Huh TIL. Thanks!

No, they treated it as a joke.

Rain rain ran and more rain down in Londonderry. Wind is starting to gust between 30-35mph though. This I’ll definitely be a problem if the predicated 8-12” comes true

I’ll start it off by saying that in Claremont Snow is coming down wet and heavy now and is starting to accumulate on surfaces including trees. The only surfaces that are not having snow stick to it yet are paved surfaces. Also power seems to be in good shape over here as we have less then an inch of snow so far.

Rain rain rain here at almost 3am... however I'm on the coast

Not that windy. Good lord even during a northeast storm. Your wind is the wizard of oz! Yikes!

Lived in NOVA for 4 years (great falls) loved it...miss it terribly! It's colder here (always lived here or Maine prior to Nova). Would crack up at 50 degrees novas would be running around in giant puffy winter coats. Dress warm!

I hope the heavy wet snow stays out of the upper valley but the snow from the Milford area seems to be heading in our direction according to radar so I’ll probably be in the same boat in 2-3 hours

Milford - Mont Vernon area. In Milford it was just starting to turn into a very wet snow around 11:30. Once I climbed in elevation it was a very wet heavy snow and coming down fast.

What area was this? Over in Claremont we have mostly rain mixing with snow and it’s not accumulating on anything yet.

Left HCA started at WDH last week. More $, people are actually happy. Live in Newmarket alone, awesome landlords too. Not a college student actually an ol lady lol

I drove home from work in the stuff tonight around midnight and it was already weighing down trees especially pines and only 2 hours or so in. I was worried about a tree or limb falling on my car.

This snow is particularly sticky. I wouldn't blame the grid with this one.

New England doesn't want to spend money to retrofit underground utilities. Instead, they want to pump massive money into spot repairs.

To be clear, I understand that is the source of the problem, but there doesn't appear to be any resiliency. It seems like every tree fall hits a single point of failure that wipes out huge areas. I get it; multiple trees fall, but looking at the outage map, I doubt 20 trees suddenly all fell at exactly the same moment and the fact that one or two falls led to this large of an outage is wild.

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It's not the grid, it's the trees. Falling branches from our trees take down power lines.

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your take home for the month before ANY savings, insurance, car payments, retirement, student loans will be ~3950. average rent in the seacoast area (dover, portsmouth, rochester, newmarket) is ~2.2k for a two bedroom, as a low estimate. that means ~1100 for rent, probably 1250 total including utilities. i think that’s livable but you should def consider living in one of the lower col areas, like rochester or somersworth. help save some money and pay off loans (if you have them). good luck, and congrats on the job!

There’s a lot of variables depending on your lifestyle and what your looking for/ comfortable with. You’ll definitely need to find a roommate or two, and places in your price range will be small or outdated. As long as you’re comfortable with this, it is possible to find a place downtown, in theory. Unfortunately, when you include other living expenses and lifestyle expenses things get tight pretty quick. If your making 40k, and let’s say taking home 28k annually, you’re looking at $2,333.33 a month. Figuring in rent at a 30% max, you’re looking at $700, not including utilities. Utilities are expensive in the state of New Hampshire, and given the market for affordable housing in your price range, you’ll probably be paying a substantial amount for heat in the winter due to old windows, lack of insulation, etc. Depending on what you consider essential, you’ll also need to consider cable and internet. Now you’ll have to factor in your regular expenses; food, car, clothing, cell phone, etc. Finally, the greatest expense variable depends on your lifestyle. Portsmouth is a great little city with plenty of bars. If you enjoy the nightlife, like being social, and partake in the booze, the remainder of your income can disappear quickly after a few trips downtown. While you won’t be living a lavish lifestyle by any means, it is possible for you to live in Portsmouth. You won’t generate much savings and you might need an extension on those student loans, but you’ll have a great time for a couple of years at least. Best of luck

No.

Sample budget:

24k rent and utilities
4k car payment
1k car insurance and maintenance
3k gas
4k groceries
3k outing, hobbies, decor, emergency fund
3k 401k
possibly medicaid tax
possibly student loans
omitting insurance until your 26 assuming your parents work

Total: 42k
--> 50k pre tax
And Those numbers are VERY tight.

Roommates could save 12k off that. I'd consider going somewhere with better pay and/or where you can avoid a car.

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