The Old Man was hardly "all we had". As noted, we have no income tax. We have no sales tax. We have no seat belt law {for adults}. We have no helmet law. We have no mandatory motor vehicle insurance. We have the oldest {100 years} motorcycle rally in the world. We have the White Mountains. We have Lake Winnipesaukee. We have the First in the Nation Primary. And yes, we have Portsmouth. And you're way off about the percentage of Ma$$holes here too. When you get away from the Seacoast and the Lakes region, where the affluent folks from below us have moved to in droves, most everybody is a native or at least a large percentage are. And for those who don't know, we don't even get winter now until January, so you're looking at MAYBE 12 weeks tops. Lastly, as a former Naples {Fl.} resident, I can tell you that a blizzard will never put your house three blocks away like a hurricane will. There's New Hampshire and then there's everywhere else!
No seat belt law, no helmet law, no mandatory car insurance are not things to be proud of. I lived there for a couple of years and hated it. Most cities are dumps and very boring. Tons of crackheads and people without teeth. I agree with a lot of things he had to say. A lot of natives love it there, because they don't know any better. They have never left the area. I'm so glad to be out of there. Worst place I've ever lived in.
I've lived in New Hampshire, Maine, Florida, Georgia and California, NH puts them all to shame. Sorry you don't like personal freedoms. The rest of your comments are completely without merit. You're just another UA-cam clown who has a channel with ZERO content so that you can have a place to run your mouth.@@kingferrari007
I’m from Texas and been in NH two years now. It is a walk in the park. Summers here are mild compared to Texas dry heat, Fall is my favorite season and I prefer cold over heat so the winters don’t bother me. Very beautiful state and yes I’m already complaining about the Mass drivers lol. Love New England and all the history, scenery and the way they talk here is hilarious!
I lived in Houston for my first two years of high school back in the mid 90s - while there were some things about Texas I will always love, I don't think I could ever go back to live compared to New Hampshire based on the seasons alone. Glad you're enjoying it here!
I'm a Texan married to a Mainer, so we go to the White Mtn area every other year for summer. It's a beautiful area. (i agree about the Mass drivers, especially their parking).
My son moved to NH in 2019. He was born and raised in FL, but he hated the heat. He absolutely loves NH. He is not a transplant who stands out; he has embraced the culture and lives like a native. His town has 1200 people and his property is remote. I love visited New England, and feel very much at home there.
That is how everyone should do it. Why move somewhere if you want to change it? There are 50 states that offer something different for everyone. If you like the city life then live there. If you like the small town country life then move there. If you like taxes and social programs then move to where they have them. If you like no taxes and limited laws then move there. Massachusetts is a Marxist utopia. Massachusetts embraces socialism, communism and free stuff for illegal immigrants. Why move to New Hampshire and try to change it when you can have everything you want today in Massachusetts?
I've lived in central NH for 20 yrs now. My kids were raised here. Living in the Lakes Region (Wolfeboro and Lake Winni) to me is ideal. We're perfectly situated to access EVERYTHING this gorgeous state has to offer. We're about an hour from Mt. Washington and North Conway for mountains, hikes, outlet factory shopping (and a stones throw from Fryeburg Fair, lol) in the North and the Seacoast with beautiful beaches, shopping and dining options in the southern part of the state while AT THE SAME TIME enjoying gorgeous scenery, abundance of Lakes, farm to table cooking, farmers markets and fresh air! Its really hard to go wrong in NH or ME!! Good video!! :D
Want a great fish fillet sandwich? Rt. 1 in Seabrook Jasmine's Famous Roast beef and Seafood. Always enough fish for two sandwiches. Not cheap but a sandwich I will travel for. It is almost lunch time maybe I'll go for a ride. 😁
Seems like only white people get to enjoy NH. Because I swear ya’ll hate whenever brown people pop up. I see ya’ll straight up leave a park or even table in a restaurant whenever brown people are near you.
If you move in from the sunny south or west with plenty of hours of daylight, you may find yourself becoming depressed due to the very few hours of daylight in the winter. I had never felt depression until going through a few winters in Maine.
Some people definitely feel this way, if you're the sort that thrives on warm sunny weather then you should worry about seasonable depression disorder. My wife gets like that in the winter. Personally, winter is my favorite time of year, I like the cold and dark, it feels safe and cozy to me. Hah, definitely not for everyone, but some of us live for it
Depressed because of shorter days? Holy hell, I wish I had nothing else to worry about where daylight hours were the thing to bring me down. Seriously, the mind is stronger than you believe. If you don't want to be depressed about it, don't be.
While I agree that Portsmouth is HEAVEN, love it but as you said, stupid expensive!! The area I really like is Hollis, Milford, Amherst if you want a quieter living without getting too far up.
I was born and raised in Massachusetts, however I have spent A LOT of Summers in NH. At camps, at friends' cottages, homes. I've camped and hiked the White Mountains. I even tried skiing. I LOVE NH!!!!! I left Massachusetts to move here to Florida to be with my elderly parents. Dad's gone and it's just my mother and myself. When she passes, I am moving to NH. I want to retire there. NH is the BEST state and it is my dream place to live and die in. I like Massachusetts but there's only so much history you can soak up before getting bored with it all. NH is country! No other place for but NH. HOME!
Moved to Belmont, NH (Lakes Region) January 2001. Being from Ocean County NJ I went from flat with ocean coast to hills, mountains and lakes. Oh and a lot of snow! Was an adjustment. The company I worked for took me all over, NH, ME, VT and MA. At the time I did not appreciate the beauty of the area. Feel today it would be somewhere I'd live again. Spent only 5 years living in NH however has left me with good feelings about the area. Only left as I was offered a job in Scotland. Spent 10 years there. I would say NH is like Scotland in beauty just minus the trees and history.
Yeah, I'm one of those from Massachusetts that has moved to New Hampshire. Now living in Concord. I love it up here for the beauty and nostalgia. While the seacoast is fine there is plenty to do in the interior too. I often drive up to the White Mountains for the day. Walk the Flume Gorge or drive down the Kanc. Take the Cog up Mount Washington or see the Polar Caves or Lost River gorge. I've visited Littleton then driven down the beautiful 302 and route 10 corridor. Some days I'll visit Meredith and do Harts Turkey Farm then Fun Spot and Kellerhaus (best ice cream I've yet to find in New England. Good candy too.) I've taken the Winnipesaukee cruise to Wolfeboro and seen Castle In the Clouds. Some days I drive down to Peterborough and Keene. I've made a hobby out of searching for and walking on covered bridges. There is lots to do away from the Coast.
@@g3h530 You mean liberals? We do. We just don't want to see military hardware in the hands of children, criminals and insane people 24/7 like conservatives/fascists do
@@g3h530 You mean liberals? We do. We just don't want every criminal, child and insane person having access to military hardware 24/7. Conservatives disagree.
@@CPRPrepCourses There are several New Hampshire towns I would enjoy living in. In no particular order: Meredith is in the beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee area and is sometimes called the best town of NH. Perhaps if I had unlimited choice I would choose that. New London is small and a bit out-of-the-way but a lovely town with a college. I've long wondered what living there would be like. Henniker is another small and out-of-the-way lovely town with a college that I like. My family owns a piece of property there on a pond so I have many fond memories of it. Lincoln I travel through several times a year and it seems quite nice. The Kanc is considered one of the top 20 beautiful drives in America. Wouldn't mind living there for a while. Littleton is nice with one of the best Main streets in the US, or so I've heard. I'm not sure how rough it is living north of the Whites. Conway is also beautiful and has much going for it. I try to get to it a couple times each year. Peterborough is nice and I try to get to it several times a year, mostly for the bookstore and several restaurants I like. There's much of the state that I haven't visited but hope to. That's one of the nice things about it, every road is worth driving down and every town is worth looking at. If, like me, you enjoy trees and rivers and lakes and hills then NH has endless joys to find. I rather like the small, quaint towns, places that haven't changed much in 50 years. One of the good things about living in Concord is that it is central with several highways to easily access the rest of the state.
I love loudon. Concord 10 min away, cheapest property tax in the county, centrally located in the state, just gotta deal with traffic on race day. But that is easy to plan for.
The Monadnock Region in the SW part of the state has affordable properties and wonderful views. It offers a more peaceful way of life. The wealth is all on the Seascoast, but the Monadnock Region has lots to offer.
Born in Portsmouth, grew up in Hampton (not the beach), and have been living in Dover since 2012. Definitely have to agree that the seacoast area is probably the best part of the state. Everything covered in this videos proves this man is authentic haha. All truths spoken. :) Just going to add on to the list of "things only a local will tell you" by saying "Don't discuss politics unless you truly know your audience." No matter your views, you're likely going to face some "passionate disagreement" to put it politely.
Southern NH is overwhelmed with strip malls and developments. Thank you Massachusetts. As a NH native I wish we had better control on development. It kind of sucks now.
Native New Yorker here but NH has been our "home-away-from-home-state" and favorite vacation destination for 30-some-odd years now. Nashua's still a pretty town and has my favorite Barnes & Noble on the corner where the turkey-centric restaurant---I forget the name---used to be, oh, maybe 35 years ago? We make sure never to miss Keene, the Lakes region and Hampton Beach when we're up there and, when I can persuade my better half, who sometimes suffers from what she calls "car coma", that the drive is worth it from our usual base of operations in Manchester, we also like to make it to the White Mountains. Both sides of the Kancamagus Pass, Lincoln in the west and Conway/North Conway to the east. And the 34 mile drive between them on the Pass road is beautiful, especially in the autumn. Even if you don't plan to move there, I highly recommend the Granite State as a vacation destination.
