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My wife and I are looking to relocate to New Hampshire and are quite interested in Keene.
However, when looking at a website listing property taxes in various NH cities we noted that taxes in Keene seem to be considerably higher than in many other places including Portsmouth and Dover. Does Keene offer services that are not available in other parts of the state or are the taxes just excessively high?
well, each town gets to set what they need for the budget they pass. As you noticed, towns around it are cheaper. any particular reason you want to relocate to such a remote (even for NH) town? It's not really near much of anything except maybe Bratt, VT.
Keene property taxes were outrageous and rent too. They made the prices incredibly high then rented out 2bedroom apts to 7-8 college kids at a time. I believe they r some of the highest in the state and for the crap u have to put up with out there (free staters(no offense not my cup of tea)& massive and massive amounts of snow)it's not worth it ! Just my teo cents tho
The discussion about the Free Keene movement alone would keep me from living anywhere near there. I pity the long-time residents there who are seeing their town being used as a staging ground for a circus. Maybe I'm just not into that whole anarchy thing...
depends on what you're looking for. You've just singled out the two extreme ends of southern NH which are entirely different in tone - what's wrong with anything in between?
The Portsmouth Dover area is very nice we r looking there too (formerly lived in Keene) anything in-between is still small town (except say nashua) and is a drive from much of anything except for towns here and there that r the exception. The costal area has much more tolerant people from my experience and you have access to resources you need or want , plus you're a hop skip and jump from Boston or Maine
We are both retired and looking for a small to mid sized town where we might be able to live close to shops, etc.
Keene was not on our radar until visiting there last June. Being in the SW corner of the state that far from Manchester was a concern, but we liked the area until looking at property taxes. We have no particular spot in mind.
Our search is just beginning. We are also looking around Concord, Derry, and places between there and the coast. Manchester and Nashua are too big.
And one more very important thing, where other than Boston, Manchester, or Durham does one go to get their hockey fix?
We are very big hockey fans and figure to attend college games as often as possible. Pro games as we can.
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