always been from an extremely rural stance, Concord is like THE BIG CITY for people up this way. Thanks for the video giving honor and kind remarks to the beloved 603.
Ok Pete!
Nice, I was raised just south of Concord. And yeah, from a fellow hillbilly, it definitely was "the big city"
keene?
He's not wrong! Love it.
@@marcoscolon8805 ...that's what I was thinking, too.. "Keene? 🤔"
My theory on the peaceful capital phenomenon is the lack of growth kept it small and peaceful. There are lots of sleepy towns like this across the country and this just happens to be a state capital. I think when an area booms, it attracts lots of money and jobs but loses its sense of culture and soul as the locals get drowned out by the transplants. It also attracts an underbelly of people looking to leech off the system, and so you get the dynamic of uber wealthy and uber poor that we see in so many cities today, and both of these groups vote for bad policies that send the city into the toilet.
The whole system is corrupt, people change subconsciously in accordance to that corruption and just develop new vicious traits, but actually they are just victims of the system.
Born and bred in concord, I will always call NH home. Winter sucks but it keeps people humble. Largest population of independents too. Constitutional carry.
I'm a travel nurse at DHMC presently...one hour north. I want to see the city. I have a Indiana carry permit w/reciprocity. As much as I want to carry here, up here there seems no need almost. I can't figure the state out. It seems overlapped with the VT liberalism hippiness.
I lived in Winchester, VA in the late eighties and early nineties and it looked like this. By the late nineties it just became overbuilt and it's only gone downhill from then. Hope places like Concord can hold off that disease.
Concord has laws in place to protect the history which is something I respect alot about concord.
@@Itsjustmecw living in milton NH corral in a house that was built in the 1700s, some great American history is kept here
Concord, NH--my hometown! Love it! It's large enough to have everything you need but only a few miles from forests, lakes and undeveloped areas. An hour to the big city of Boston, an hour to the ocean and an hour to the White Mountains. People are nice--not fast paced like in Boston but not total hicks either. Since it's the state capital there are a lot of state workers and other professionals. It's actually much busier during the week than on weekends. Family friendly and safe although not much for singles. The big problem is a complete lack of housing. Actually, the entire state is in dire need of housing. Costs are high and rising fast. People from all over have moved here especially due to COVID. Escapees from Boston, Hartford and NYC are buying property sight-unseen with cash.
I'm sorry about the influx into New Hampshire. Grew up in NH and my sisters both still live there; they agree that the housing prices are being driven up by the out-of-staters from MA, CT and NY. We've thought of moving back home to NH but given the high prices, it probably won't happen.
We live on the outskirts of town and it's crazy how much property values have gone up over the past 2 years. I swear there is a new house getting built over here every week.
@@afer1215 that's every state in NE though. In CT we are getting priced out by New Yorkers.
Thanks, Nick. Nothing sterile about that town. Being almost 65 and raised in suburban Alexandria, VA, so many of the older homes, built in the 50's after the war, each with its unique architecture made living there very pleasant. I see the same character of unique yet blending architecture there in Concord.
Yes Gary I agree
I’m from Concord, and graduated from Concord High School back in the day. The downtown used to be very busy before the mall on the Heights was built. That changed everything. And the mall is dead now. You missed a lot of Concord by not going up to the “Heights”, which is a part of Concord that is across the Merrimack River, up a steep hill. Most people used to go do their important shopping in either Manchester or Nashua, or their most important shopping in Boston. They could generally shop and stay in downtown Concord. It was indeed wonderful, but employment consisted mainly of state or healthcare workers.
It was great going to Boston, and visiting all the museums and experiencing all the educational opportunities. My parents loved to travel, so we visited every historical place in Massachusetts, for instance, so I could see what I was studying about.
The education was very good, and if you enjoyed going to school, and could afford it, you would have no trouble getting into any number of highly rated colleges or universities across the nation.
The winters are long and cold, so if you are a person that needs to be outside, or surrounded by people, and cannot keep yourself busy for any amount of time, then Concord would not be the place for you. But I always loved cold, snowy, and cloudy days. Summer was ok for awhile, but I loved the fall and winter the most.