@@davidhorowitz4037 If you're saying west is good, you coud also say north. Or northwest or northeast. And how many NH citizens have jobs down Nashua way because of the businesses patronized by, perhaps even owned by, folks from the "People's Republic of Massachusetts", drawn like moths to light by NH's favorable tax situation? Would Pheasant Lane Mall or most of those businesses along Daniel Webster Highway turn a profit without them?
We complain about all the people moving to Florida, it is horrible!!!!!!!!!! Everybody thinks it is paradise and it is far from it. I have lived here 50 years and I can't wait to retire next year and move north. I am originally from Wisconsin and moved to Fla because of my dads job and I was still in high school. It is expensive as hell, insurance is out of control and the highways are jammed with traffic. Stay north, you are better off !! My in laws have a house in Wolfeboro, NH and it is always a great place to visit.
I moved here from TN and enjoy the change so far. I would not recommend moving here unless you have a good-paying job, it is a very expensive place to live in comparison to other states, especially southern states. The whole tax-free BS is a lie, the state makes up for it in property taxes, registration fees, tolls, etc. My property taxes went from 1200 a year in TN to 7,000 in the central NH area. Registration fees went from 28 bucks a year for my truck, to about 400 a year for a 5-year-old truck as an example! Overall, I have liked the change and the culture, food, and good laws in the state make up for it. Especially the beauty of the state. All in all, I think NH is a great place to live, but you need to make an informed decision before moving and prepare to pay a lot more for things here. Also, it's still heaven on earth compared to the dump known as Massachusetts.
I never referenced the entire north east, I stated the south where I’m from. I have done the math, and comparatively speaking, New Hampshire has some of the highest taxes compared to lower cost states such as TN. I didn’t spend 6,000 a year in sales tax in Tn to make up for the difference in property tax
Born and raised in NH. My sister too. I'm going to turn 40 soon, have lived on maui for over a decade, lived in France as a working alien for 5 years. All said, NH, me from Sandwich Carrol County and Grafton county, much is good here. By far, the tourists/outlanders and summer humidity are the worst parts. The humidity I can adapt, as I work outdoors. The property tax is brutal as well. But my location allows easy access to the north or south, and the north is where it is best, for my preferences. Give me mountains, forests, rivers and lakes over the seacoast. 🤙
Summer and Fall in NH are usually great. Some years we have a Spring and some years it's just more winter. We have real winters here. If you don't like cold and snow you will not like NH.
The prices in New Hampshire especially the southern area are about the same as Maine and rents are very high . I moved to Maine in 2000 after computer industry died and jobs started at $8.50 per hour and rents were over a $ 1000.00 per month and I couldn't afford to live in New Hampshire due to this so I moved to Bangor Maine area to live
Lived in NH for 21 years and during that period we paid over $450K in property tax - most of which went to the local school district. That is equivalent to buying a second home which you never get to visit! During this 21 year period the number of student attending K-12 dropped by > 50%. SAT scores dropped consistently over the 21 year period. SO the only tangible thing I can see which taxes paid for was snow plowing. Honestly, while we loved the rural life in NH we were able to significantly upgrade our quality of life by moving to rural Alabama. Exchanged a McMansion and 7 acres for a very nice ranch, guest house, pool and 107 acres plus property tax of ~5% of NH. There is a 10% sales tax but after our NH experience we learned the beauty of a sales tax - everyone pays, not just property owners and there is no need for snow plowing!
Nice video. I live in Minnesota and while it is beautiful here, I'm thinking of relocating. New Hampshire had been on my radar for a few tears now. Definitely want to visit!
Anywhere outside of New York State. I would be happy. Especially knowing that New Hampshire, respects people’s 2nd Amendment rights. Until the “massholes” vote to take away that right.
@@g3h530 Good to know. I'm from CT and the NY folks are ruining CT. I was thinking of moving to NH, but now that MA-holes are ruining NH, I might have to rethink things. BTW: I'm pro 2-A and Trump
I’m a Texan that would like to move to NH. We’re being pushed out by Californians so maybe if enough of us move we can level the playing field. We don’t play around about our 2A rights.
The seacoast is not the best part of NH. It's very small and congested, Hampton Beach is full of litter, and finding parking in Portsmouth and the surrounding areas is challenging. The White Mountains and the Lakes region, and the Great North Woods are far better, the the coast.
We live just north of the White Mountains and don't care for Portsmouth at all. It's crowded, has one of the worst traffic circles, and it took us an hour to find parking last time we were there. That said it's got great restaurants and shops so worth a day trip every couple of years.
You should have noted that most of your property tax is spent on your own community and that, at least in smaller communities, town meeting ensures that taxes don't get out of control.
I've lived in NH my entire life. My family goes back before the Civil War in my town. There are many long-time, multi generational native families in NH.
Interesting how this UA-cam algorithm works... Was born, raised and educated in NH, then moved away, saw the world... now retired and moved back... part time anyway. Things you should know if you decide to live here... like all of New England, for half the year the weather stinks. You better have some indoor hobbies. Away from the seacoast and north of Concord there is virtually no economy... so if you want to settle there you better come with money 'cause you're not going to make any. Yes, there is no sales or income tax, but in many places property taxes are crippling... and NH will "fee" you to death. I also have a home in neighboring MA and in comparing the cost of living, it's pretty much a wash between the two places. The seacoast and lakes region are nice, however, real estate prices have exceeded what mere mortals can afford. Recently I watched a 900 sq ft, rotten, tear-down cottage across the lake from me go for half a million... the new owner then bulldozed it, put up a mc-mansion valued at well over a million dollars... and I don't live on one of the big lakes... that is what is happening in NH and has been for some time. I feel lucky as I got in under the wire... the value of my property has doubled in a few short years... and I get 2 or 3 inquiries a month on if I want to sell it... unfortunately property taxes have kept pace. Today, I could not afford to buy the place I live in. Although it has the reputation of being politically conservative, NH politics are quite diverse, but can be extreme... consider that when starting up a conversation with a stranger. As I wrote earlier I also have a house in MA... which has a reputation for being liberal... personally I don't sense a big difference between the two states... I know both some radical liberals in NH and very vocal Trump thumpers in MA. Big gun culture in NH. Socially NH is closed off... it will take you a while to know your neighbors and be accepted... but when you're in, you're in. So, if you decide to move to NH... welcome and enjoy... just stay off my lawn.
I live in Manchester and the location is great if you want to have equal time distance between all of the big attractions of New England (coast, mountains, lakes, Boston). I lived on the Seacoast from 2008-2016 and I will say that the Seacoast feels completely different from the rest of NH and is my favorite part of the state. In the summer, it feels like a hub of activity. Off season is just peaceful.
I love Winni and the Belknap mountains because i'm a huge birdwatcher/wildlife lover. Im always out in the woods with my binoculars just looking for wildlife all day. Its heaven
One of the reasons we hate massholes is they come up to the mountains and buy up all the houses to turn into air b&b's. They massed up the housing market. The locals are running out of places to live and if you're lucky enough to find a long term rental it's beyond expensive. I've been a general contractor my whole life. Over the past 10 years, 100% of my contracts have been massholes renovating single family homes they bought for short term rentals OR maintenance on 2nd, 3rd, 4th homes that are vacant 99% of the time. They have always been coming here but it has only been a problem for the past 10 years or so. They used to either buy a condo OR buy land and build a mansion so it was great for the local economy. Now, there are no condos for sale and all the land has been built on so they buy the "local houses". We have been priced out of the market. If you want to vacation here, go hiking, ski etc....PLEASE DO! We rely on it! Just get a hotel room or something. If you squeeze all the locals out who's going to run the town while you're here? Be respectful please
The property taxes more than offset sales and other taxes. They're huge with very few exemptions, if any. As a native for more than 60 years, I can say with some authority that southern NH is a shadow of its former lovely self. Its apple orchards, single lane roads and fields of wild flowers have become the land of heavy traffic and urban sprawl. The seacoast has nice views, but the water never gets above the high 60s, even in August. And, forget parking from May to September. Plus, you literally broil on the beach because there is no shade, not even umbrella rentals, and you freeze in the water. Not that pleasant. But, the biggest drawback for a lot of people is transportation. If you don't drive an automobile, you will have a lot of trouble getting around. That's something Massachusetts does have, a super train system. The "T" can get you all kinds of places inside and around greater Boston. Not so in NH. Last but not least, and this one is surprising, NH has the 2nd highest rate of substance abuse in the country. Only West Virginia is higher 😢
Lol I moved to NH 10 years ago ffrom southern New England and I love it up here. However, the seacoast is the one part of the state I personally think is NOT worth moving to. Expensive, full of tourists from MA 24/7, crowded, and kind of ritzy/yuppie. Rural parts of the lakes region and or the mountains are much more laid back and have a cheaper cost of living, quieter and more of the "good life". Same as Maine, beautiful state, but the southwestern seacoast portion is the one part I'd never live, I'd rather be in the belgrade lakes region or even paper country. There's a reason everyone from the rest of ME/NH call that seacoast region you're referring to "northern Mass". If I want to visit the seacoast it's less than an hour drive which is great, there certainly is a charm to that part of the state and it's great to visit, but I would never want to be immersed in it permanently. There are two totally different lifestyles in these states, seacoast and the rest of the state. Sorry you think the good parts of the state aren't worth living in, Lol you can keep it, I'll just drop by once in a while
I grew up in Ct and have lived in Seattle for 30 yrs. Used to ski in Vt and had a ski house in Killington. Hiked in NH & would love to move there. But holy hell/ the real estate prices in NH are the same as Seattle!! And a basic retail or fast food place starts at $20.00/ hour here. What the heck!!?
