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ImmediatePatience835 t1_j5ekirb wrote

I would avoid living on any of the “Tree streets”(streets named after a tree. Beech, cider, pine etc) and not to live on the west side if you can avoid it. There are amazing parts of this city but they’re more on the south north and east sides. I read an article recently about how manchester and concord are the busiest housing markets in the country. Manch is like 40-50 min from Boston and concord is only a little farther north. People who work in Boston are moving here and making it expensive because of it. I suggest looking at surrounding towns (not Nashua) for an apartment or house if you can.

There are a million things to do around here. It is a nice city with good people and you can find a bunch of different activities on fb pages to try.

Good luck

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Coldest-Spinach t1_j5elxdn wrote

I actually like the west side! and Nashua!

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ImmediatePatience835 t1_j5emaj2 wrote

There are gorgeous parts of nashua. I guess I’m biased because I work on the border with mass and it’s a shit show near the city.

I stand firm on my west side beliefs lol. I’ve lived there.

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Coldest-Spinach t1_j5eofmp wrote

I live near the border right near tyngsboro and love it here! And my family lived on the west side and I love it there too, I'm actually going to be moving to just south of the west side soon :)

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insiderecess t1_j5hfog7 wrote

Agree avoid the tree streets in manch

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6byfour t1_j5jbzjv wrote

The tree streets can be quite long, and as you move away from the center of the city they get nicer.

Also worth noting that they’re the most dangerous places in a very safe city. People think of Manchester as dangerous because it’s statistically more so than the rest of super-safe NH.

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justaduck0 OP t1_j5epl4l wrote

Awesome stuff! Thank you!

I've been hitting up Craigslist and FB Marketplace every day for housing and I'm starting to (hopefully) get an idea of where I should live and what I can realistically afford (we don't get paid enough in my field sadly), and they seem to parallel what you said.

Strangely enough, I live in Lawrence, KS, where the population size is roughly the same as Manchester, and also here folks commute to nearby Kansas City, Missouri for work which has also driven up housing and overall cost-of-living, so I'm also considering housing just outside the area (Londonderry, Bedford, etc.), so I appreciate that your advice is the same as what I was considering!

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Kv603 t1_j5fan95 wrote

Watch out with those, there's a ton of scammers, especially on CL.

When I needed an apartment and needed to seek remotely, I ended up working with a real estate broker who also handled rentals.

> I'm also considering housing just outside the area (Londonderry, Bedford, etc.)

Bedford has a reputation as an expensive, snooty suburb, however it is possible to find an apartment, and Bedford is an easy drive to Manchester or even Nashua.

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justaduck0 OP t1_j5hu3fe wrote

Thanks for the tip about the real-estate broker. I'll seriously look into that as I'd rather find a place before I move there. How was your experience with that?

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Kv603 t1_j5i4e8u wrote

It worked out great, they took their cut from the owners and arranged a sublet in a nice condominium.

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