I was lucky enough to earn a full scholarship to a university in Ohio, where I’ve ended up living since I graduated. But I still love New Hampshire, where my family has lived since the 1850’s. I go back to Concord quite often, and I always bring my children. I always brought them so that they could see
and learn about different people and all our American history.
Great stories thanks!
Dude thats me at 5:45!!!
Lol just playing. You did drive by my old apartment haha neat! Btw I live in Holderness now; drive through my hood!! 🙌
I was like what??
My great-grandfather built a block in Concord well over a century ago, still standing, and many of the Yankees in the family are buried in Blossom Hill. Love the trip down memory lane.
Aww grandpa!
I grew up in Concord and lived there very recently. This video did a great job at capturing the very small but historical and prominent parts of our great city. But he could not have gone at worse part of the year. At the end of winter all the foliage is gone. Neighbors have not gotten into spring cleaning yet and yard work. We’re just coming out of hibernation.
I love my home state of N.H! Except for the winters. Beautiful but obnoxiously cold.
I grew up in New Hampshire 21 years I lived up there loved it there still visit often as my whole family is all there but up in the white mountains.
I lived in Plymouth as a kid. Great area.
I love my state, wouldn’t want to live anywhere else! Live free or die baby!!!!!!
It's really pretty in 5he summer through the fall. And then at Christmas time when they put up the decorations.
I visit here occasionally since my cousins live a few towns over. I myself can’t imagine a better place to live provided you have a high and steady income and a large chunk of cash for housing. They don’t call it “The Switzerland of America” for no reason.
NH is only a little above average in cost of living. The further north you go, the cheaper it gets. Concord is in the more expensive half of the state but it's still cheaper than the 2 southern-most counties. So yeah, you'll need a steady income, but housing prices are reasonable, especially for today's market.
I lived in Concord N H for several years and liked it very much
@@BasedAurelius Exactly. And it was hardly cheap to begin with. It took my cousins 3 years to find a house, looking hard.
Housing prices are pretty crazy in Southern NH, as they are everywhere. And property taxes are some of the highest in the country. Definitely not cheap, but maybe cheap for New England
Montpelier is the most peaceful state capital but Concord is a close second love the videos
I lived in Vermont for 5 years, you are correct. It also has the only state capital where you can see trees and foliage out any window no matter which room you are in!
Nobody likes to think of themselves as, "old" but I just watched a video of a UA-camr in Miami Beach on spring break. Too much activity, too many people, too much noise for me.
This is more my speed.......and, if I have to choose between 90 degrees or 30 degrees, I'll choose 30 degrees EVERY SINGLE TIME.
I was born in Concord. The city gets busy during the week when all the state workers are in town. Still live in NH
I’am amazed that there isn’t a single homeless tent in that city and I hope it stays that way for as long as it could.
The homeless can’t afford it believe me. Also social services gravy train is minimal.
@@jonlouis2582 Also, places that get really cold tend to not have as many homeless. In North Dakota, there is a bumper sticker you see that says "40 below 0 keeps out the riff-raff." It doesn't get as cold as that in NH, but it gets cold enough.
@@charleskra Good point. Although Vermont just over the border has plenty.
lowest unemployment and poverty rates in the nation
Wrong, the homeless encampments are over by the Concord quarries.
I live in beautiful NH and every city and town has something special to visit. Even though I go to Concord often I really don't know much about some of the the buildings and their history. It would be great to have had this video narrated and show the actual capitol building as well.
I can't do any more northern winters, however, I'd have to give Concord a good hard look if I absolutely MUST move to New England. What a neat looking little town!
I agree
from a local - it’s cute… until you live here haha
@@xosamwilliams Downtown is horrible at rush hour
And the highways can be backed up for hours at a time
I-93 is always packed at 1-4pm
Amazing! My cousin lives in Concord, but I've never been there. It's very different from Daytona Beach where I live. Right now the town is roaring with Bikers here for Biketober Fest. Concord is very peaceful indeed!