No sales tax, but there is a rather steep meals tax of 8.5%. Also, to partly make up for the lack of income or general sales tax, user fees can get you. When I moved here from New Jersey, it cost me almost 5 times as much to register my care in NH than the same car in NJ. Pluse, the cost of registering my car in NJ included the cost of state inspection. In NH, the annual state inspection of the car is extra. As far as drivers, be aware that New Hampshire drivers love to tailgate. Maybe my fault for driving only 5 miles greater than the speed limit, but the drivers behind me get uncomfortably close.
Moved to FLA from NH35 years ago. Drove in July to Rochester and went to Portsmouth for a Sunday breakfast OMG 120$ four people we were shocked. So we went to a country club we were not part of and got a similar meal in FLA AND IT WA 65$ with the tip.glad to be home.
I live in NJ and am looking for 50 wooded acres in Maine or New Hampshire. I want to build an off grid house for the weekends, hunting trips and vacations that I was to make my full time residence in 7 years. Which state is better?
@@geoffreyherrick298More jobs where? Because most want you to be licensed and certified even as an entry level worker. Which is not realistic. So please tell me where the jobs are at.
I've lived in Southern New Hampshire most of my life, from small towns (Mont Vernon) to larger ones (Nashua). I was raised in Hudson. I couldn't imagine living anywhere else.
i live in South East Rochester right on the salmon falls rd the ME/NH border and NH Seacoast and york and cumberland co maine are what i call home and LOVE IT !!
NO WAY BUDDY Sorry. live in Ohio. I lived in Naples Florida for three years. I’ve been to 42 out of 50 states and spent plenty of time in each of these states.I stayed for months in New Hampshire and it’s my favorite place in the country . NORYH CONWAY is my favorite place
I’ve lived in NH most of my life (born in VT), my family has been in NH for generations, and I live in southern NH but have to work in MA because of my chosen career. I would love to retire to the NH Seacoast-I went to UNH and agree with you about Portsmouth. I would love to hear how living even near the Seacoast is even possible these days with the way the real estate market there has just skyrocketed over the past 30+ years. I am seriously interested in talking to you about your thoughts.
My whole family is from NH the Concord area and I moved to the south met a Mass man and we moved our whole family back to NH for family. Living in the Sunapee region and love it. The Mass invasion is more vacation goers but 1 out of 4 NH residents are Mass born. It’s not 95%
Born and raised here, 55 years old now I used to love living here, go up north in the summer camping a few times go for a drives up through Franconia notch Mount Washington, etc. you can’t even begin to do that now you be backed up in traffic for 20 miles. This state in the past 10 years has been taken over by Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and they all bring their liberal politics with them. The whole reason they moved out of their own state and bring their politics here I count 10 Massachusetts plates to every New Hampshire every time I drive to Wolfeboro from Tuftonboro traffic backed up bars Full grocery stores Full I want to get out of this place so bad. I hate it here now. they all piss and moan about us shooting,bikes and cars and boats too loud snowmobiles too loud they all drive like a holes pulling out in front of you when you’re the only vehicle coming down the road they’ll still pull right out in front of you.. New Hampshire is supposed to be one of the safest states to live in the reason why were all armed you’d have to be crazy to break into one of our houses but it won’t be long before we have a liberal governor now that Sununu is on his way out and they’ll start attacking our gun rights and the state will be unsafe to live in and they’ll have to pack up and move someplace else. They’ll never learn.
LOL.. Thx for vid.. My brother is like you and lives in Rye. Exeter, Portsmouth, Hampton, Hampton Falls are beautiful.. Living in Manch, the locals take off to beach(takes 40mins+) and then head home. They may go to the Whites or go to Winni or to Boston all about 1hr give or take.. The price of houses on the Seacoast is nuts and you add the high property tax, that is why many prefer not to live but to visit seacoast. Thx
Many years ago the Wisconsin (the Dairy State) legislature considered a motion to change the state motto on their car license plates to "Eat Cheese or Die".
I grew up in the Lakes Region and the White Mountains of NH. I don't know about southern NH but everyone I knew growing up and most people I know now are from NH.
I lived in NH for 15 years. In Salem, on the border of MA. Now I live in Arizona. Why? Live Free or Die is a joke, NH is a police state, drive 1 mph over the speed limit and a local/yoko cop literally roars out from behind a tree. Road blocks for DWI everywhere but I belive they had to stop that. Always asking "where are you going, where have you been"...this is Live Free Or Die? No sales tax, but prices are higher for many goods. I used to go to Mass to buy certain items they would be cheaper with the sales tax. And there were few if any good paying jobs. Most of my opportunities as a software consultant were in Mass, so I had to pay Mass income tax...and that was still a better deal than working in NH at a much lower pay rate. The big killer is property taxes, holy moly. The taxes on my old house are currently just under $9,000.00. In Arizona my house, about the same size but not as much land, are $1300. I've left out the bitter cold most of the year, black flies (absolute killer), mosquitos (at least the scorpions are not flying around in massive quantities heh), blasts of snow and lots of snow shoveling, rain all the time otherwise, humid summers, twisty turning two lane roads, tailgaiters, ground pollution (NH was a burial ground for waste from Mass towns Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill mills), I could go on but thatz enough for now I think heh
No one will read this but I worked in NH education from 73-09! When I retired I needed to leave because I couldn’t afford to stay. That’s the Gods honest truth.
I moved to new hampshire and now im moving out. I did the move in 2020. Big mistake. Pay is horrible and poperty taxes extreme and housing is insane cost. Just some small input.
One little secret if you live here or anywhere in New England, I can't say it isn't expensive buy the cost of living is something you are use too so it's not so bad. Moving into the area could go either way I would think. But I would never think of moving OUT of New England. It is home after all. A Masshole born and raised but lived in NH for many years now.
"Home is where the heart is"! Love beautiful NH where I have very deep ancestral roots ever since 1648, i.e. the William Drew family that landed in Maine from the UK and settled in Portsmouth and Dover! My older brother's name is William Drew and my great grandfather was also named William Drew on my maternal side! Proud of my NH heritage! There are far worst states where one could live like Florida and Texas! NH, also, just voted safest state in the country 2024!! It's also the wonderful state where the Best Picture of the Year was filmed, "On Golden Pond" with the late greats Henry Fonda and "Kate the Great" Hepburn whom my oldest daughter is named after, her middle name. Love the gorgeous cinematography and the beautiful music and am a life long pianist/American composer who has composed a full length New England/ Cape Cod light folk opera which was performed in public on Cape Cod with a write up in the Boston Globe and a lifelong professional illustrator and now painter. Former retired NYC fashion illustrator! Great scenes to paint of NH, the gorgeous falls, the mountains, landscapes and covered bridges and lakes! Grew up in beautiful but very costly now northeastern NJ, lived in Manhattan a couple of years then central NJ before moving to the Cape with husband and three daughters in 1988. Lived on the Cape for 36 years, summered there since the 1950s, at my late grandmother's house built in 1776, but the Cape unfortunately, is going to the dogs now, imho! Counting my blessings~ ♥♥♥♥🌲🌲🌻🏖
I'm curious about northern New Hampshire for retirement in the next 10 years. I know it gets cold up there, but I'm not bothered by the cold, I'm much more bothered by the heat. I can deal with 82 and humid, but not 95 and humid. I've been curious about the Berlin area. I'm currently outside of the D.C. area in a somewhat rural VA area and not too keen on staying here in retirement as things are starting to get too close to my home. I'm planning on leaving VA, I just don't know with 100% certainty where yet.
Berlin is in a bit of a decline since they closed most of the paper mills. It's nice if you're outdoorsy. My wife is from there. I grew up in the southern part of the state, and it really is a different way of life up there. It's been called the South of the North.
New Hampshire sounds like a peach compared to NY. I am not from NYC i am talking about central new york. With high property taxes, high incom taxes, terrible services, infrastructure from 1850 and schools that are under funded and under performing. New York State also finished dead last for resident freedoms! So anything is starting to look real nice in comparison
I grew up in Portsmouth in the 60s through early 80’s. One of my favorite stories that summarizes the attitude of NH vs MA involves the state liquor store at the Portsmouth traffic circle. The retail cost of liquor at the NH state liquor store was less than what it was wholesale in Taxachusetts so MA bar owners would drive up to Portsmouth and fill their trunks. The MA state police started to send undercover officers to write down license plates and phone that information to cops who would intercept them once they crossed into MA. Well, the NH governor got wind of this and had the MA cops arrested. My understanding is that it was not a “polite” arrest. After that, cooperation between the state was nonexistent. Got a ticket in MA? No problem, just don’t get caught driving there.
