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Personally I do not like claremont for shopping or eating out. It is not very diverse, classy or progressive. This is just my impression of Clarmeont. I live in Keene which is an hour south and find it much better than Claremont in most respects.
If you have a job at Dartmouth, you can find something a little closer than Claremont.
I suggest you try outside Hanover or over here in VT. There are some nice houses in Norwich and the school district is the same as Hanover.
The thing is, I really want to be walking distance to a viable town center (with coffee shop, library, cafes, drugstore, banks, grocery, etc.). I don't drive much and I love to walk. (Spouse is the one with job at Dartmouth.)
Since we can't afford Hanover or West Leb within 1 mile or so of Hanover, our other choices are Lebanon near the town square -- and we have seen few houses there that have garages and 2 full baths, a decent lot, and aren't smack next to Rt 89 -- or New London, Claremont, Windsor, possibly White River Junction ... Checked out Windsor and WRJ pretty thoroughly and though house prices within walking distance of town are affordable for us, the towns are really too small, don't offer enough (though I love the Tuckerbox, train station, and local bus service in WRJ; and there's a house in Windsor that I really like). I've mentioned our Claremont exploration already here. So, New London is where we're focused now, with two coffee shops, a couple of restaurants, library, green space, the college all close to the houses we're looking at, and grocery not too far away. Still open to other ideas, though.
The thing is, I really want to be walking distance to a viable town center (with coffee shop, library, cafes, drugstore, banks, grocery, etc.). I don't drive much and I love to walk. (Spouse is the one with job at Dartmouth.)
Since we can't afford Hanover or West Leb within 1 mile or so of Hanover, our other choices are Lebanon near the town square -- and we have seen few houses there that have garages and 2 full baths, a decent lot, and aren't smack next to Rt 89 -- or New London, Claremont, Windsor, possibly White River Junction ... Checked out Windsor and WRJ pretty thoroughly and though house prices within walking distance of town are affordable for us, the towns are really too small, don't offer enough (though I love the Tuckerbox, train station, and local bus service in WRJ; and there's a house in Windsor that I really like). I've mentioned our Claremont exploration already here. So, New London is where we're focused now, with two coffee shops, a couple of restaurants, library, green space, the college all close to the houses we're looking at, and grocery not too far away. Still open to other ideas, though.
New London is a very nice town. The college brings life to the small center and there are always a number of activity-oriented people out and about.
Hey all, I have a question for ya about the town and area of Claremont, NH. (sorry about lack of proper grammer, but need to hurry up and type here). is the town and area depressed economically? we just moved to bennington, vt from bozeman, mt expecting to arrive in a respectable new england town, but very much to our sad surprise, bennington has proved itself to be a welfare driven town. it's residents are not only "low rent" types of people, they are downright rude and disgusting. we have possible work potential in claremont, nh, but don't want to move to another dumping ground for derelicts kind of place. I just read in the above posts that it is likely not a particularly gleaming area.
I'll get to read and post any more in the next few days, but for now I have to close up here.
Any helpful info will be GREATLY appreciated!!!
Chuck
I dont know how anyone can live in such a town like Claremont NH.
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