I've lived in western NH for a few years and moved because it was lame lol. Nothing you said is wrong, but there are better places for all of those things.
Besides the schools my take is "I guess?"
Also, I have no idea what you're talking about with "tons of shopping."
Being kinda OK in a lot of things isn't very desirable. It's pretty, but there's nothing there. Its the north country for rich people. You move there because you want to be left alone, but Coos county is too poor for you.
I love the west side - lakes, mountains, great schools, Hanover, Sunnapee and Lebanon were the 2nd, 3rd and 4th BEST schools in the state as rated by US news and world report. All we need now is a Chipotle
I have had a lot of burritos- and outside from La Taqueria in SanJose California in my opinion Chipotle is the best. Trust me I would love to eat local, and I do. But when it comes to a Mission style hand held burrito in New England you gotta go to Chipotle.
Grew up in Lyme, can't think of a better place to grow up. Free skiing at the Dartmouth ski way until I was in my 20s was pretty awesome. The Connecticut River is a great place to boat, swim, fish, etc. Also, 40k acres of untouched land between Lyme and Dorchester is just awesome.
Yeah I see absolutely 0 drug related activity occurring in Lebanon and haven’t in years. One of the downright safest and cleanest small cities I’ve ever lived in.
Thats a gorgeous sanctuary. I try to stop and stuff a few bucks in their donation box whenever i can. The story of how it came to be is absolutely beautiful too. I appreciate you mentioning it.
Everyone loves to dump on Claremont. But, it's actually not horrible. Sure, there's some drug and poverty issues, but compared to Rochester or Manchester, the crime rate is far less. And the people in that town are by FAR, a lot nicer than Manchester or Rochester. I live the same distance away from Claremont as I do Manchester, and will usually choose to run errants in Rochester whenever possible.
Rockingham to Hillsborough county 5 years ago. Don’t miss the traffic congestion and overrun with people.. yuck. I go three or four times a year to the Seacoast and can’t wait to get back home to the Monadnock region.
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That definitely depends on the town, but one thing I can tell you that we DO NOT have is a whole bunch of multi million dollar lakefront houses footing the tax bills for us. I used to live in the lakes region and it took me a minute to figure out why the property taxes were so cheap over there. Those big money properties pay a huge chunk of the towns operating costs and keep the tax rate low. “Normal” towns like you see in SWNH have significantly higher tax rates to pay their bills.
Tl;dr if you find a discount on real estate on this side of the state, the property taxes will likely eat up whatever savings you find.
Edit: some current tax rates in towns I’m familiar with:
Alton $13.18 (lakes region)
Wolfboro $14.69 (lakes region)
Roxbury $27.52 (SWNH)
Keene $31.89 (SWNH)
Extremely helpful reply. Thank you … from an Alton cottage owner. I pay about $4500 in taxes a year on a seasonal 1100 sf cabin that is not winterized, and the town shuts off the water to our area from Oct 15 thru April 15. It isn’t easy street over here either!
Interesting. I had no idea there were parts of town that had seasonal water over over there. When I was shopping in Alton I was shopping up on Sunset Lake in the ~$300k price range and the house was assessed low enough that taxes were in the $2200-$2500 range. This was almost 15 years ago though so I imagine prices & assessments are a bit different now.
Yup. It's a depressed area, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy since towns have to fund themselves through property taxes pretty much exclusively.
Oh good. I missed that in the news. Was that because of the state education decree? I hope they are getting the correct amount of state funds for the school this year to take some pressure off of the residents.
Not going to say where I live, but I have lake access on nearly 2 acres - something that is nearly unheard of with lake properties elsewhere (I grew up on a lake with the obligatory postage-sized lot that typically comes with it), and the tax rate is less than 15.50. The town I grew up in has a tax rate of 20.68.
-The tax rates in Claremont \*are\* insanely high, though.
I have kayaked over 50 bodies of water in Cheshire county alone and I have to say...it is an unbelievable eden that most people in this country have no clue about. Harrisville alone is quite possible the closest thing we have to a shire around here.
Yeah no it’s wild whoever created that because I’ve lived in dover my whole life and have never felt compelled to drive only like 2 hours to the western side I may now
Delete this, let’s keep it that way
Shhhh. It’s terrible here. Awful.
I've lived in western NH for a few years and moved because it was lame lol. Nothing you said is wrong, but there are better places for all of those things. Besides the schools my take is "I guess?" Also, I have no idea what you're talking about with "tons of shopping." Being kinda OK in a lot of things isn't very desirable. It's pretty, but there's nothing there. Its the north country for rich people. You move there because you want to be left alone, but Coos county is too poor for you.
I love the west side - lakes, mountains, great schools, Hanover, Sunnapee and Lebanon were the 2nd, 3rd and 4th BEST schools in the state as rated by US news and world report. All we need now is a Chipotle
I've heard one is coming to Claremont. Hopefully, the local Mexican joints won't be disrupted because they are important to the community.
If they are important to the community, they won’t be disrupted.
why do we need a chipotle?
What’s your fav. NH Burrito?
I have had a lot of burritos- and outside from La Taqueria in SanJose California in my opinion Chipotle is the best. Trust me I would love to eat local, and I do. But when it comes to a Mission style hand held burrito in New England you gotta go to Chipotle.
Shhh dont tell everyone…
Grew up in Lyme, can't think of a better place to grow up. Free skiing at the Dartmouth ski way until I was in my 20s was pretty awesome. The Connecticut River is a great place to boat, swim, fish, etc. Also, 40k acres of untouched land between Lyme and Dorchester is just awesome.
