I am open to anyone face to face, and i surely would talk to you too, but don't expect locals to in NH, but not because of race, but because first we need to know if you can take it. In another life I had a neighbor lady from Thailand if that matters any. Her Husband was a GI and they shared a daughter. She passed away some years ago and what was left of her family left.
This is not to say older vets will or not accept you. They are what they are too. Me: I take people as they come. I don't see skin, uniforms, or much of anything. Every one is equal to me until proven otherwise, and one mistake can end it all. I used to let people walk over me roughshod, but no more. So I appear to be harsh and cold. I am pretty cold, and will openly admit it.
Face to face it's something different but it depends on how other interact with me.
In fact you are better off with me not being a city slick, from NYC, and bringing that lifestyle to NH.
Winters here are harsher. That farther north you go the worse it gets. Something like going west in NY State... Out west they get 'Lake Effect' snow.
Manchester (manch) has milder winters as most any city will. City's tend to hold heat on the ground, but still there will be days you probably can't get out very well. Driving on snow upsets most people the first time.
You must be able to drive to live in NH and own at least one car per family.
That pellet stove will be useless with out power. You can have one, but you should have a no power back up system like a air tight wood stove if that isn't main heat anyway.
If you run a air tight stove correctly it won't need a catalytic converter, but then who knows if you will learn to run it right. I know a lot of folks that just won't take the time to learn that skill.
NH gets weather.... it just does and there is no sense buying things that must always have power to just work.
We get Nor' Easters, Blizzards, Hurricanes , and a strange storm called Ice Storms. All of these put out power in hours, days or weeks. The ice storm is strange because there is no real rain no wind much at all and the temps will be right around 0 degrees C or 32 F.
In manch temps will get into the low teens in winter.... IE: 15 degree Fahrenheit = -9.4444444 degree Celsius
Re-read what i said in the first reply too...
I have moved into assorted different towns in NH and I have some funny stories about first meet ups with locals.
I spent a winter here knocked flat, dead broke, living off the land and when i moved it was only 6 miles. I went from tee pee living.
To the trailer from Hell
It was a September of course. My would be closest neighbor was a old man in his mid 70's and he drove up to where this mountain retreat was, and i just happened to be in the 'dooryard' splitting fire wood, lots and lots of fire wood, by hand with a maul.
He stepped out of his red ford truck and said 'Boy (I was in y 40's) you know what wintah' is?' and placed his hands on his hips.
I didn't look up, I didn't miss a stroke and i continued to split logs that i had set up on hard pan (packed hard dirt) in a 'C' shape. a Hit and split or hit and knock the log over maybe, set up that gets the job done faster for me than a gas splitter in the right wood.
He waited.... When I was done with that round i set up the logs that tipped over and set up the other pieces I needed to split again. Then I looked at him.
I said 'Mista' do you know Canaan Valley?' he said Ayha, I said I spent last wintah' down theya' livin' in a tee pee.
That cut it because that was probably the coldest snowiest winter on record for this area still holding almost. Winters 07-09 may compete, but i don't worry much about any winters. They are what they are and i like the cold and snow pretty well anyway.
I thought that old man was going to have a breakdown once he knew i knew what wintah' IS
We became good friends til the day he passed, EXCEPT for the day he called me on the phone to request i come to his place to get a cat off his porch that was into his garbage.
I went down there right away, and thinking it was a cat city people left since it was in Fall..... That happens all the time, and pets are just left behind to fend for themselves ..
Well, it was a cat alright, and i found out as fast as i took the steps into his dark enclosed porch.
I backed up outta' there as fast as i stomped in too. That cat was 9 feet long from it's head to the black tip of it's tail, and that old geeeza' was laughing at me out the window too!
So what ever happens to YOU has probably already happened to me in New Hampshire. Do avoid the big cats though... behind glass is one thing, face to face is something else
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