Recent comments in /f/newhampshire

A_Man_Who_Writes t1_jawgpdd wrote

Realistically you can live anywhere without a car. It’s simply about living within walking/biking/bussing distance to everywhere you need to be on a weekly basis. That could be work, grocery store, doctors’ offices, and not much else. I’ve lived without a car in several different areas that are definitely not conducive to living without one. But I made it work by walking, biking, catching the buses where I could, and doing as many things online that I could without having to go to physical places. If you can manage to work-from-home then that will make it exponentially easier. Especially if you’re a homebody/introvert.

So, in conclusion, if you can strategically find an apartment/home that’s relatively close to everything you need, and maybe a few bus stops, then it’s totally doable. It just takes some grit. You’ll get wet and cold and tired from walking/biking around, but if you’d rather not have a car, then it’s not that bad. You only have yourself to depend on and worry about.

OR you can move to one of the few cities in New England that are very pedestrian-friendly, but you’ll need to shell out most of your earnings to rent.

Anyway, any sizable city I’m sure you could get away with it. As some others have said, the cities in MA are better for this, but you can do it in NH. Concord and Manchester are the two obvious choices as they’re relatively dense. Maybe Nashua as well.

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overdoing_it t1_jawgbjn wrote

I have had more problems with plow guys... nobody can do a gravel driveway without shearing off the top layer and leaving it in a pile at the end. I'd pay $100+ for every plowing if someone could come at the right time (after the snow stops) and do it carefully.

I fired 4 of them and ended up just buying a 36" snowblower so I can do it myself in about 2 hours, not counting all the shoveling.

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k75ct t1_jawg1zt wrote

Not sure where you are now but NH is generally not good without a vehicle. Even if you lived in some of the towns mentioned, you'd be stuck in that town because there are no trains and limited bus travel available. Nashua does have local bus service and you can get to the bus station to get into Boston.

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Tiredoftheact t1_jawd2m5 wrote

Lebanon has a great public transit system. If you could find something around the green, you can walk to the gym, post office, a few restaurants and a bar as well as the rail trail. It’s an adorable little town and the UV is a beautiful place overall.

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aidanjturner t1_jawb92k wrote

Honestly hate resellers, but fuck live nation above all of this- I mean who cares if people are selling them for more when liberation has been jacking up prices for years at everyplace they own? Also irresponsible that they haven’t commented on the matter, seems like a cash grab to me really, they only want people buying their tickets

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