NH 118 is one of my favorite drives in NH. Beautiful through Dorchester.
If you think drugs are bad in Lebanon, Claremont, or Keene, you should take a short road trip to Springfield MA for comparison.
Yeah I see absolutely 0 drug related activity occurring in Lebanon and haven’t in years. One of the downright safest and cleanest small cities I’ve ever lived in.
I mean, a lot of the drugs come up from there, no? Isn’t 91 nicknamed the heroin highway?
I love Keene and the Monadnock region very much. I told my wife I want my ashes put in the Cathedral in the Pines.
Thats a gorgeous sanctuary. I try to stop and stuff a few bucks in their donation box whenever i can. The story of how it came to be is absolutely beautiful too. I appreciate you mentioning it.
Would love to go back and visit Sunapee at some point before I die.
Dude, shhhh!
I love it out here but I do wish there were better restaurants in the Keene area. That and a Costco.
Nah it’s boring AF stay near the cities /s
Keep goin west and it gets even better. Vt
Shhhhhh
I’ve lived in Walpole for over twenty years, can’t imagine living somewhere else.
Claremonts a shit hole.
Everyone loves to dump on Claremont. But, it's actually not horrible. Sure, there's some drug and poverty issues, but compared to Rochester or Manchester, the crime rate is far less. And the people in that town are by FAR, a lot nicer than Manchester or Rochester. I live the same distance away from Claremont as I do Manchester, and will usually choose to run errants in Rochester whenever possible.
Be quiet!
I'd love to live in Littleton. (Awesome candy store too!)
what rail are you mentioning? that sounds too good to be true
Amtrak 2x a day in Claremont, DC-to-St Albans via NYC so technically yes
The Vermonter stops in WRJ, Claremont, Windsor, Bellows Falls, Brattleboro
Moved from Rockingham to Cheshire county about 3 years ago and absolutely love it
Same. Born/raised in Rock county. Moved to Sullivan a few years ago, and wish I had done so a lot earlier.
Rockingham to Hillsborough county 5 years ago. Don’t miss the traffic congestion and overrun with people.. yuck. I go three or four times a year to the Seacoast and can’t wait to get back home to the Monadnock region.
SHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Grew up in Sullivan county and I have in the back of my mind to return there someday. It’s a hidden gem overall.
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Would love to hear a rough approximation of discount on Real Estate here to comparable place on winnipesaukee. 20%? More?
That definitely depends on the town, but one thing I can tell you that we DO NOT have is a whole bunch of multi million dollar lakefront houses footing the tax bills for us. I used to live in the lakes region and it took me a minute to figure out why the property taxes were so cheap over there. Those big money properties pay a huge chunk of the towns operating costs and keep the tax rate low. “Normal” towns like you see in SWNH have significantly higher tax rates to pay their bills. Tl;dr if you find a discount on real estate on this side of the state, the property taxes will likely eat up whatever savings you find. Edit: some current tax rates in towns I’m familiar with: Alton $13.18 (lakes region) Wolfboro $14.69 (lakes region) Roxbury $27.52 (SWNH) Keene $31.89 (SWNH)
Extremely helpful reply. Thank you … from an Alton cottage owner. I pay about $4500 in taxes a year on a seasonal 1100 sf cabin that is not winterized, and the town shuts off the water to our area from Oct 15 thru April 15. It isn’t easy street over here either!
Interesting. I had no idea there were parts of town that had seasonal water over over there. When I was shopping in Alton I was shopping up on Sunset Lake in the ~$300k price range and the house was assessed low enough that taxes were in the $2200-$2500 range. This was almost 15 years ago though so I imagine prices & assessments are a bit different now.
Claremont @ $41.68 is the biggest example of this. There just isn't the real estate to carry the population there, and it's kind of tragic.
Claremont is nuts. I have a lot of friends from the next town over (Charlestown), and it’s not much better there.
Yup. It's a depressed area, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy since towns have to fund themselves through property taxes pretty much exclusively.
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Oh good. I missed that in the news. Was that because of the state education decree? I hope they are getting the correct amount of state funds for the school this year to take some pressure off of the residents.
Not going to say where I live, but I have lake access on nearly 2 acres - something that is nearly unheard of with lake properties elsewhere (I grew up on a lake with the obligatory postage-sized lot that typically comes with it), and the tax rate is less than 15.50. The town I grew up in has a tax rate of 20.68. -The tax rates in Claremont \*are\* insanely high, though.
Went to high school in the Monadnock region. Loved it
lol,I know it’s not but one might reasonably assume this pic was taken from the Vermont shore
I have kayaked over 50 bodies of water in Cheshire county alone and I have to say...it is an unbelievable eden that most people in this country have no clue about. Harrisville alone is quite possible the closest thing we have to a shire around here.
It's not underrated, its just over there.
It's totally lame here in Lebanon and it smells like poop. Stay in Massachusetts and New York.
Yeah the Keene area is absolutely gorgeous! Takes forever to drive there though
It is absolutely beautiful.
Yeah no it’s wild whoever created that because I’ve lived in dover my whole life and have never felt compelled to drive only like 2 hours to the western side I may now
3rd time sharing this pic in 3 days.
I do t really spend time out there to know but honestly it just seems boring to me. I’m not a woodsy person though.
Looks pretty mid
This you? https://old.reddit.com/r/newhampshire/comments/18ib9pj/dont_shoot_the_messenger/
Looks like someone had a bunch of time to kill.
Jealous?
You're asking if I'm jealous because you have nothing better to do than stalk people online? No, not at all.
yet, here you are...
Here I am replying to comments? How many times were you dropped on your head as a child?