New Hampshire: The Best State You’ll Never Move To

If you are seriously considering moving to New Hampshire, it's important to weigh both the pros and cons of living in the granite state. While New Hampshire is a beautiful place to live, no place is perfect, so in this video we discuss the good, bad, and ugly when it comes to living in NH.

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😁About Cam Avery:
A native of New Hampshire, Cameron Avery moved out to the Seacoast when he was 18 years old and has loved every minute of it. Now living in Kittery ME with his wife Kelly, Cameron has lived throughout Seacoast NH and Southern ME. Before becoming a full time licensed REALTOR ™ in both Maine and New Hampshire, Cameron owned and operated his own carpentry business, working on classic New England Architecture throughout the Seacoast. He uses his skills and experience with construction, customer service, and marketing to help people navigate the sometimes tricky road of buying and selling real estate. His unique skill set partnered with a passion for helping others creates the perfect combination for making the home buying/selling process an enjoyable and profitable experience for everyone involved.

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If you are in an exclusive buyer or seller agreement, this video is not an attempt to solicit your business.

[sirclarkmarz]

I lived in New Hampshire for five years I'm sorry I left . I got stupid and moved to Oklahoma for a woman that didn't work out so I'll be moving back soon it's the nicest place I ever lived and I've lived in Hawaii .

[Phoenix]

Having grown up in a poorly insulated trailer in NH, yeah the winters were brutal. But I'm glad I learned how to drive there, knowing how to handle the worst conditions, like black ice, freezing rain and wet leaves that will make a car hydroplane even at slow speeds. Funny, I had no idea what a New Hampshire accent sounded like until after I moved away.

[ukulelebutterfly]

It's Expensive EVERYWHERE!
SO, Live where you Love!
And, Love where you Live!
~ 🦋

[rokelly]

Moved here from LA (after living there for over 35 years), and this state is the best place I've ever been to. I will NEVER move away.

[KellyRam]

How do they get tax without any state tax? LAND TAX….in Claremont NH which was a run down place our land tax for our home was almost $800 a month…almost more than the mortgage. So if you want to move there make sure you look into towns with the lowest property taxes. Plus get a huge snow blower and a huge whole house generator.

[Carriesue]

I moved here from San Diego two years ago. It’s really beautiful here. Winters are long and can be brutal, last March where I live we had 4ft of snow dumped on us. If you’re from a warmer climate you’ll need to be prepared, we have a whole house generator and I’m glad for it since we lost power for a few days during said snow storm.

There isn’t much to do here unless you’re into the outdoors. Houses are also fairly hard to find, we managed to find a place with 22 acres but finding places with acreage now is tough. We also pay about 7k a year in property taxes. We manage fine because my husband still works remotely from his same company in California. It’s a great place if you love all things outdoors and winter activities. If you hate that, you won’t like it here.

[timothymark]

Lifelong resident a bit older than you. I would agree with almost everything in this video. The only part I would disagree with slightly is the tourism issue. New Hampshire certainly is a tourist destination but the tourist don't generally flood across the state. They go to the seacoast, the lakes region, and the White Mountains. Not many flock to the Cheshire county, Grafton county, the Concord/Manchester/Nashua area, or the Great North Woods.

[mattj]

I grew up in NH, lived there for 28 years, then upstate NY for a few years, then Maine for 10. I can say NH, like all of the Northeast is a beautiful place to live if you love the outdoors, winter sports activities, and you can live with mosquitos and black flies in the Summertime. It's a great place to live if you like those things and you can afford it. You need a house with a paved driveway or every Spring you get stuck in the mud. You need an attached garage or you're scraping off ice every morning and having to run your car for 20 minutes before you can leave or your breath will freeze to the inside of the windshield making it impossible to see. If you have a fireplace you can cozy up to a fire on a cold day. These things are expensive anywhere, but they're extremely expensive in NH and ME. Schools are run by towns, and fully funded by towns, so if you have good schools count on at least $10k in annual property taxes. The roads get destroyed every winter from frost heaves and potholes, it's very expensive to maintain the roads. Government there has to spend a lot to maintain the basics, so you get less for your taxes than you might in other areas because of this. Heating your home is almost always done with oil-fired boilers, in the cold months expect to spend at least $1000 per month heating your home. It's not a bad place, like I said, if you have the money to be able to afford it. I live in GA now, while I love and miss the beauty of NH, I don't see me ever moving back.

[ArloPear]

Grew up in NH and still live here. I have a love/hate relationship with NH. Love it in the summer fall and sometimes spring when we actually have one but winters here, as well as Maine and VT are brutal. It's basically like living in Antarctica with a few Dunkin Donuts here and there.

[YourRichLifeMedia]

Love NH in the summer! Its gorgeous. Maine as well

[gr]

When I was growing up, my dad would take us to Hampton Beach, NH every summer for vacation. If my situation was different, I would move there in a heartbeat.

[StormyMonday]

Not friendly to outsiders even if they are legacy families. Summer giant flies are pretty awful, then 30 below in the winter. From a NE Legacy family circa 1630.

[dragoonseye]

I lived in downtown Nashua for 4 years. It was fantastic. That was in the late 90’s tho. I have no idea how prices are now

[patrickpaterson]

So many covid refugees moved here from the cities like late 2020 through late 2022. I'm hoping they start returning and the real estate situation calms down. I'm looking to sell my current place for a bigger house in the Seacoast NH area.

[Daoistify]

NH has a high rooms and meals tax and in the top states in property tax. It does tax interest and dividends on investments. Food costs are high, gas is up there and heating the house in the winter months is brutal. I lived in NH forty years but had to sell the house and move to Florida when I retired. My kids and grandkids still live there but job prospects most likely will force the grand kids to move unless they compromise their careers like I did to stay in NH. Most good jobs are south in the Boston area unless you are a professional self employed or work in tourism.

[jdds]

There are no homes available in NH. Not one take my word for it you are wasting your time

[axegrind]

Buffalo winters make NH winters look like Club Med and it costs me $150 a month to heat my 2000 sq ft home. Why doesn’t NH have energy efficient homes like everywhere else in North America.

[live_free_or_die]

I'm trying to talk to my wife into being Snow Birds. I love NH and want to spend late Summer, Fall, and the beginning of Winter there.
We reside in Florida and I'm fed up with hot weather.

[southernnh]

My company moved me out here in 2000. Laid down roots and will never leave. My neighborhood has lots of history to explore as well as amazing trails and river views galore. Bugs, oh heck yes. They're annoying as it gets. Better than earthquakes and wildfires and tornadoes or serious hurricane surge issues. (save the coast, because coast). I'd say we can remain God's little secret if it's okay with you.

[freebinnh]

2007, I got flooded out and moved from Concord NH to the Bangor Maine area. I've been in Maine for 16 years and will never go back to NH.