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$155k for a home or $155k/year? Both areas are high cost of living (compared to say, parts of Alabama); although San Diego is even MUCH more expensive than Nashua.
Overall I'd say $155k for a home would be a huge challenge in either location.
Oh, ok. In that case you'll be fine in Nashua and will be able to get a very nice home for $400k. In fact since you have 2 children and an obvious passion for animals/the outdoors...I'd checkout Hollis as well. It's right next door to Nashua and has some of the best schools in the state, with neighboring Amherst to the north they are considered some of the two most desirable towns in the state as well (both also in your price range).
San Diego is A LOT more expensive but it is also a MUCH larger city, on the water, with constantly nice weather. Honestly- they aren't really that comparable; completely different environment. NH has all four seasons, lots of snow, a gorgeous fall; and San Diego largely has summer year round. Likewise San Diego is on the scale of 10x larger (or even more) than Nashua.
Oh, ok. In that case you'll be fine in Nashua and will be able to get a very nice home for $400k. In fact since you have 2 children and an obvious passion for animals/the outdoors...I'd checkout Hollis as well. It's right next door to Nashua and has some of the best schools in the state, with neighboring Amherst to the north they are considered some of the two most desirable towns in the state as well (both also in your price range).
San Diego is A LOT more expensive but it is also a MUCH larger city, on the water, with constantly nice weather. Honestly- they aren't really that comparable; completely different environment. NH has all four seasons, lots of snow, a gorgeous fall; and San Diego largely has summer year round. Likewise San Diego is on the scale of 10x larger (or even more) than Nashua.
As BF said, you'd be able to live comfortably in either place on that salary, provided you don't live beyond your means. Housing is more expensive in SD, but most other things are comparably priced. Good, cheap food is undoubtedly more available in SD.
I'm from Nashua and lived in SD for awhile a number of years ago--and have spent time off and on there since. More important than money is the fact that the two places are about as opposite in every way as you can get in the US--so much so as to be almost incomparable. If that's what you're looking for then, great! Otherwise, you may be in for a bit of (or maybe tremendous) culture shock.
To me, Nashua is the better area to live in, but San Diego is better for vacations. NH is a better place to raise a family.
As for the mountain bike, you'll find a lot of single track trails in NH, both locally and up north. Mines Falls is in Nashua. If you go up north, the white mountain national forest near Bartlett has some fantastic trails...
SD is way more expensive than Nashua, but Nashua does not offer all that you are used to having in SD, commercially speaking. There is vastly different weather bet. SD & Nashua - as in, Nashua gets real weather, including snow covered new england winters - there are wonderful trails in and around Nashua and all over NH, but you'd have to trade the mtn bike for skiis part of the year. I would not consider raising a family in SD.
but Nashua does not offer all that you are used to having in SD, commercially speaking.
If you live in so. NH, you are usually an hour or so from Boston which has a lot of advantages over SD in its own: museums, restaurants, etc.
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