We have bike week here in Laconia every June about 30 minutes north of Concord. Bikers come from all over. The whole state is roaring Haha! I ride too! I grew up in Concord, live in Manchster Since 92.
I grew up in Concord and absolutely love it. There are some gorgeous neighborhoods just past White's Park (where you turned to go back toward downtown). School Street has stunning old, big, gorgeous homes. I loved seeing my old stomping grounds!
I was just commenting elsewhere that I wish he had continued on and driven up Auburn St. instead of heading back downtown. I love that area of town.
*Thanks for sharing another beautiful dashboard tour of the clean and quaint city of Concord. Best Wishes Nick & Sage* 👍🇺🇲
At the 4:05 mark, you passed within 150' of where I lived 1953-1960, The Laundromat on the corner was a small corner store at the time. Lived on Portsmouth street East Concord from 1964 to 1979. Lots of good memories.
Hey Nick ... you must travel all over to get footage of all these cities. I enjoy your videos and seeing all these places....and your humor and wit is also enjoyable! Take care and stay safe!
I take long road trips but I'm home most of the year :)
No such thing as a late winter day in NH where it's 70. Born and raised in Concord and live just 15 miles north now. Wish there was more narration. Job well done. Love to tell you about the history of Concord. From Penacook to Rumford and now Concord.
I was born in Concord and I'm also living and working here too. Very interesting to see you come here lol I've been subscribed for a while.
You drove right by my house! Looks like I wasn’t home though. ☺️
Looks pretty but winters can be rough
So metal
3 months is nothing compared to overcast weather for almost the whole year in Seattle. At least you guys get more sunlight lol
@V P amen to that! moved from maine to florida and boy do I regret that decision BIG TIME, hoping to go back soon, me and 90 degree weather every freaking day?! NO THANKS
I've been thinking of moving to NH for a while. I love seeing this view of the capital and hearing your thoughts about it, Nick.
Stay away from Manchester NH. A lot of crime/drugs. Nice places to eat
Marina! ❤️❤️❤️ Portsmouth is great as are many smallish towns inland. A lot of the communities along the MA state line are great but Nashua isn't. Here's the whole video on it! ua-cam.com/video/THdC704JZp8/v-deo.html
Rethink.
@@NickJohnson Thanks, Nick! 💖💖💖 I watched that one as well - awesome video as always!
@@skinnybear5743 Why?
Agreed! This place looks very peaceful.
In the eyes of a Californian, all those old, brick buildings are just incredible! Its like one big out-door museum!
@@crowhomestead7552 I understand that. I was half-joking. Brick-and-mortar makes more sense in many parts of the world. Wood is more common in the western U.S. due to the abundance of high-quality timber (which is renewable btw).
Brick is more durable and lasts longer (hence the older buildings). Wood is cheaper and can easily be knocked down and replaced with something else within a short time-frame if the need arises.
@@tacocruiser4238 you should come to Ireland. You'd love it
@@Zoe-dr5ps If I ever go back to Europe, Ireland is near the top of my list (along with Italy and Austria).
@@crowhomestead7552 Nice! Do you like it? Fairly high quality?
@@crowhomestead7552 You are way ahead of me. I am still renting a small apartment. I cant afford to buy a house. Its too expensive in California. I cant wait to get out of here after I retire.
Thanks for the video being born and raised in concord it was great to see
Cool!
You drove by the house I lived in from 1994-2012 (minus 2003-2004) born in Concord NH, I lived most of my life there! But moved a bunch! Honestly we moved 25/30 minutes north from Concord and now when we go back it feels like Manchester to Concord used to feel! Much to busy to me! This is probably the more quiet area of Concord though! And Main Street is usually much busier then it was in the video, I usually avoid Main Street when I can, especially since they made it one way each direction! It moved more smoothly when it was 2 lanes each direction! 😊
I live about an hour north in Wolfeboro. I used to go to Steeplegate Mall years ago, but it's a dead mall now. I don't go anymore because there's no reason to now, except once in a blue moon I go to the bus station. The best thing I can say about Concord is that it's not Manchester, but that's about it from a NH native.
