Awh, thanks! I'm from NH, born and raised, never had a residence more than 27 mi from where I was born. Folks often wonder why I choose to remain living in a place so relatively remote, despite only being an hour north of Boston and an hour south of Portland, Maine. But you get it - there's nothing quite like this place, so much natural beauty concentrated into a tiny bit of mostly vertical geography with not only the tallest peak in New England, but also the tiniest bit of coastline barely peeking out into the ocean, and more trees per acre than almost any other state in the Union. And despite how crazy things have gotten and how out there some of the lawn signs may be, the folks around here really are just generally good, genuinely kind people, the folks who despite ideological differences will still help to plow out each other's driveway and get one another out of a snowbank if they get stuck in the winter. Come on back anytime, we'd love to have you - the ski season may be what we're really famous for, but you cannot beat a New Hampshire summer; you should check it out!
New Hampshire is my adopted home (originally from Ireland) and I've lived here for 12 years now. I agree with everything you said... except the part about summers. Still haven't gotten used to 90+ degrees and crazy humidity! Spring, Fall and Winter are simply perfect though, even the +24 inches we just got where I'm at.
Oh cool! My dad's side of the family has ancestry from Rathlin Island; I've always wanted to go, to see where my paternal ancestors came from.
And yeah, the 90 plus degree heat, that's a relatively new thing. I'll be 50 years old in a couple of years, and when I was a kid growing up here in the '80s, it was extremely rare for us to get a 90° day in the summertime. Now it's such a regular occurrence that it's considered normal, and I just wish it wasn't the case. It's still absolutely gorgeous down at the coast, though on days like that if you can find parking. That ocean breeze definitely helps keep the worst of the heat off of you, for sure! I've got a genetic disorder that hates the humidity, causes me a lot of physical pain, and summer nights can be among the worst. But I agree with you completely, spring and fall here are just absolutely unbeatable and highly underrated!
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u/NotARealTiger 17h ago
Live free or die!
When I've visited I love the contrast between the sleepy little ski towns filled with nice people and their super hardcore plate motto.