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Neat-Ad11 t1_iznpxi0 wrote

This was good to read. As a native New Englander (grew up in MA and now live in NH) I always said that it might take longer to make friends here, but when you do they’ll be your friends for life and will be much more reliable than friends in the south or west. Of course that’s a broad generalization, but I think it’s true for the most part.

I spent my whole life coming to NH for vacation or whatever, but you really don’t fully know how great it is until you move here. Despite the things you mentioned that can be legitimately annoying, I’ve found getting absolutely anything done or dealing with anyone in town or state government here in NH to be a thousand times easier, less stressful, and certainly more professional and efficient than dealing with the same things in MA. Of course I live in a pretty small town here, but it seems to be the same throughout the state.

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sbfx t1_izo5hun wrote

I get what you mean on the second paragraph especially. It is a thousand times easier dealing with anything here. I don’t know how to define that exactly but some examples:

I went to a local tire shop the other day to have a tire plugged. Nashua Wholesale Tire…super grungy atmosphere with really nice guys running the shop. I went in on a Friday afternoon with no appointment. 20 minutes later I was out of there and was charged $10. It was just simple and straightforward. That same job in CT where we moved from is $25 minimum and very few shops would actually take that work.

We moved our business here almost immediately when moving. Called the Secretary of State. Answered on the first ring and had a solution to my question within minutes. Called a NHES rep for a payroll question, same result. In CT you could never speak with anyone live and you’d just run in circles over and over again. NH is a better place to do business and that doesn’t even factor in the taxes.

Call the local office about car registration, we know exactly what to do and are saving big $ registering in NH between fees and insurance.

Life is simpler in almost every regard and we really prefer it that way.

Lived in CT my whole life and won’t be going back

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