I'll air a video on Manchester Sunday
You got it...Wolfeboro is beautiful has a sense of community. Concord is meanhearted town.
A pretty town with pretty BIG homes! Where is Bob Newhart when you need him most!
As a resident of new hampshire I agree with you on Concord! I live in Claremont, NH Myself
Reminds me of driving around downtown Port Arthur Texas in 1989.
I went to Nathaniel Hawthorne College, for my Junior & Senior years. It was in Antrim, N.H., and closed down after the Spring of 1988. I never got to visit Concord. This is a great video!
Ok Donald
Don't be such a p ussy next time go see it
I work at Concord NH everyday. Downtown keeps the historic value of Concord alive. When you drive up Loudon Rd. That's where all the business and all the big box stores are. There are a little bit in download especially once you down all the way down to pleasent rd where they have the homeless camps by the river and a small shopping area. Loudon rd has more homeless floating around there
This place is lovely.havent heard a gunshot...or seen a zombie.
nice drive I used to live there .
Born and raised in Concord, always loved it.
What's not to love?
That's right, the best state in the United States. LIVE FREE OR DIE. 👍
Now that is a very nice downtown! We went through Concord and loved what I saw. Thanks for posting this vid!
Just met your Channel. Already like it!
Wish you drove through in the summer when it's nicer but it's still very nice!
Crazy I've been in same spots Nick has been so many times. Next time I'm on Main St I'll think "Nick has occupied same space I'm in now." Lol
Nick,. I love your drive-around windshield tour videos. Especially the nice neighborhoods like this one. I have never been to New Hampshire but now I sorta kinda say I have, through the Johnson Travel Agency. You drive the way I do in a city, slow and careful, but also looking around, and turning aimlessly. I hope you don't get lost as I have done.
So what if he does? I've had some of my best trips getting lost, seeing new places
Beautiful city, quiet and clean.
Awesome, my old home town, well, close enough 🙂
Hey where have you been?
I stayed at an Airbnb last year in concord. Nice little town. Felt very safe and quiet. Great home base if you wanna explore the forests and mountains of NH.
I’m going a solotrip next April. This is also on my planning. Very curious to visit this city.
Looks like a Hallmark movie town
Towns like this are common in the northeast
Visited New Hampshire. Great state!
Looks a lot like Pittsfield MA
Nick, you went through a red light near the end of this video!
It was yellow when he went through🙂
on Center st crossing North State st. lol
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Thanks for showing us around. I hope your drive videos be a little bit longer.
Love the videos!
Nice city, I'd like to discover it myself. Thanks for sharing!
Ok!
I lived in Concord for 25 years. Best place to be in the summer.
Is it supposed to be pronounced how Nick says in the video? He says cun-curd. I see it and think it is like the grapes.
@@truediva18 It is definitely not pronounced like the grapes. It's pronounced Con-cerd. Emphasis on the first syllable. Very light on the R. Some locals say Con-cud.
If I had to live in a city, Concord, NH, is where, I would choose.
Grew up in Pembroke, NH, and haven't been there since, gosh, 1990 but from what I watched, much hasn't changed.
You missed the most beautiful part of the Main St., the State House plaza and arch.
I enjoy your videos, but it might be cool if you stayed in one place for 2 weeks to a month & got to go more beneath the surface, met more local people & city officials/planners/neighborhood organizers, etc. I feel like you've been enough places now that you could probably pick like 8-10 places to focus on more in depth for a year.
Long live the 603!
Forever and ever
I grew up partly in Concord and some nearby towns, I think it's important to say that the older houses do look very quaint from outside, but the majority of low-density (less than 5 or 6 tenants) landlords refuse to renovate anything and will charge an arm and a leg for a drafty & dingy living space, common stuff is sagging floors, doors that barely open due to the shifting of the house, lots of peeling paint, etc. I consider it part of the New England vibe but it can quickly add up to heat an entire living space with barely any insulation, and the air can get downright foul during the winter without central air to pull it thru a filter. Thankfully it seems like those places are finally getting too dilapidated to be ignored, I see them being gutted a bit more often now.
