I guess I'm confused as to what you thought I said wrong or "dinging" the state... I think NH is a great place to live.

I said "not much engineering except for down south or in Mass".

How many total engineering jobs do you think are in the state?

There is a factory in my town that does have a job posted every once in a while. But it is small. There are more factories in more urban areas that I personally would rather not be in (or commute to); so I never really considered it for myself.

My guess is that it is "robust" per capita, but not compared to a real city since the whole state has the population of a city... :)

For the last couple of years, there have been jobs everywhere. I haven't seen the signing bonus signs in a while (they were offering multiple thousands of dollars a year ago for fast food and others).

Not very much engineering, other than far south or commuting to Mass. I don't like commuting and didn't want to live in the expensive suburban south, so waited until I was self-employed before I moved back home (rural south) ten years ago.

But now there are so many remote jobs for engineering, that doesn't even matter any more.

I guess you have a string that you pull to make the gas pedal go down and then hope for the best... :)

Once it is really warm we do that, but not as cold as most commenters have been saying.

We live in a Victorian, and when we moved in we got an energy audit (through nhsaves.com - rates are currently 75% off - you should do it, will definitely save you money) and all of our air left the house every 15 minutes, so no "freshening" needed.

Now that we've sealed up a bunch and insulated more, etc, I think we are up to one air change every 1.6 hours, so not too bad for a 140 year old house.

I used to be able to get deals by threatening to quit. Now they make you switch back and forth every year or two to keep the low prices.

I would check the meter number on the bill with the meter on the side of the house. Also, like others have said, check the actual reading on the meter to make sure it lines up with what is on the bill.

? Not Eversource. They applied and were approved for a 2 cent reduction.

Can you define "near"? 10, 20, 50 miles?

$2.48/gallon isn't bad for propane. It's up to $3 around here (southern NH).

The lower the temperature, the less you will pay. At some point you and/or the pipes freeze and you need to turn the thermostat up...

I just watched "Swing Vote" last night, where the presidential election came down to one guy who had a weird instance voting so got to recast his ballot a week later and had both candidates courting his vote, etc. Pretty funny.

And he was a guy who always said one vote didn't matter...

A couple kids had colds last week and I was feeling chilly too so we turned the pellet stove on a few hours in the morning a couple days. We won't turn on the oil for a while more yet. And with oil prices so high, we'll likely use the pellet stove more this winter.

I was born here and I didn't know the "keep my heat off for as long as possible to brag to others" was a thing until a few years ago

I turn it on when I'm cold.

As a side note, check out nhsaves.com for the energy audit - we've had two and save at least $1000 in fuel each year and have a warmer house in the winter and cooler in the summer.

Yup. I'm always surprised at how many ads other people put up with. I've had Ad Blocker for probably twenty years. I switched to Brave maybe a year ago to get better ad blocking on mobile and it works very nicely.