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To the few kind folks who gave me legitimate responses, thank you, they were very helpful. To the rest of you hell bent on turning this into an ideological battle with your passive aggressive digs, beat it, you aren't converting anyone and I won't indulge your insecurities.
Does anyone have info on Pittsfield and even further north around Ossipee? There are two Christian schools near both places that interest me for our other son. Thanks.
BTW, I will be heading back tomorrow to check these areas out.
You might be overthinking this a bit. Stay away from the crunchy granola liberal strongholds like Portsmouth, Durham, Peterborough, etc. and I think you will do just fine. No one cares what higher power you follow or do not follow. That's what's so great about NH.
You might be overthinking this a bit. Stay away from the crunchy granola liberal strongholds like Portsmouth, Durham, Peterborough, etc. and I think you will do just fine. No one cares what higher power you follow or do not follow. That's what's so great about NH.
Also on the schedule to check out homes around Groton and Alstead areas on Monday. Alstead is about half hour north of Keene. I was in Keene, seemed pretty radical compared to even Concord or Manchester when I was there. Also didn't those college kids riot a couple years ago? I know Alstead is not in Keene but is it the same kind of crowd being as close as it is or far enough away to have its own vibe?
Also on the schedule to check out homes around Groton and Alstead areas on Monday. Alstead is about half hour north of Keene. I was in Keene, seemed pretty radical compared to even Concord or Manchester when I was there. Also didn't those college kids riot a couple years ago? I know Alstead is not in Keene but is it the same kind of crowd being as close as it is or far enough away to have its own vibe?
Alstead is very rural, traditional New England town that has changed little over time. Groton, on the other hand, has seen some recent changes with a new wind farm built adjacent to the old Tenney Mountain ski area in Plymouth, west of route 3A. I prefer the town of Hebron (to the south of Groton) as it is bounded by Newfound Lake.
Alstead is very rural, traditional New England town that has changed little over time. Groton, on the other hand, has seen some recent changes with a new wind farm built adjacent to the old Tenney Mountain ski area in Plymouth, west of route 3A. I prefer the town of Hebron (to the south of Groton) as it is bounded by Newfound Lake.
Good to know, looking forward to seeing them.
On a side note I've read on a a lot of different boards that people from New Hampshire tend to be self sufficient, survivalist types. Canning/ growing food, living off the land, etc. Is there any place you all know of to network with these types of folks? Would be nice to get to know like minded people up there.
Self-sufficiency is more about surviving our winters than "Survivalism"
Yes, New Hampshire has it's share of survivalists and self-sufficiency advocates. There's not just one type, we still have some old-school granola hippies who got lost on their way to Vermont, various anti-government and anti-tax folk, and then the latest wave, the libertarians of the Free State Project (and the anarchists who use the FSP for cover).
Once you get outside the denser suburbs, there's a general mindset of moderate self-sufficient out of necessity (and Yankee frugality) rather than due to a hardcore "survivalist" mindset. With our minimal services, long winters and storm-associated power outages, self-sufficiency isn't a philosophy so much as a fact of rural life and a way to cut your food and heating bill.
Check out the Concord Cooperative Market and the various farmers markets. There are also a bunch of groups on meetups.com, and the like, including several focused on aquaculture, permaculture, etc. Also, depending what town you move to, there may be a local grange?
What are you talking about? Manchester is actually pretty Republican. The further north you go more liberal it gets besides probably the Berlin area. You realize that the union leader is a pretty conservative paper? and Its out of Manchester. It's the Massachusetts transplant that want to escape liberal Massachusetts; they move to Manchester and other southern NH towns.
You're not following the thread. Look at the OP's requirements. It was sarcasm. Relax. Don't take everything literally.
....anyway, up in New Hampshire now. Really like the Ossipee area. Will check out a few other things tomorrow before heading home. Will check in later.
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Self-sufficiency is more about surviving our winters than "Survivalism"