Most landlords are greedy assholes
Thats what gives it its charm. lol
Man this totally reminds me of California back in the '70 early '80s I was about 10 years old this is the only state that's not run by the federal or sold out to it I love it
Fortunately not everyone drives that slow in Concord. That's why, in part, it's peaceful. ;)
It looks like a nice place.
Born and raised in Concord NH ❤️
I past New Hampshire over the summer.
Anything is better than Vermont.
Thank you for not being one of _those_ out of staters that says CON-chord. 🙄😅
That’s how my mother said it. Drove me nuts
How else would you say it?
@@MichaelSuperbacker if you don’t “Conkerd” to anyone in New England, they will quietly crucify you in their private thoughts.
@@nepatrul6075 oh yeah it is “conkerd” not “concord” 👍
@@nepatrul6075 conquered! 😎
A city that you should do is Berlin, NH. It's very interesting city with a rich history. Just for a taste of facts, the
city has different areas of nationalities like Canadians, Irish, Russian, and Germans just to name the major ones.
The Androscoggin river (the river that flows through the center of Berlin) drops over 1,300 ft of elevation. The name of the festival that celebrities the history of the city is called river fire (their version of an old home day), were they put wood (mainly pallets) on the boom peirs and light them on fire at first dark. And for people that like to ride ATV's, you can legally drive them on the majority of streets, like in the down town area.
Berlin well known for its paper mills in the old days.
NO MASKS ...Absolutely beautiful and normal....... what a fantastic site...
Hi Concord
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Beautiful, I wish that I can move there after med school 😓
Do it!
Lots of opportunity here.
@@NickJohnson just starting school!
@@richardhoner7842 are u from concord?
@@theabyssofthoughts I live nearby. Where do you live?
NH resident all my life. Laxest gun laws and some of the least crime in the country. NH is just quaint overally, besides Mass coming over the boarder and, well its a little less nice. That and Manchester. Maybe I will head a bit more North in a few years, but overall, NH is a wonderful place
i wish they still had the whole mill complex around, they demolished it and now there is a market basket there
Not Mills but the train station which was demolished in the early 60s when passenger service was discontinued
@@optikdave I heard Amtrak wants to bring back rail service to Concord I hope they do it
I love the Victorian houses and etc. Beautiful.
It is pretty
My home city. I just left last month. But she is something to behold.
Very nice. I could picture myself living there.
Hey don't be tellin our secret..
It's already bad enough Massholes have our traffic screwed because they like our clean trees and lake's as apposed to the scenery they already destroyed in their own state..
Thanks for stopping by though
I like Concord...my favorite thing to see in Concord is NH plates I despise seeing all the flatlander plates and people up here
Because you hate the money they bring here?? You obviously have no idea the money the businesses make from Mass ppl
@@richsweeney1115 I could care less about the money I just despise them...what's also the point if me spending my own money if I can't go anywhere with out those tards clogging up nh roads
@@theatomicmanman544 you don't care that local businesses make money, as long as you can do what you want the way you want? You sound as selfish as most of the other ppl in society
@@richsweeney1115 I'm saying I'd rather spend my own money to support local businesses than see out of staters up here
Thanks for sharing. Planning to move to NH and Concord is an area I’m interested in. It reminds me a lot of my hometowns downtown. Most original buildings in tact and charming for sure.
Please keep us free
Live free or die.
All I know is that winter is brutal there when I lived in Kittery, ME. I am so glad that I lived there for only a year.
0:50 - Ahhhh...I was hoping for a slightly more pan to the right to see that beautiful golden dome atop the Capitol Building. 😩😔 ...Having lived in Keene (Troy, specifically. Summit of Mount Manadnock in my profile) for a good 10 months, I've walked those streets of Concord a couple times....
There's just something majestic about New Hampshire. 🏞️❤️💯
Took in some great Jazz there in a cafe on Maine street
Small Town America the way it was mentioned to be!
Bet if you went a little deeper in some of those neighborhoods. You'd start seeing the crazy big homes. All the houses and and builds you can see though. Are all screaming upper middle class.