I recently moved to NH. Woohoo FSP member and all right...
Here is the reality I've seen.
First becoming a resident is expensive! I think I'm about 300 bucks deep in registration, license, etc. oh and what the actual $#@! is up with "vehicle inspections."
My truck failed inspection because it's too high off the ground and the tires are too wide.
Granted the state is retarded and still sent my plates (still waiting on my drivers license to arrive because they give you a stupid piece of paper at the dmv that btw TSA is not amused by...which is another rant). I will not bother to pass inspection because my truck is awesome just the way it is.
Next up property taxes...well nevermind me ever buying property up here. That is simply not affordable.
I've also realized that in my brief time here the FSP and really just the locals are screwed because of New York and Massholes want to ruin what few good things the state has going for it.
The weather is god awful. My brother told me this place is great by mid April...spring has not even started and summer officially starts in a month.
Prepare to drive. I have had to completely rebudget. In the South my gas funds for a month don't last a week here. You will simply drive and drive and drive some more for anything.
Gun shops are a joke here and roughly 60 years behind the times. The people are nice enough, but seriously it's the 21st century and everything they have would even make grandpa wonder when modern rifles will arrive. Modern rifles at this point being center fired.
Hunting and fishing laws...why even bother fishing here? The hunting laws seem okay and no more or less confusing than other states but considering streams and rivers can have restrictions completely different just by being on the side of the bend you are on is stupid.
Then again why even bother fishing freshwater as let's be real freshwater fish suck. I guess if I want to actually do real fishing I have to drive across the state.
The open carry laws don't impress me as I have spent the last several years open carrying in NC and VA, but the CCP process is great. It is even free, but good luck keeping your permit in good condition as they are paper...not even care sized or laminated. Now the permits are paid for by out of state permits to CCP but I'd honestly pay to have a real plastic card. Call me a statist on that one...but I'll gladly pay for that service. Although constitution carry would obviously be better.
The cuisine is terrible. My diet before leaving the South was essentially seafood, sushi, and Mexican/texmex. If you like sandwiches you'll love New Hampshire as all you will ever find is sandwich places. You might find a Mexican place but afterwards you might start supporting amnesty to get as many Mexicans around the country as possible...I think we might need to start importing Asians up here as well...oh and Mediterranean food...good luck. Bland and $#@!ty is an understatement.
Radio stations are garbage as well. a third of them are NPR, the next third start off as decent and then when you are finally enjoying a song it goes staticy for a second and somehow you are now listening to country music, and the last third just suck anyways but you will never notice because they are simply static you simply push "seek" again on your radio.
Oh and the language, hey New Englanders...words that end with "er" are not pronounced as "ah." It is really hard to understand, like Cajun bad.
I moved up here to live closer to my brother and his family and start a business up here.
I said before I moved I would only commit a year before reassessing. I've assessed, next April I'm getting the $#@! out of this backwater $#@!hole. I should have simply accepted there is nothing above the Mason-Dixon Line worth living.
Reply With Quote
Originally Posted by Uriel999
Site Information
About Us
- RonPaulForums.com is an independent grassroots outfit not officially connected to Ron Paul but dedicated to his mission. For more information see our Mission Statement.
Connect With Us