I'm from the region, a true New England native, and while I can't speak for your experience, I feel your underrating NH. I live in southern NH, off the grid, and loving it. NH has MUCH to offer outside and away from more Metropolitan areas or the cities. I grew up in the boondocks, and I still live in the boondocks. It's a whole different world from your city lifestyle and perspective. Understand that. What you choose to underrate, I consider to be God's country. I think before posting a video like this, you would have had to experience ALL of NH, away from the city life, and not just cherry pick it. This video does no justice at all for the state of NH, as a whole, and is what I consider to be misinformation led by only one person's point of view, which happens to be a poor example. I'm 55 year old, NE native, born and raised here. You have it all wrong kid.
Manchester here. Its really NOT that bad. We will proudly talk crap about Manchvegas to keep massholes out. It would be really nice for us if other cities would tend to their homeless, though. So for everyone who sh!ts on Manch... maybe you could stop dumping your problems here...
@douglasdea637 Its still taxassachusetts because the taxes are much higher than they were. True, they are about average in the nation and that says more about the elected officials and the taxpayers.
@@robstan2668 Nah. For something to stand out it must be compared to what is around it. If a state is average then it is average. Taxes reflect what people want from their government and are willing to pay for (or should be paying.) The people of Massachusetts merely want more from their government than the people of lower tax states do.
I’m not to bite your head I live at tha base of the white mountains and grew up in southern n.h. The worst part of our state is the politics...from forever and beyond.....yuck!❤❤❤❤❤❤
That's probably true about every state, though, unfortunately. If I listed some useless, stupid, and overreaching laws recently enacted by my state, it would make your head spin.
Grew up in MA, lived 7 years in ME, lived in US south and overseas. Maine was my favorite--best of all worlds! Now 23 years in NH and have regretted it almost from year one but not financially able to relocate. Sure there is beautiful scenery, but many states have that. The best thing about NH is the the people who come from somewhere else or first generation kids. I believe the majority of people are kind and caring, but town meetings, etc. help ensure self-interested bullies rule. For too many folks in NH, live "free" or die means means "free" of responsibility for anyone but yourself--absolutely the most selfish minded culture of all the NE states. LOL, the only point of your video I disagree with is about MA drivers. Sure, they are urban drivers, but try metro Atlanta and you'll soon be missing Storrow Drive. And, a local Chevy truck on a NH country lane is the most dangerous vehicle on the road. Sadly, it will never feel like home.
Good video I’m thinking of moving there I’m in vt property taxes seem higher here. I was told in NH it’s 7k per 1mil house value is that true. In vt it’s more. Atleast for me. lol. ???
To be perfectly honest, it took about 40 years for Southern New Hampshire to be taken over by people from Massachusetts. However, the invasion of our communities in the southern part of the state has made it virtually impossible for those of us who grew up here to stay here. The cost of living is out of control and many of my friends and family members have left New Hampshire because it's just too expensive. The cost of housing is the biggest problem, but Electric Rates and Property Tax Rates are some of the highest in the country, and the cost for Home Heating Oil or Liquid Propane in the winter is outrageous, which is why so many people still use Wood Stoves and Pellet Stoves for heat. The winter weather is no joke up here and you need to heat your home for about 6 months out of the year, which isn't cheap! Unfortunately, New Hampshire is just not affordable for most people anymore, which is why so many young people are leaving. It's a huge problem that doesn't get discussed or talked about by politicians or the media, but New Hampshire is becoming one of the oldest states in America. It seems like only old people can afford to live here, because they bought houses and started businesses back in the 1960's, 1970's, and even the early 1980's when it was much more affordable. That's not the case these days, which is very sad.
I love the Libertarian ways in NH. especially how pro gun it is. I live in MA. but I buy my ammo in NH. at the Bass pro in Hooksett and I go shooting at a spot in NH. for free because in NH. ammo can be purchased over the counter and I don’t have the MA. permits so I can’t buy ammo in MA. My gun I can have legally in MA. without a permit because it’s a cap and ball revolver that I use a drop in conversion cylinder with to shoot cowboy load cartridges but I have to get my cowboy loads in NH. because I would need a permit ito purchase them in MA. I have a video posted on my channel of my most recent shooting session at my spot under some power lines off of route 119 in southwestern NH. near the MA. and VT. state lines
I'm planning to move from New York to Merrimack, NH, and I'm wondering if it's a good decision. I've heard that Merrimack offers a quieter lifestyle, a strong sense of community, and a lower cost of living compared to New York City. I'm particularly interested in the quality of life, local amenities, job opportunities, cost of living, and rent prices. Additionally, I'd like to know if there are any challenges I might face. If anyone has experience with this move or lives in Merrimack, I'd love to hear your thoughts and any advice you might have.
I live in NH and agree about the drivers. Please, everyone, please slow down. There's a feeling of angst. If enough people slow down then the anxious people will also slow down.
Mosquito swarms in Texas and Louisiana are so dense sometimes that livestock die from blood loss. Meanwhile, alligators, snakes, scorpions, and spiders mostly scurry away when people walk by. 😆
Moved to NH from NY, I love it however people do give me a little bit of a hard time being from New York & being a fan of New York teams, but it's nothing like Philly though. And I never used the word "wicked" & never will, it just had to naturally come out as well as not pronouncing the letter R lol
As a lifelong, born in Nashua, grew up on a farm in Pelham, live in Derry, still own my farm in Pelham and another in Hinsdale…. Don’t move here… haha… we’re full….
I live in California but I want to move to new Hampshire but I’m not so sure how it would be a good deal let alone I heard the basic minimum wage would be 7 dollars while California is now at 17
@@sullivanbiddle9979 It's SMALL, its tiny, its miniature, you can walk across it in two hours...if you don't stop for lunch....in a car your never more than 20 min. from the state line in one direction or another....
He tells you up front that he is a realtor for southern Maine and the NH seacoast region. So take his statements about the rest of the state with a grain of salt.
The Old Man was hardly "all we had". As noted, we have no income tax. We have no sales tax. We have no seat belt law {for adults}. We have no helmet law. We have no mandatory motor vehicle insurance. We have the oldest {100 years} motorcycle rally in the world. We have the White Mountains. We have Lake Winnipesaukee. We have the First in the Nation Primary. And yes, we have Portsmouth. And you're way off about the percentage of Ma$$holes here too. When you get away from the Seacoast and the Lakes region, where the affluent folks from below us have moved to in droves, most everybody is a native or at least a large percentage are. And for those who don't know, we don't even get winter now until January, so you're looking at MAYBE 12 weeks tops. Lastly, as a former Naples {Fl.} resident, I can tell you that a blizzard will never put your house three blocks away like a hurricane will. There's New Hampshire and then there's everywhere else!
I’m from Belmont and this sums up the state perfectly
Fmr FL resident knows this to be true
You forgot to add that along with Maine and Vermont, NH has "Constitutional carry".
No seat belt law, no helmet law, no mandatory car insurance are not things to be proud of.
I lived there for a couple of years and hated it. Most cities are dumps and very boring.
Tons of crackheads and people without teeth.
I agree with a lot of things he had to say.
A lot of natives love it there, because they don't know any better. They have never left the area.
I'm so glad to be out of there. Worst place I've ever lived in.
I've lived in New Hampshire, Maine, Florida, Georgia and California, NH puts them all to shame. Sorry you don't like personal freedoms. The rest of your comments are completely without merit. You're just another UA-cam clown who has a channel with ZERO content so that you can have a place to run your mouth.@@kingferrari007
I’m from Texas and been in NH two years now. It is a walk in the park. Summers here are mild compared to Texas dry heat, Fall is my favorite season and I prefer cold over heat so the winters don’t bother me. Very beautiful state and yes I’m already complaining about the Mass drivers lol. Love New England and all the history, scenery and the way they talk here is hilarious!
NH is the freest state in New England 👍
pak ya caaa in the packing lot heh
I lived in Houston for my first two years of high school back in the mid 90s - while there were some things about Texas I will always love, I don't think I could ever go back to live compared to New Hampshire based on the seasons alone. Glad you're enjoying it here!
I'm a Texan married to a Mainer, so we go to the White Mtn area every other year for summer. It's a beautiful area. (i agree about the Mass drivers, especially their parking).
@@jeanvaljean341the only state in New England that hasn’t legalized weed. 🙄
My son moved to NH in 2019. He was born and raised in FL, but he hated the heat. He absolutely loves NH. He is not a transplant who stands out; he has embraced the culture and lives like a native. His town has 1200 people and his property is remote. I love visited New England, and feel very much at home there.
That is how everyone should do it. Why move somewhere if you want to change it?
There are 50 states that offer something different for everyone. If you like the city life then live there. If you like the small town country life then move there. If you like taxes and social programs then move to where they have them. If you like no taxes and limited laws then move there.
Massachusetts is a Marxist utopia. Massachusetts embraces socialism, communism and free stuff for illegal immigrants. Why move to New Hampshire and try to change it when you can have everything you want today in Massachusetts?
