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Having been raised in California and living there for close to 40 years it is nothing like it used to be. My sons High School a few years ago had 12 shootings and guess what!! It was the best High School in the town. We also have a 7 yr old so we decided to move into the South. Oklahoma. It is very family oriented here and no crime but it also has no culture and you see most kids grow up and have no idea things are different outside of there small town. I just took a job in Nashua and I am hearing alot of talk about how bad it is. I am hoping that the people talking about how bad it is are comparing it to what it was like 20 years ago but not to the country as a whole. I hear Nashua trashed over and over yet it is the only 2 time winner of Money's " Best place to live" list. They also were #1 on the list of best places to raise a family. I understand that these polls can be biased, but it says something if it is consistantly on the top. I think and hope if you compare it to the way the rest of the USA is going it might actually be a great place.
I am surprised that no-one mentioned Farmington,NH in the forum. I know everyone seems to know about "Rotchester". I am now retired and with my 2 business partners are developing house lots in Farmington. From a business view we figure Farmington's reputation decreases land values 20% now adays. It use to be 80%. Farmington used to have a reputation of in-bred, drunks and mobile homes. Now it is mobile homes,drunks and in-bred.(a joke kinda) Do you know Farmington has an active arts community? Do you know a famous cartoonist lives in Famington? Do you know a vice President was from Farmington? Did you ever drive through the Town cemetery? The former wealth is evident. Did you know only one Shoe Factory building is left? Lots of children walk to the brand new school campus? Do you know it is called a campus? Do you know it has a "real" downtown? Do you know they have a destination Italian restaurant? 6 restaurants downtown. They still have participatory Democracy and spirited Planning board and Selectmen meetings. Did you know it has "activists?"
I just downloaded iespellchecker but did not use in this post.
Countrymouse, I am from OC, but lived in L.A. for many years. Things have changed since I lived there, and now it seems the crime has spread to outlying areas, as well. Still, it worries me to hear once-decent cities are becoming less so because of population shifts, and perhaps would-be criminals are looking for new turfs. Also, as Yankeehombre mentioned, the influx of poor illegals doesn't help.
Don't you ever worry that the next place you move to, be it NH or somewhere else, will become like the place you've left behind? I do, and the thought stops me from moving, cause I don't want to feel like an idiot a few years down the road when I realize the problems I'm running from are happening everywhere now. Sad but true.
When my just-purchased property sits not on 3000 square feet but 2 acres?
Nah, I'm not too worried about it. A lot of the towns mandate minimum sizes for their lots and even subdivisions routinely have at least 1/2 acre lots. I know--I used to live in "the OC" (how I hate that term) and it's night and day from there to here (Rochester). And in most ways, that's a good thing.
I guess I can somewhat see the dislikes in NH, but honestly I've only seen a few people that have lived anywhere besides NH reply.
NH is country. If you go up north toward concord, its country. I've seen comments that Salem is bad? Are you serious? I grew up in Salem and recently moved back and it's not a bad area. Its growing, which is going to be obvious considering its location, so close to mass and other commuter cities.
I just moved from Orange COunty California. NH has no gangs, yah you have a few young kids that think their gangster but they get over it. The majority of the crime is minimal and petty. I can only recall 1 murder in Salem in the whole time that I've lived here.
I think that before you put down somewhere you should maybe look at where you're living yourself. Not everyone wants to live in the Boonies and have to drive 2 hours to get to a decent job.
I want to know what towns people would NOT want to live in. You can't just say a Town or City in N.H. without stating the reasons for it. So where in N.H. would you not want to live and WHY?
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But why do you think that, any exsamples? Spacific towns to avoid totally and why?[/quote]
How come in your first post you state "....without stating the reasons...etc" and then in your second post (also above) you state "why do you think that"?
I live in the Lakes Region and whenever I have to travel Manchester south, I cringe. The people there are not exactly friendly, it's like a totally different state. But I do acknowledge they are in a different STATE of MIND also !!! To fight that traffic and crime every single day, one would have to be. Thank God for Northern NH !!
You want to know why? LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS. Do you think NH will stay this way with the flood of illegal aliens and asylum seekers? Hardly, and it's not. It's gotten much much worse in a very short time thanks to "diversity."
You sound like a bigot. I'm glad you've been restricted.
You sound like a bigot. I'm glad you've been restricted.
I agree that his response was poorly worded, but there is SOMEWHAT of a point there.
To wit--states like MA, NY, CT, and even Maine have had problems with illegal immigration, not unlike California.
However, the one benefit that NH currently holds over these other states is the (for the time being, anyway) mentality that one must do for themselves; i.e., Concord still believes in "hands up", not "handouts". Public assistance and services are much more difficult to obtain here than elsewhere.
What I've seen in my travels is that states which offer generous benefits tend to have more socialist policies and this in fact encourages illegal immigration. I've yet to see a day laborer hanging out at Home Depot or Lowes, and given the way the system is set up here, it might be a while too.
IOW, I'm not terribly worried about illegal influx. Now the people from Mass, on the other hand...
How come in your first post you state "....without stating the reasons...etc" and then in your second post (also above) you state "why do you think that"?
Not sure what you're looking for now.
Sorry I figured PPL would state the reasoning for there reply. When they did not I inquired. Didn't mean to confuse.
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