>We paid cash for a house and 12 acres of land in NH

So if you're looking at the true cost of living there, about $1400 a month has to be added to the expenses you've listed above - as a somewhat lowball estimate of the opportunity cost associated with the cash needed to buy a house in NH on 12 acres.

And if it's much less than that, either your home maintenance is going to be more than you expect, or it's a pretty small house - possibly in the middle of nowhere. (Which is all perfectly fine - but the point is that whatever the opportunity cost is - it has to be considered. In NH - or anywhere else.)