I've lived in central NH for 20 yrs now. My kids were raised here. Living in the Lakes Region (Wolfeboro and Lake Winni) to me is ideal. We're perfectly situated to access EVERYTHING this gorgeous state has to offer. We're about an hour from Mt. Washington and North Conway for mountains, hikes, outlet factory shopping (and a stones throw from Fryeburg Fair, lol) in the North and the Seacoast with beautiful beaches, shopping and dining options in the southern part of the state while AT THE SAME TIME enjoying gorgeous scenery, abundance of Lakes, farm to table cooking, farmers markets and fresh air! Its really hard to go wrong in NH or ME!! Good video!! :D
How do you make a living there? It does sound beautiful
NORTH CONWAY is my favorite place ❤
Want a great fish fillet sandwich? Rt. 1 in Seabrook Jasmine's Famous Roast beef and Seafood. Always enough fish for two sandwiches. Not cheap but a sandwich I will travel for. It is almost lunch time maybe I'll go for a ride. 😁
What about hos hospitals
Seems like only white people get to enjoy NH. Because I swear ya’ll hate whenever brown people pop up. I see ya’ll straight up leave a park or even table in a restaurant whenever brown people are near you.
If you move in from the sunny south or west with plenty of hours of daylight, you may find yourself becoming depressed due to the very few hours of daylight in the winter. I had never felt depression until going through a few winters in Maine.
This is true! SADD is a real thing!
Some people definitely feel this way, if you're the sort that thrives on warm sunny weather then you should worry about seasonable depression disorder. My wife gets like that in the winter. Personally, winter is my favorite time of year, I like the cold and dark, it feels safe and cozy to me. Hah, definitely not for everyone, but some of us live for it
It's real. You need to get outside, absorb what light there is, and turn up the lights inside, and carry bright lanterns after dark outside.
Depressed because of shorter days? Holy hell, I wish I had nothing else to worry about where daylight hours were the thing to bring me down. Seriously, the mind is stronger than you believe. If you don't want to be depressed about it, don't be.
@nhbountyhunter its about vitamin d absorption and the lack of actual sunlight
While I agree that Portsmouth is HEAVEN, love it but as you said, stupid expensive!! The area I really like is Hollis, Milford, Amherst if you want a quieter living without getting too far up.
I was born and raised in Massachusetts, however I have spent A LOT of Summers in NH. At camps, at friends' cottages, homes. I've camped and hiked the White Mountains. I even tried skiing. I LOVE NH!!!!! I left Massachusetts to move here to Florida to be with my elderly parents. Dad's gone and it's just my mother and myself. When she passes, I am moving to NH. I want to retire there. NH is the BEST state and it is my dream place to live and die in. I like Massachusetts but there's only so much history you can soak up before getting bored with it all. NH is country! No other place for but NH. HOME!
Awesome!!!
Please leave your politics in Massachusetts.
Moved to Belmont, NH (Lakes Region) January 2001. Being from Ocean County NJ I went from flat with ocean coast to hills, mountains and lakes. Oh and a lot of snow! Was an adjustment. The company I worked for took me all over, NH, ME, VT and MA. At the time I did not appreciate the beauty of the area. Feel today it would be somewhere I'd live again. Spent only 5 years living in NH however has left me with good feelings about the area. Only left as I was offered a job in Scotland. Spent 10 years there. I would say NH is like Scotland in beauty just minus the trees and history.
Yeah, I'm one of those from Massachusetts that has moved to New Hampshire. Now living in Concord. I love it up here for the beauty and nostalgia. While the seacoast is fine there is plenty to do in the interior too. I often drive up to the White Mountains for the day. Walk the Flume Gorge or drive down the Kanc. Take the Cog up Mount Washington or see the Polar Caves or Lost River gorge. I've visited Littleton then driven down the beautiful 302 and route 10 corridor. Some days I'll visit Meredith and do Harts Turkey Farm then Fun Spot and Kellerhaus (best ice cream I've yet to find in New England. Good candy too.) I've taken the Winnipesaukee cruise to Wolfeboro and seen Castle In the Clouds. Some days I drive down to Peterborough and Keene. I've made a hobby out of searching for and walking on covered bridges.
There is lots to do away from the Coast.
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You mean liberals? We do. We just don't want to see military hardware in the hands of children, criminals and insane people 24/7 like conservatives/fascists do
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You mean liberals? We do. We just don't want every criminal, child and insane person having access to military hardware 24/7. Conservatives disagree.
What is your favorite town, since you seem to be well traveled throughout NH? Where could you see yourself living other than Concord?
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There are several New Hampshire towns I would enjoy living in. In no particular order:
Meredith is in the beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee area and is sometimes called the best town of NH. Perhaps if I had unlimited choice I would choose that.
New London is small and a bit out-of-the-way but a lovely town with a college. I've long wondered what living there would be like.
Henniker is another small and out-of-the-way lovely town with a college that I like. My family owns a piece of property there on a pond so I have many fond memories of it.
Lincoln I travel through several times a year and it seems quite nice. The Kanc is considered one of the top 20 beautiful drives in America. Wouldn't mind living there for a while.
Littleton is nice with one of the best Main streets in the US, or so I've heard. I'm not sure how rough it is living north of the Whites.
Conway is also beautiful and has much going for it. I try to get to it a couple times each year.
Peterborough is nice and I try to get to it several times a year, mostly for the bookstore and several restaurants I like.
There's much of the state that I haven't visited but hope to. That's one of the nice things about it, every road is worth driving down and every town is worth looking at. If, like me, you enjoy trees and rivers and lakes and hills then NH has endless joys to find. I rather like the small, quaint towns, places that haven't changed much in 50 years. One of the good things about living in Concord is that it is central with several highways to easily access the rest of the state.
I love loudon. Concord 10 min away, cheapest property tax in the county, centrally located in the state, just gotta deal with traffic on race day. But that is easy to plan for.
I moved away from New Hampshire and have lived in sunny Southern California for 20 years. I miss it terribly and hope to move back some day.
New Hampshire is a beautiful state with very nice people.
Yup. Just bought property near Sunapee. Every trip up I meet more nice people. Building costs are very high though.
@@mb56436My family used to vacation in Center Harbor in the 80s. I love the White Mountains!
@@sunlightpictures8367 Lake Winni is awesome!
The Monadnock Region in the SW part of the state has affordable properties and wonderful views. It offers a more peaceful way of life. The wealth is all on the Seascoast, but the Monadnock Region has lots to offer.
Keene is a great to live if you are in Manufacturing, Education, or Work in the Trades. The Seascoast area is great for Engineering and IT
@@waynv1835 Nope. Park, hike and climb. You better be in decent shape. Getting down is the hard part. You can drive all the way up Mt. Washington.
My son lives in that region. He loves it! He lives in the country southeast of Keene.
Born in Portsmouth, grew up in Hampton (not the beach), and have been living in Dover since 2012. Definitely have to agree that the seacoast area is probably the best part of the state. Everything covered in this videos proves this man is authentic haha. All truths spoken. :) Just going to add on to the list of "things only a local will tell you" by saying "Don't discuss politics unless you truly know your audience." No matter your views, you're likely going to face some "passionate disagreement" to put it politely.
Southern NH is overwhelmed with strip malls and developments. Thank you Massachusetts. As a NH native I wish we had better control on development. It kind of sucks now.
Native New Yorker here but NH has been our "home-away-from-home-state" and favorite vacation destination for 30-some-odd years now.
Nashua's still a pretty town and has my favorite Barnes & Noble on the corner where the turkey-centric restaurant---I forget the name---used to be, oh, maybe 35 years ago?
We make sure never to miss Keene, the Lakes region and Hampton Beach when we're up there and, when I can persuade my better half, who sometimes suffers from what she calls "car coma", that the drive is worth it from our usual base of operations in Manchester, we also like to make it to the White Mountains. Both sides of the Kancamagus Pass, Lincoln in the west and Conway/North Conway to the east.
And the 34 mile drive between them on the Pass road is beautiful, especially in the autumn.
Even if you don't plan to move there, I highly recommend the Granite State as a vacation destination.
@@davidhorowitz4037 If you're saying west is good, you coud also say north. Or northwest or northeast. And how many NH citizens have jobs down Nashua way because of the businesses patronized by, perhaps even owned by, folks from the "People's Republic of Massachusetts", drawn like moths to light by NH's favorable tax situation? Would Pheasant Lane Mall or most of those businesses along Daniel Webster Highway turn a profit without them?
Move to Wyoming.
There - fixed it for you.
Sound like a plan.
We complain about all the people moving to Florida, it is horrible!!!!!!!!!! Everybody thinks it is paradise and it is far from it. I have lived here 50 years and I can't wait to retire next year and move north. I am originally from Wisconsin and moved to Fla because of my dads job and I was still in high school. It is expensive as hell, insurance is out of control and the highways are jammed with traffic. Stay north, you are better off !! My in laws have a house in Wolfeboro, NH and it is always a great place to visit.
I'm sorry you're experiencing difficulty. You seem very smart. Good luck.
Same in NC, wish all the brainless people with stink attitudes would stay where they are
I moved here from TN and enjoy the change so far. I would not recommend moving here unless you have a good-paying job, it is a very expensive place to live in comparison to other states, especially southern states. The whole tax-free BS is a lie, the state makes up for it in property taxes, registration fees, tolls, etc. My property taxes went from 1200 a year in TN to 7,000 in the central NH area. Registration fees went from 28 bucks a year for my truck, to about 400 a year for a 5-year-old truck as an example! Overall, I have liked the change and the culture, food, and good laws in the state make up for it. Especially the beauty of the state. All in all, I think NH is a great place to live, but you need to make an informed decision before moving and prepare to pay a lot more for things here. Also, it's still heaven on earth compared to the dump known as Massachusetts.
