Want to retire to New Hampshire (Nashua, Dover: property taxes, place to live, cabin)

[jpastor]

Am at retirement age and want to look at relocating to New Hampshire. No state tax and I do love the area. However, am worried about some negative comments I read. The most serious is about religious bigotry. Am Catholic and from NY (born in brooklyn). Would my wife and I be accepted. And where should we look to move?

[BF66389]

Religious bigotry? NH is very "live and let live" in our short experience here as new-comers (about a year and a half); so I wouldn't be too worried about it.

[Verseau]

I'm Catholic and have never even heard of religious bigotry in NH. Besides, the state is 35% Catholic (compared to 32% Protestant).

As for where in the state you should move, I think it depends a lot on the kind of atmosphere you're looking for. A quiet lakehouse in the woods, a cabin in the mountains, something near the beach, a farmhouse, in a little village or a big town... you can find all of the above in NH.

[jthibodeau]

With tongue in cheek, I'll tell you your more apt to be chastised for being from New York then being Catholic here in New Hampshire. In reality, you'll probably never be asked about your religious convictions.

As far as retirement, If you can stand winters cold and snowy weather and, afford the property taxes, there is hardly a better and more beautiful place to live then the Granite State.

I'm bias, of course...

[NJ2NH]

Don't know what your atmospheric preferences are, to recommend a particular place, but we, too, are planning on retirement in NH. We have seen no signs of religious bigotry. There are, of course, strong views on every subject. That's part of NH and everywhere else. If anything, NH is pretty laid back about religious observance, I think. The Dover/Portsmouth area has several nice parishes. We have good friends who are active in a parish in Nashua, but Nashua is less like the NH that we're looking for than some other towns are. Spend some time in different places (now, in winter, is good), and you'll know what "feels right." Good luck.