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If you are thinking about the Seacoast region from Rochester to Portsmouth I would also put Wakefield on your list. I have seen great deals on property there and the tax rate is low. It is about 25-30 minutes from Rochester and 40 minutes to Dover. Winter will be a bit more of an issue, but 16 is well maintained. City folks will often mention that the road is not lighted. NH does not waste money lighting rural stretches of highway... It comes with the territory
The stars show up a whole lot better without all those street lights.
The stars show up a whole lot better without all those street lights.
YES I highly dislike light pollution and NH is better than many other places on that point. However, it does annoy me when people move out to the country and then turn on every single outdoor security light they have. I'm sure any neighbors like them
YES I highly dislike light pollution and NH is better than many other places on that point. However, it does annoy me when people move out to the country and then turn on every single outdoor security light they have. I'm sure any neighbors like them
If only I could get Pease and UNH to turn off their lights I might get the dark nights I was expecting here. Oh and my neighbor has a habit of leaving on his driveway (runway more like) lights. I have 5w cfls outside. I only need to not walk into the house - I don't need to read out there!
Thanks everyone. Not sure we've been to Wakefield yet but I remember the GPS telling us to "turn on the road to Wakefield" so we must be close.
I like the non-lights too. You can see the stars better.
We do have an annoying garage light that we don't have control over. It stays on all night and goes off during the day.
Those motion / light sensitive lights can be annoying. We had one that did that. Sometimes you can adjust the sensor so it works better, but sometimes the only solution is to replace it.
So we just moved here from San Diego.
I'm wondering where others from San Diego have ended up here in NH?
Right now, we're in a lake house rental - the address is Farmington but it's actually on Lake Baxter.
We've been getting out and looking at other areas.
Still feeling a little displaced though.
How did others out there find their transition?
Thanks
Leisa
My transplant to S California didnt work for me.
I moved from Laconia...(a really nice little city in the Lakes Region) to San Diego after I retired. I tried to make a go of it.....even bought a house in Vista Ca.....but really really missed the north east. I put the house on the market just as the bubble burst...but did sell it at a loss and moved back east. I am now in Maine...and loving it.
I needed rain and seasons and small New England towns and countryside. Wierd...but I missed the Atlantic Ocean and even trips to the beautiful S. Cal beaches...never satisfied my need for the smell and bone chilling cold of the Atlantic.
It is all what you are used to........I could see the beauty out there....but it never felt like it was "mine".
Well Vista isn't really San Diego, doesn't have the same San Diego vibe and I am not a fan of Vista!!
But yeah, I have lived all over from MA to FL to TN to TX to CA and New England does feel like home to me.
It's an adjustment but it's going pretty well.
It's amazing to not see sprawling malls everywhere like in CA and even TX but I actually like that there are trees everywhere instead and not palm trees at that.
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Originally Posted by elston
My transplant to S California didnt work for me.
I moved from Laconia...(a really nice little city in the Lakes Region) to San Diego after I retired. I tried to make a go of it.....even bought a house in Vista Ca.....but really really missed the north east. I put the house on the market just as the bubble burst...but did sell it at a loss and moved back east. I am now in Maine...and loving it.
I needed rain and seasons and small New England towns and countryside. Wierd...but I missed the Atlantic Ocean and even trips to the beautiful S. Cal beaches...never satisfied my need for the smell and bone chilling cold of the Atlantic.
It is all what you are used to........I could see the beauty out there....but it never felt like it was "mine".
So we just moved here from San Diego.
I'm wondering where others from San Diego have ended up here in NH?
Right now, we're in a lake house rental - the address is Farmington but it's actually on Lake Baxter.
We've been getting out and looking at other areas.
Still feeling a little displaced though.
How did others out there find their transition?
Thanks
Leisa
There's actually some pretty nice rural areas not far from Baxter Lake. Up towards Strafford is nice. Up around Parker Mountain, Barn Door Gap Rd, Little Niagra was always one of my favorite areas growing up. Not to far to Rochester, Dover area for work. Bow Lake area is also nice. Wakefield is up by where i live now. Thats a nice area also. Quite a few nice little lakes up in this area also.
I live in SD and have researched NH alot for retirement and visited there many times. I would think you'd need to stay in the Manchester/Nashua/So NH area as far as jobs that would pay pretty well. As I'm sure you're finding out, NH is beautiful but very rural. Most pockets of population would be in So NH, Dartmouth College area, maybe Keene? Coming from SoCal, I think you'll ultimately feel more at home in So NH/Seacoast areas. I mean, it's great to be out in the country, but from a job standpoint, it probably would be difficult. It's going to start getting cold there pretty soon, I hope you're prepared I'll be very interested to follow your journey in your new home!
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