The overall aggregate tax burden in NH is THE LOWEST in the entire Northeast.
Do your math.
I never referenced the entire north east, I stated the south where I’m from. I have done the math, and comparatively speaking, New Hampshire has some of the highest taxes compared to lower cost states such as TN. I didn’t spend 6,000 a year in sales tax in Tn to make up for the difference in property tax
Born and raised in NH. My sister too. I'm going to turn 40 soon, have lived on maui for over a decade, lived in France as a working alien for 5 years. All said, NH, me from Sandwich Carrol County and Grafton county, much is good here.
By far, the tourists/outlanders and summer humidity are the worst parts. The humidity I can adapt, as I work outdoors. The property tax is brutal as well. But my location allows easy access to the north or south, and the north is where it is best, for my preferences. Give me mountains, forests, rivers and lakes over the seacoast. 🤙
Summer and Fall in NH are usually great. Some years we have a Spring and some years it's just more winter. We have real winters here. If you don't like cold and snow you will not like NH.
The prices in New Hampshire especially the southern area are about the same as Maine and rents are very high . I moved to Maine in 2000 after computer industry died and jobs started at $8.50 per hour and rents were over a $ 1000.00 per month and I couldn't afford to live in New Hampshire due to this so I moved to Bangor Maine area to live
Lived in NH for 21 years and during that period we paid over $450K in property tax - most of which went to the local school district. That is equivalent to buying a second home which you never get to visit! During this 21 year period the number of student attending K-12 dropped by > 50%. SAT scores dropped consistently over the 21 year period. SO the only tangible thing I can see which taxes paid for was snow plowing. Honestly, while we loved the rural life in NH we were able to significantly upgrade our quality of life by moving to rural Alabama. Exchanged a McMansion and 7 acres for a very nice ranch, guest house, pool and 107 acres plus property tax of ~5% of NH. There is a 10% sales tax but after our NH experience we learned the beauty of a sales tax - everyone pays, not just property owners and there is no need for snow plowing!
Nice video. I live in Minnesota and while it is beautiful here, I'm thinking of relocating. New Hampshire had been on my radar for a few tears now. Definitely want to visit!
I'm from southern Maine just over the border from NH, his use of "wicked awesome" was wicked awesome
Ayuh!
There actually ARE rattlesnakes in New Hampshire, but they are seldom seen. Bears, moose, mosquitoes, and ticks are the most common conflicts.
True New Englander here and we where relocated to California for military reasons and WE CANT WAIT TO COME BACK HOME
Anywhere outside of New York State. I would be happy. Especially knowing that New Hampshire, respects people’s 2nd Amendment rights. Until the “massholes” vote to take away that right.
Belknap county?
@@g3h530 Good to know. I'm from CT and the NY folks are ruining CT. I was thinking of moving to NH, but now that MA-holes are ruining NH, I might have to rethink things. BTW: I'm pro 2-A and Trump
The Masholes, NY, CN, and NJ have really destroyed Maine too. I am thinking about moving to NH.
@@redburtley6021im reading this first time with my Trump hat on
I’m a Texan that would like to move to NH. We’re being pushed out by Californians so maybe if enough of us move we can level the playing field. We don’t play around about our 2A rights.
The seacoast is not the best part of NH. It's very small and congested, Hampton Beach is full of litter, and finding parking in Portsmouth and the surrounding areas is challenging. The White Mountains and the Lakes region, and the Great North Woods are far better, the the coast.
Yeah this dude said that so he could hock his book. Gross and wrong.
In New Hampshire you're north of US Route 2 or you're too close to Massachusetts.
We live just north of the White Mountains and don't care for Portsmouth at all. It's crowded, has one of the worst traffic circles, and it took us an hour to find parking last time we were there. That said it's got great restaurants and shops so worth a day trip every couple of years.
As a long time resident of New Hampshire i really enjoyed this video and living in the seacoast is awesome.
You should have noted that most of your property tax is spent on your own community and that, at least in smaller communities, town meeting ensures that taxes don't get out of control.
I've lived in NH my entire life. My family goes back before the Civil War in my town. There are many long-time, multi generational native families in NH.
Interesting how this UA-cam algorithm works... Was born, raised and educated in NH, then moved away, saw the world... now retired and moved back... part time anyway. Things you should know if you decide to live here... like all of New England, for half the year the weather stinks. You better have some indoor hobbies. Away from the seacoast and north of Concord there is virtually no economy... so if you want to settle there you better come with money 'cause you're not going to make any. Yes, there is no sales or income tax, but in many places property taxes are crippling... and NH will "fee" you to death. I also have a home in neighboring MA and in comparing the cost of living, it's pretty much a wash between the two places. The seacoast and lakes region are nice, however, real estate prices have exceeded what mere mortals can afford. Recently I watched a 900 sq ft, rotten, tear-down cottage across the lake from me go for half a million... the new owner then bulldozed it, put up a mc-mansion valued at well over a million dollars... and I don't live on one of the big lakes... that is what is happening in NH and has been for some time. I feel lucky as I got in under the wire... the value of my property has doubled in a few short years... and I get 2 or 3 inquiries a month on if I want to sell it... unfortunately property taxes have kept pace. Today, I could not afford to buy the place I live in. Although it has the reputation of being politically conservative, NH politics are quite diverse, but can be extreme... consider that when starting up a conversation with a stranger. As I wrote earlier I also have a house in MA... which has a reputation for being liberal... personally I don't sense a big difference between the two states... I know both some radical liberals in NH and very vocal Trump thumpers in MA. Big gun culture in NH. Socially NH is closed off... it will take you a while to know your neighbors and be accepted... but when you're in, you're in. So, if you decide to move to NH... welcome and enjoy... just stay off my lawn.
Property taxes still WAY CHEAPER than NJ/Downstate NY/CT.
I live in Manchester and the location is great if you want to have equal time distance between all of the big attractions of New England (coast, mountains, lakes, Boston). I lived on the Seacoast from 2008-2016 and I will say that the Seacoast feels completely different from the rest of NH and is my favorite part of the state. In the summer, it feels like a hub of activity. Off season is just peaceful.
I love Winni and the Belknap mountains because i'm a huge birdwatcher/wildlife lover. Im always out in the woods with my binoculars just looking for wildlife all day. Its heaven
One of the reasons we hate massholes is they come up to the mountains and buy up all the houses to turn into air b&b's. They massed up the housing market. The locals are running out of places to live and if you're lucky enough to find a long term rental it's beyond expensive. I've been a general contractor my whole life. Over the past 10 years, 100% of my contracts have been massholes renovating single family homes they bought for short term rentals OR maintenance on 2nd, 3rd, 4th homes that are vacant 99% of the time. They have always been coming here but it has only been a problem for the past 10 years or so. They used to either buy a condo OR buy land and build a mansion so it was great for the local economy. Now, there are no condos for sale and all the land has been built on so they buy the "local houses". We have been priced out of the market. If you want to vacation here, go hiking, ski etc....PLEASE DO! We rely on it! Just get a hotel room or something. If you squeeze all the locals out who's going to run the town while you're here? Be respectful please
They’re a cancer
The property taxes more than offset sales and other taxes. They're huge with very few exemptions, if any. As a native for more than 60 years, I can say with some authority that southern NH is a shadow of its former lovely self. Its apple orchards, single lane roads and fields of wild flowers have become the land of heavy traffic and urban sprawl. The seacoast has nice views, but the water never gets above the high 60s, even in August. And, forget parking from May to September. Plus, you literally broil on the beach because there is no shade, not even umbrella rentals, and you freeze in the water. Not that pleasant. But, the biggest drawback for a lot of people is transportation. If you don't drive an automobile, you will have a lot of trouble getting around. That's something Massachusetts does have, a super train system. The "T" can get you all kinds of places inside and around greater Boston. Not so in NH. Last but not least, and this one is surprising, NH has the 2nd highest rate of substance abuse in the country. Only West Virginia is higher 😢
Lol I moved to NH 10 years ago ffrom southern New England and I love it up here. However, the seacoast is the one part of the state I personally think is NOT worth moving to. Expensive, full of tourists from MA 24/7, crowded, and kind of ritzy/yuppie. Rural parts of the lakes region and or the mountains are much more laid back and have a cheaper cost of living, quieter and more of the "good life". Same as Maine, beautiful state, but the southwestern seacoast portion is the one part I'd never live, I'd rather be in the belgrade lakes region or even paper country. There's a reason everyone from the rest of ME/NH call that seacoast region you're referring to "northern Mass". If I want to visit the seacoast it's less than an hour drive which is great, there certainly is a charm to that part of the state and it's great to visit, but I would never want to be immersed in it permanently. There are two totally different lifestyles in these states, seacoast and the rest of the state. Sorry you think the good parts of the state aren't worth living in, Lol you can keep it, I'll just drop by once in a while
The cost of living here is very expensive I would not recommend moving here unless you got your shit together and like working
the cost of living is high in which areas? food, housing, utilities? or is it all of the above?
