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My town is full of people who have come to NH from out of state (we moved from MA 14 years ago), especially those that have kids in the school system. I did not experience that same parochial attitude aunlanpo describes. I did get that in the town I lived in when we were in MA as most of the people had lived there all their lives and weren't too accepting of those from outside the town, even if they also were from MA....
Bow has INSANE property taxes. They keep going UP and UP and UP. I follow some of the local real estate listings in the county. If you can afford the taxes Bow is a good place to live. The location makes it convenient to either I-89 or I-93. The drive to Concord is probably 15 minutes while the drive to Manchester is around 35 minutes.
And I am biased towards Amherst... Check nneren.com for house prices and tax rates. Here is a house in my area on the Amherst/Merrimack line. $419k; $8k/year in real estate taxes. Easy commute to Manchester or Nashua as it is 5 miles on a country road to exit 11 on Rt 3:
We moved here over 15 years ago and it's a bedroom community, no malls, no town square, but the schools are good. My husband works for a large company and the last four transfers have chosen Bow and their kids are doing great in school. All of the kids have been accepted along with their parents. There are a lot of transplants here and there are plenty of nice people here.
Bedford's taxes are just as high as Bow and will surpass Bow with their new high school. Both towns have excellent school systems, it just depends on the type of town you want to work in. One of my best friends is a nurse in Manchester and she has commuted for years without any problem. I work at Concord Hospital and love my short commute. Good luck!
I never understood why Bow taxes skyrocketed. They have the PSNH coal fired power plant in town paying the town a huge taxes.....where is this money going?
now PSNH wants to add a new scrubber to the fossil at huge expense.
The plant emits 3.4 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. Installing a scrubber will eliminate no carbon dioxide. Worse still, the plant will continue to produce dangerous amounts of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury for two more decades.
Don't like the idea of living so close to the plant. Thanks for the heads up.
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Check nneren.com for house prices and tax rates. Here is a house in my area on the Amherst/Merrimack line. $419k; $8k/year in real estate taxes. Easy commute to Manchester or Nashua as it is 5 miles on a country road to exit 11 on Rt 3: 
Come and check out Bow
