Submitted by SellingCoach t3_yihpd7 in newhampshire
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wegandi t1_iuja5cz wrote
By them you mean your neighbors. So many NIMBYs crowing about keeping old "New England" at all costs. Zoning is a destructive weapon.
SolitudeNH t1_iujin83 wrote
Zoning can be an obstruction but also a measure to stop housing developments from turning our rural towns into suburban centers. Requiring minimum acreage to build maintains our natural beauty, which is preferred by many to the sterile and cookie cutter “.5 acre lot house/lawn-.5 acre lot house/lawn-.5 acre lot house/lawn-.5 acre house/lawn” you see all too often elsewhere, and even worse “.25 house-.25 house-.25 house-.25 house-.25 house” you see all over Texas and other areas.
Lusciousveggie t1_iuk9a0k wrote
You got it wrong. A lot of zoning has created suburbia and destroyed rural areas in the process.
Instead of minimum acreage requirements, allowing mixed use high density development keeps a large number of people in a smaller space, enriching our cities and maintaining our rural areas.
Instead, with modern zoning, Mcmansions and strip malls plow down our forests
Quirky_Butterfly_946 t1_iujgvjw wrote
Just like everything else happening in this country, you need to vote out people who do not care to do anything, and vote people in that will put some thought and consideration into this. The overbuilding locusts have come to NH, and I hope we can stop what they did/doing to MA
Wtfisgoinonhere t1_iuj0d9t wrote
The new apartments on Elm st across from MB are insane pricing. $2200/mo for a 344sq ft apartment, fucking L O L. Is it worth noting heat/hot water/electric/wifi (another lol) are included. Shits nuts
SellingCoach OP t1_iuj1rx6 wrote
Those places don't even look that great from the outside. $2200 a month for something that small is absurd.
I pay less than that for a 2BR at Lofts at Mill West.
a1234321 t1_iujofn9 wrote
Jesus. Three years ago I was spending $1700 for a 2 bedroom 650 sq ft apartment that had a private back yard IN PORTSMOUTH.
I knew it was bad but this is straight up bleak
Wtfisgoinonhere t1_iuj4x4q wrote
For 381sq ft that is so sad lol thats like 2 rooms for some people. Are the lofts owned by Brady Sullivan?
valleyman02 t1_iuj696i wrote
I wish they'd sit empty for years. But I'm sure they're going to fill right up. Our housing shortages is that severe.
SellingCoach OP t1_iuj6nf2 wrote
Red Oak
Emptyplates t1_iuj4f6w wrote
1 or 2 bath? Last I checked a 2 bed 2 bath there was over $3000.
SellingCoach OP t1_iuj6mtw wrote
Mine is 2 bed, 1 bath. Rent just raised to $2125
Emptyplates t1_iuj74of wrote
That's a pretty good deal!
SellingCoach OP t1_iujrluk wrote
Meh, I guess. It's not the biggest 2BR in this place but it does the job. It just hurts because the 3BR, 2BA brand new home I used to own in Weare on 2.5 acres cost me ~$1600/mo for mortgage, insurance and taxes.
Emptyplates t1_iuk16s3 wrote
That's less than we were paying for a 1 bedroom in Revere, several years ago. That place was $2400.
Our 10 year mortgage is a lot less than that rent was too.
fins4ever t1_iuk3o0t wrote
Idea: build housing in Manchester that isn't just some bespoke lofts you charge hipsters 3k a month for
VenserSojo t1_iuirad2 wrote
>According to Rent.com, average rents around the country are down, but New Hampshire isn't following that trend.
I do not believe that for a second given how often the topic of extremely high rent prices comes up in other reddit subs. Its quite likely we have increased more than most but the rest of the country has seemed to increase as well.
a1234321 t1_iujovoa wrote
Idk anything about rents going down in other areas, but NH has unfortunately made the news for being increasingly expensive to live in.
It's just disguised as a "sellers market" and "hot real-estate market."
Those are all just terms to attract investors. What they really mean is "housing is expensive in NH"
every1getslaid t1_iujxak5 wrote
I own a small house that I rent out: I tell my tenants, if you pay on time I will never raise rent. I never have. That said, it does really suck when I’m trying to right thing and towns are raising taxes.
Rixtertech t1_iuj0rzz wrote
Because there is absolutely no one with the power to stop them that is willing or even interested in doing so.