"Mass drivers are the worst....."
NY Drivers - "Hold my beer"
I grew up in Ct and have lived in Seattle for 30 yrs.
Used to ski in Vt and had a ski house in Killington. Hiked in NH & would love to move there. But holy hell/ the real estate prices in NH are the same as Seattle!! And a basic retail or fast food place starts at $20.00/ hour here. What the heck!!?
No sales tax, but there is a rather steep meals tax of 8.5%. Also, to partly make up for the lack of income or general sales tax, user fees can get you. When I moved here from New Jersey, it cost me almost 5 times as much to register my care in NH than the same car in NJ. Pluse, the cost of registering my car in NJ included the cost of state inspection. In NH, the annual state inspection of the car is extra. As far as drivers, be aware that New Hampshire drivers love to tailgate. Maybe my fault for driving only 5 miles greater than the speed limit, but the drivers behind me get uncomfortably close.
Moved to FLA from NH35 years ago. Drove in July to Rochester and went to Portsmouth for a Sunday breakfast OMG 120$ four people we were shocked. So we went to a country club we were not part of and got a similar meal in FLA AND IT WA 65$ with the tip.glad to be home.
I live in NJ and am looking for 50 wooded acres in Maine or New Hampshire. I want to build an off grid house for the weekends, hunting trips and vacations that I was to make my full time residence in 7 years. Which state is better?
No income and sales tax in NH. Maine has a high income tax but lower property costs and sometimes lower property tax. Gotta do some math on that.
New Hampshire has more jobs than either Maine or Vermont, particularly in the Southern half of the state. I hope that helps.
@@geoffreyherrick298More jobs where? Because most want you to be licensed and certified even as an entry level worker. Which is not realistic. So please tell me where the jobs are at.
Maybe you should mention what it costs to register your vehicle in N.H.
And your yearly vehicle inspection...don't you dare let them find a speck of rust.
I've lived in Southern New Hampshire most of my life, from small towns (Mont Vernon) to larger ones (Nashua). I was raised in Hudson. I couldn't imagine living anywhere else.
i live in South East Rochester right on the salmon falls rd the ME/NH border and NH Seacoast and york and cumberland co maine are what i call home and LOVE IT !!
Plus, you are very close to downtown Rottenchester for some convenient Crack and Meth!
NO WAY BUDDY
Sorry. live in Ohio. I lived in Naples Florida for three years. I’ve been to 42 out of 50 states and spent plenty of time in each of these states.I stayed for months in New Hampshire and it’s my favorite place in the country .
NORYH CONWAY is my favorite place
I’ve lived in NH most of my life (born in VT), my family has been in NH for generations, and I live in southern NH but have to work in MA because of my chosen career. I would love to retire to the NH Seacoast-I went to UNH and agree with you about Portsmouth. I would love to hear how living even near the Seacoast is even possible these days with the way the real estate market there has just skyrocketed over the past 30+ years. I am seriously interested in talking to you about your thoughts.
Born and raised and you’re right sea coast makes the most income and cost a fortune to live in
My whole family is from NH the Concord area and I moved to the south met a Mass man and we moved our whole family back to NH for family. Living in the Sunapee region and love it. The Mass invasion is more vacation goers but 1 out of 4 NH residents are Mass born. It’s not 95%
Born and raised here, 55 years old now I used to love living here, go up north in the summer camping a few times go for a drives up through Franconia notch Mount Washington, etc. you can’t even begin to do that now you be backed up in traffic for 20 miles. This state in the past 10 years has been taken over by Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and they all bring their liberal politics with them. The whole reason they moved out of their own state and bring their politics here I count 10 Massachusetts plates to every New Hampshire every time I drive to Wolfeboro from Tuftonboro traffic backed up bars Full grocery stores Full I want to get out of this place so bad. I hate it here now. they all piss and moan about us shooting,bikes and cars and boats too loud snowmobiles too loud they all drive like a holes pulling out in front of you when you’re the only vehicle coming down the road they’ll still pull right out in front of you.. New Hampshire is supposed to be one of the safest states to live in the reason why were all armed you’d have to be crazy to break into one of our houses but it won’t be long before we have a liberal governor now that Sununu is on his way out and they’ll start attacking our gun rights and the state will be unsafe to live in and they’ll have to pack up and move someplace else. They’ll never learn.
Sad to hear that because I wanted to visit NH because I’ve heard it has good nature
LOL.. Thx for vid.. My brother is like you and lives in Rye. Exeter, Portsmouth, Hampton, Hampton Falls are beautiful.. Living in Manch, the locals take off to beach(takes 40mins+) and then head home. They may go to the Whites or go to Winni or to Boston all about 1hr give or take.. The price of houses on the Seacoast is nuts and you add the high property tax, that is why many prefer not to live but to visit seacoast. Thx
@justagirl4663 my mother and brother both got flooded.. posted videos of it @JohnMurphyabc
Family has been in Moultonborough for 143 years. We like it.
Many years ago the Wisconsin (the Dairy State) legislature considered a motion to change the state motto on their car license plates to "Eat Cheese or Die".
I grew up in the Lakes Region and the White Mountains of NH. I don't know about southern NH but everyone I knew growing up and most people I know now are from NH.
Love everything but winters lol, grew up in southern CT.
Agreed!
The Seacost is hugely expensive, compared to the Nashua/Manchester area, and there is little available housing cost.
I lived in NH for 15 years. In Salem, on the border of MA. Now I live in Arizona. Why? Live Free or Die is a joke, NH is a police state, drive 1 mph over the speed limit and a local/yoko cop literally roars out from behind a tree. Road blocks for DWI everywhere but I belive they had to stop that. Always asking "where are you going, where have you been"...this is Live Free Or Die? No sales tax, but prices are higher for many goods. I used to go to Mass to buy certain items they would be cheaper with the sales tax. And there were few if any good paying jobs. Most of my opportunities as a software consultant were in Mass, so I had to pay Mass income tax...and that was still a better deal than working in NH at a much lower pay rate. The big killer is property taxes, holy moly. The taxes on my old house are currently just under $9,000.00. In Arizona my house, about the same size but not as much land, are $1300. I've left out the bitter cold most of the year, black flies (absolute killer), mosquitos (at least the scorpions are not flying around in massive quantities heh), blasts of snow and lots of snow shoveling, rain all the time otherwise, humid summers, twisty turning two lane roads, tailgaiters, ground pollution (NH was a burial ground for waste from Mass towns Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill mills), I could go on but thatz enough for now I think heh
You're right about it being a police state
I lived in az for a while the heat is unbearable
@@jewel9797 in NH the cold is unbearable
I don't have so much information about this state but i would like to move to new Hampshire soon
No one will read this but I worked in NH education from 73-09! When I retired I needed to leave because I couldn’t afford to stay. That’s the Gods honest truth.
I read it... and yes, NH can be an expensive place to live...
I read it to
I’ve lived for a year now, it’s good, not a lot of young people but it’s a nice state
Not a draw for the young, expect to be like Henrietta the dinosaur, extinction with a less carefree attitude!
I moved to new hampshire and now im moving out. I did the move in 2020. Big mistake. Pay is horrible and poperty taxes extreme and housing is insane cost. Just some small input.
One little secret if you live here or anywhere in New England, I can't say it isn't expensive buy the cost of living is something you are use too so it's not so bad. Moving into the area could go either way I would think. But I would never think of moving OUT of New England. It is home after all. A Masshole born and raised but lived in NH for many years now.
"Home is where the heart is"! Love beautiful NH where I have very deep ancestral roots ever since 1648, i.e. the William Drew family that landed in Maine from the UK and settled in Portsmouth and Dover! My older brother's name is William Drew and my great grandfather was also named William Drew on my maternal side! Proud of my NH heritage! There are far worst states where one could live like Florida and Texas! NH, also, just voted safest state in the country 2024!! It's also the wonderful state where the Best Picture of the Year was filmed, "On Golden Pond" with the late greats Henry Fonda and "Kate the Great" Hepburn whom my oldest daughter is named after, her middle name. Love the gorgeous cinematography and the beautiful music and am a life long pianist/American composer who has composed a full length New England/ Cape Cod light folk opera which was performed in public on Cape Cod with a write up in the Boston Globe and a lifelong professional illustrator and now painter. Former retired NYC fashion illustrator! Great scenes to paint of NH, the gorgeous falls, the mountains, landscapes and covered bridges and lakes! Grew up in beautiful but very costly now northeastern NJ, lived in Manhattan a couple of years then central NJ before moving to the Cape with husband and three daughters in 1988. Lived on the Cape for 36 years, summered there since the 1950s, at my late grandmother's house built in 1776, but the Cape unfortunately, is going to the dogs now, imho! Counting my blessings~ ♥♥♥♥🌲🌲🌻🏖
I'm curious about northern New Hampshire for retirement in the next 10 years. I know it gets cold up there, but I'm not bothered by the cold, I'm much more bothered by the heat. I can deal with 82 and humid, but not 95 and humid. I've been curious about the Berlin area. I'm currently outside of the D.C. area in a somewhat rural VA area and not too keen on staying here in retirement as things are starting to get too close to my home. I'm planning on leaving VA, I just don't know with 100% certainty where yet.
