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Opal_Pie t1_ja6qlvt wrote

I hadn't been through downtown since they started construction, and only saw the promotion photos. I thought it was a bot overdone, and didn't fit in well with the Main Street aesthetic that Nashua has. I finally drove through a couple weeks ago, and I nearly missed the building because it's not nearly as big as the photos make it appear. I think it does fit in better than what I saw in promotion photos, but I think the rest of Main Street needs a facelift, now. I'm very much for keeping the old mill town look, but maybe the block where the PAC is could be slightly modernized.

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movdqa t1_ja6lh12 wrote

Spin classes with Keiser m3i bikes are dark at the Merrimack YMCA. They are held in a former squash court. A membership at the Nashua-Merrimack YMCA gives you access to the Nashua, Merrimack and Westwood facilities, and guest privileges at other YMCAs nationwide.

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buckao t1_ja6ij84 wrote

A lot of those barriers were painted by school children, kids from PAL and the Boys/Girls club, with an artist from Positive Street Art helping them. They might not have been super-pretty, but the kids were stoked. I worked on the stars and stripes on Factory Street for the benefit of Daleanis House with Involved 2 Impact.

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TJsName t1_ja6h1wl wrote

I'm wondering if I got caught in one a few years back (late December, maybe 2013?). Curious what your take is on this.

I was hiking Boott Spur (southern ridge on Mt Washington) and we encounters some incredibly heavy snow right at sunset. Probably coming down at 3 inches an hour, but with zero wind. We could talk normally as we navigated cairn to cairn back down to tree line. It was surreal. As we drove home (up to Gorham) it went from 10+ inches of snow to basically nothing, and then coming back down 93, we drove through an strip of snowfall that was maybe a mile or two long. It looked like a tornado of snow had gone through! I tried to figure out what would cause that, and my best guess was a Norlun trough.

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procrastinatorsuprem t1_ja6er81 wrote

Where are you staying? What are your interests? There's a lot to see and do in NH.

Off the top of my head I'd say drive up 93 to Littleton. See the Old Man of the Mountain former site. The Flume hike is awesome. Echo Lake is cool to see as well. Littleton is a cute town. Back south towards Lincoln. There's a cool tower to climb at the Indian Head Resort. You can see the Indian Head in the Mountains from there.

Lincoln is a cute town too.
Kangamagus is a must do. Lots of places to stop and see nice things.

North Conway is amazing. Great restaurants, cool stores.

Jackson covered bridge.

Lots of hikes, little waterfalls in the area as well as very challenging hikes

See Mount Washington. Auto road if you dare.

Storyland if you have little kids is adorable.

Lakes are awesome. Lots of great beaches to swim in. Rent a kayak or canoe or a motorboat if you can.

The seacoast is lovely too. Some very nice beaches. The weekends can be busy at some of the bigger beaches.

Portsmouth is fun. Amazing restaurants, shops, etc. Strawberry Banke is interesting. See a show at Prescott Park, take a ride to the Isles of Shoals.

I could keep going. So much to see for such a small state. Everything is pretty drivable and accessible.

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