corduroyyy t1_izqs0to wrote on December 11, 2022 at 3:48 AM

I have friends in the Epping, Exeter, and Portsmouth areas who love it. Northfield is closer and very quiet compared to DMV.

Also living in the DMV, I’d recommend Portsmouth. A little farther, but more for your family to do.

fallenelf OP t1_izqt79g wrote on December 11, 2022 at 3:58 AM

I've looked around Portsmouth and can't really find any homes available. Might be out of our price range.

borninthe617 t1_izr0m7t wrote on December 11, 2022 at 5:03 AM

Most likely, you’d be lucky to get a 1 bedroom apt for that price in Portsmouth. I’d be curious to see the ratings for just north of Concord schools, or in concord. The downtown there is adorable & great food etc. Certainly moving here from the DMV changes the demographics- the diversity is lacking here- so keep that in mind.

Londonderry is a great town too- closer to Boston but not too far from Concord (30ish minutes on Hwy), very busy and growing rapidly. Will be pricier than Concord.

Nashua will be a haul from concord but more diverse and right on the Mass border. Great shopping & cute downtown.

Good luck, NH is a great place to land.

Few-Afternoon-6276 t1_izr7d7v wrote on December 11, 2022 at 6:04 AM

Portsmouth to concord commute is about an hour. Fyi

fallenelf OP t1_izr8kwf wrote on December 11, 2022 at 6:15 AM

Yeah, seems a little far. Best places to look seem to be Concord, Manchester, and Londonderry.

Few-Afternoon-6276 t1_izrz65d wrote on December 11, 2022 at 12:14 PM

Just remember if you live south of concord, traffic northbound on weekends starts .. Thursday and Friday is insane. The world plays on weekends here and everyone heads north. Lakes, mountains..

Manchester sucks. Crime drugs… I would buy in concord .. bow… dunbarton before Manchester and Londonderry is nicer than Manchester, but the traffic is nuts again.

After38 years here and I moved from Nashua to Epsom….now there’s a nice town..Epsom…. The value is excellent… and if you are centrally located… Manchester is 30 minutes.. Concord is about 20 minutes..beach, mountains, lake .. between 40 minutes to a bit over an hour away….

It’s beautiful landscape here…hope it all works out for you.

fallenelf OP t1_izs5ek9 wrote on December 11, 2022 at 1:18 PM

This is very helpful thank you. I'll cross Manchester off the list and take a look at Epsom!

TianamenHomer t1_iztjv9c wrote on December 11, 2022 at 7:17 PM

Thank you, kind person. I cancelled that negative down vote with my mighty thumb of an upvote!