Berlin is in a bit of a decline since they closed most of the paper mills. It's nice if you're outdoorsy. My wife is from there. I grew up in the southern part of the state, and it really is a different way of life up there. It's been called the South of the North.
I had a very successful barber shop in New Hampshire and never paid a business tax and was never aware there was one.
New Hampshire sounds like a peach compared to NY. I am not from NYC i am talking about central new york. With high property taxes, high incom taxes, terrible services, infrastructure from 1850 and schools that are under funded and under performing. New York State also finished dead last for resident freedoms! So anything is starting to look real nice in comparison
31 years ago NY State tried taxing my parents after they left. NY got worse since.
Thank the Dems for that. They are infiltrating NH and want to destroy NH as well.
Hi Can You Tell What Is The Cost Of Buying Parcel Land In These Areas And How Does The State Or Areas Feel About Tiny House Living There?
I grew up in Portsmouth in the 60s through early 80’s. One of my favorite stories that summarizes the attitude of NH vs MA involves the state liquor store at the Portsmouth traffic circle.
The retail cost of liquor at the NH state liquor store was less than what it was wholesale in Taxachusetts so MA bar owners would drive up to Portsmouth and fill their trunks.
The MA state police started to send undercover officers to write down license plates and phone that information to cops who would intercept them once they crossed into MA.
Well, the NH governor got wind of this and had the MA cops arrested. My understanding is that it was not a “polite” arrest.
After that, cooperation between the state was nonexistent. Got a ticket in MA? No problem, just don’t get caught driving there.
I'm looking to be 30 mins from Plymouth MA, what is Kingston like? How are property taxes? Don't seem as bad as CT or Boston are.
The NH that kicked ass is long gone. Just like other states, the old days were better….fact !
I'm from the region, a true New England native, and while I can't speak for your experience, I feel your underrating NH. I live in southern NH, off the grid, and loving it. NH has MUCH to offer outside and away from more Metropolitan areas or the cities. I grew up in the boondocks, and I still live in the boondocks. It's a whole different world from your city lifestyle and perspective. Understand that. What you choose to underrate, I consider to be God's country. I think before posting a video like this, you would have had to experience ALL of NH, away from the city life, and not just cherry pick it. This video does no justice at all for the state of NH, as a whole, and is what I consider to be misinformation led by only one person's point of view, which happens to be a poor example. I'm 55 year old, NE native, born and raised here. You have it all wrong kid.
You forgot that NH has a 5% Interest & Dividends Tax and an 8.5% Room and Meals Tax.
You have to have a good amount of interest and dividends before it kicks in. Other states tax the first dollar.
I’ve lived here my whole life I love it here it’s great
Manchester here. Its really NOT that bad. We will proudly talk crap about Manchvegas to keep massholes out.
It would be really nice for us if other cities would tend to their homeless, though. So for everyone who sh!ts on Manch... maybe you could stop dumping your problems here...
Taxachusetts the place where everyone is leaving.
It hasn't been "taxachusetts" in years. It ranks about average now. Still one of the best states.
@@douglasdea637 lol
Or another word, Massoles.
@douglasdea637 Its still taxassachusetts because the taxes are much higher than they were. True, they are about average in the nation and that says more about the elected officials and the taxpayers.
@@robstan2668
Nah. For something to stand out it must be compared to what is around it. If a state is average then it is average. Taxes reflect what people want from their government and are willing to pay for (or should be paying.) The people of Massachusetts merely want more from their government than the people of lower tax states do.
I’m not to bite your head I live at tha base of the white mountains and grew up in southern n.h. The worst part of our state is the politics...from forever and beyond.....yuck!❤❤❤❤❤❤
That's probably true about every state, though, unfortunately. If I listed some useless, stupid, and overreaching laws recently enacted by my state, it would make your head spin.
Living in oob for two yrs and love the seacoast
Grew up in MA, lived 7 years in ME, lived in US south and overseas. Maine was my favorite--best of all worlds! Now 23 years in NH and have regretted it almost from year one but not financially able to relocate. Sure there is beautiful scenery, but many states have that. The best thing about NH is the the people who come from somewhere else or first generation kids. I believe the majority of people are kind and caring, but town meetings, etc. help ensure self-interested bullies rule. For too many folks in NH, live "free" or die means means "free" of responsibility for anyone but yourself--absolutely the most selfish minded culture of all the NE states. LOL, the only point of your video I disagree with is about MA drivers. Sure, they are urban drivers, but try metro Atlanta and you'll soon be missing Storrow Drive. And, a local Chevy truck on a NH country lane is the most dangerous vehicle on the road. Sadly, it will never feel like home.
Good video I’m thinking of moving there I’m in vt property taxes seem higher here. I was told in NH it’s 7k per 1mil house value is that true. In vt it’s more. Atleast for me. lol. ???
To be perfectly honest, it took about 40 years for Southern New Hampshire to be taken over by people from Massachusetts. However, the invasion of our communities in the southern part of the state has made it virtually impossible for those of us who grew up here to stay here. The cost of living is out of control and many of my friends and family members have left New Hampshire because it's just too expensive. The cost of housing is the biggest problem, but Electric Rates and Property Tax Rates are some of the highest in the country, and the cost for Home Heating Oil or Liquid Propane in the winter is outrageous, which is why so many people still use Wood Stoves and Pellet Stoves for heat. The winter weather is no joke up here and you need to heat your home for about 6 months out of the year, which isn't cheap! Unfortunately, New Hampshire is just not affordable for most people anymore, which is why so many young people are leaving. It's a huge problem that doesn't get discussed or talked about by politicians or the media, but New Hampshire is becoming one of the oldest states in America. It seems like only old people can afford to live here, because they bought houses and started businesses back in the 1960's, 1970's, and even the early 1980's when it was much more affordable. That's not the case these days, which is very sad.
Excellent video!!
Thank you Carlos!
I love the Libertarian ways in NH. especially how pro gun it is. I live in MA. but I buy my ammo in NH. at the Bass pro in Hooksett and I go shooting at a spot in NH. for free because in NH. ammo can be purchased over the counter and I don’t have the MA. permits so I can’t buy ammo in MA. My gun I can have legally in MA. without a permit because it’s a cap and ball revolver that I use a drop in conversion cylinder with to shoot cowboy load cartridges but I have to get my cowboy loads in NH. because I would need a permit ito purchase them in MA. I have a video posted on my channel of my most recent shooting session at my spot under some power lines off of route 119 in southwestern NH. near the MA. and VT. state lines
Ok weirdo
Most of my family is in NH from Ma. Only a brother and daughter in Ma.
I'm planning to move from New York to Merrimack, NH, and I'm wondering if it's a good decision. I've heard that Merrimack offers a quieter lifestyle, a strong sense of community, and a lower cost of living compared to New York City. I'm particularly interested in the quality of life, local amenities, job opportunities, cost of living, and rent prices. Additionally, I'd like to know if there are any challenges I might face. If anyone has experience with this move or lives in Merrimack, I'd love to hear your thoughts and any advice you might have.
You’re in for a culture shock
MA drivers are aggressive but they're generally pretty good. Know your right of way and claim it with assertion and you'll be fine.
I live in NH and agree about the drivers. Please, everyone, please slow down. There's a feeling of angst. If enough people slow down then the anxious people will also slow down.
Mosquito swarms in Texas and Louisiana are so dense sometimes that livestock die from blood loss.
Meanwhile, alligators, snakes, scorpions, and spiders mostly scurry away when people walk by. 😆
Moved to NH from NY, I love it however people do give me a little bit of a hard time being from New York & being a fan of New York teams, but it's nothing like Philly though. And I never used the word "wicked" & never will, it just had to naturally come out as well as not pronouncing the letter R lol
NH has a Leash Law for dogs……my mt biking dog runs free with me in PA!
As a lifelong, born in Nashua, grew up on a farm in Pelham, live in Derry, still own my farm in Pelham and another in Hinsdale…. Don’t move here… haha… we’re full….
I live in Portsmouth five yrs now from Mississippi
You also forgot to mention our famous saying?Welcome to new hampshire now go home
No sales and income tax😲
Very true! Thanks for the comment!
Arguably, the best thing about this state.
But they make up for it in property tax and "fees"...
Amazing video. Really helpful
The Maine coast is so much nice than the NH coast but it's also like a bajillion times longer.
That's because most of the NH coast has been trashed by the flatlanders from Mass....
I'm confused on the 'live free or die' motto. As there is vehicle safety checs and emissions tests.
95% of NH residents are from Mass? Where the hell did you get that statistic?
I live in California but I want to move to new Hampshire but I’m not so sure how it would be a good deal let alone I heard the basic minimum wage would be 7 dollars while California is now at 17
only other thing New Hampshire is the indian face/head in Lincoln,N.H. across Indian head hotel
The whole state is no bigger than the average midwest city. A single roto rooter truck does "Statewide" service.
wtf are you talking about?
@@sullivanbiddle9979 It's SMALL, its tiny, its miniature, you can walk across it in two hours...if you don't stop for lunch....in a car your never more than 20 min. from the state line in one direction or another....
what the f--- is a roto rooter truck@@deplorablecovfefe9489
He tells you up front that he is a realtor for southern Maine and the NH seacoast region. So take his statements about the rest of the state with a grain of salt.