Like it?... Are the winters really that bad?!... Wife wants to move up there, I hate rust....long, cold winters make me nervous....gotta transfer wtih AT&T, or find another job in telecom...... Someone just tell me how horrible it is and how much I'll hate it..... We have two convertibles!... Do they have convertibles in New England!??! j/k... But I guess I won't have to bother fixing my a/c...... fun times ahead.......
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Who lives in New England?...
Where in New England? And, yes, they have convertibles in New England. But, like any car, they rust.
Also, it can be VERY hard to find a job in New England. Well, a good paying job. Between taxes, energy costs, mandatory health insurance (Massachusetts), car property tax (a yearly tax on the value of your car - Connecticut and Massachusetts), it can be an extremely expensive place to live.
And, you'll want to fix your AC to reap the defrosting benefits of it.
Also, it can be VERY hard to find a job in New England. Well, a good paying job. Between taxes, energy costs, mandatory health insurance (Massachusetts), car property tax (a yearly tax on the value of your car - Connecticut and Massachusetts), it can be an extremely expensive place to live.
And, you'll want to fix your AC to reap the defrosting benefits of it.
Damn... didn't even think about defrosting.... She wants Vermont or New Hampshire...... We've only been up there in the winter and all I know of it so far is the "wicked cold"... and RUST everywhere....scary...... I bought a C900 from Ohio once that was only there for a year, corrosion everywhere, dreaded working on it....... I'm spoiled I guess.......
She wants Vermont or New Hampshire...... We've only been up there in the winter and all I know of it so far is the "wicked cold"... and RUST everywhere....scary...... I bought a C900 from Ohio once that was only there for a year, corrosion everywhere, dreaded working on it....... I'm spoiled I guess.......
Well, we have a bunch of Vermonsters and New Hamsters on the board, so I'll let them chime in.
I did live in Vermont for about seven years. I liked it, but it got to be pretty remote from the rest of the world.
And, yeah, it can get freakin'-frackin' cold. You've been warned.
I did live in Vermont for about seven years. I liked it, but it got to be pretty remote from the rest of the world.
And, yeah, it can get freakin'-frackin' cold. You've been warned.
I want your GTO.......
Extreme temps....yes....contrary to popular belief, it gets stupid hot here, 100 degrees and 100% humidity..... I've lived in central Texas and Oklahoma, NC, Alabama(for one summer)... the humidity here in Columbia at 95 degrees is much worse in my opinion that 110 in Dallas....... I absolutely hate our summers here, completeley miserable......
I do wish it'd snow from time to time, you actually start to miss it after several years,... Winter here is a joke, if the local weather even talks about a 2% chance of sleet....EVERYTHING closes down, 24 hour WalMarts, all schools...gas stations.... fortunatley a couple of bars stay open...
Extreme temps....yes....contrary to popular belief, it gets stupid hot here, 100 degrees and 100% humidity..... I've lived in central Texas and Oklahoma, NC, Alabama(for one summer)... the humidity here in Columbia at 95 degrees is much worse in my opinion that 110 in Dallas....... I absolutely hate our summers here, completeley miserable......
I do wish it'd snow from time to time, you actually start to miss it after several years,... Winter here is a joke, if the local weather even talks about a 2% chance of sleet....EVERYTHING closes down, 24 hour WalMarts, all schools...gas stations.... fortunatley a couple of bars stay open...
Vermonts not bad, i've lived here my whole life and like it. Burlington is a great little city, its kinda expensive to live in tho. plus if you get bored with burlington, montreal is close by.
About the cold, its not that bad nothing a pair of carhartts cant handle. Summer is the best around here, there are a ton of hiking and biking trails pretty close to the burlington area and some real good driving roads.
About the cold, its not that bad nothing a pair of carhartts cant handle. Summer is the best around here, there are a ton of hiking and biking trails pretty close to the burlington area and some real good driving roads.
Real men are forged in the snowy hell-winters of the Terrible North.
I've lived here my whole life, minus 4 years of merry traveling in the Marine Corps, and it's not that bad up here. You get 5 distinct seasons, 3 of which are prime for convertibles. (winter and mud season are exciting to say the least.)
Most people deal with rust by having a dedicated winter-beater. A no guilt car specifically designed to act as a martyr to the heathen salt-gods.
If you like freedom and low taxes, move to NH. If you like that stuff and like guns a lot too, move to VT. I prefer NH because of the mountains, seacoast, and everything in between. Anything south of Manchester, NH is Mass-hole invasion pod-people.
Contrary to popular belief, jobs abound here, lots of tech./manufacturing openings. I was reading lately that NH is supposed to have suffered the least, and will come out sooner, and do better in the tough eco-climate we all live in.
Lots of bars/breweries too, and in NH you don't pay taxes to the extent of the commie/socialist lib-tards south of here. (That's you MA & NY)
I've lived here my whole life, minus 4 years of merry traveling in the Marine Corps, and it's not that bad up here. You get 5 distinct seasons, 3 of which are prime for convertibles. (winter and mud season are exciting to say the least.)
Most people deal with rust by having a dedicated winter-beater. A no guilt car specifically designed to act as a martyr to the heathen salt-gods.
If you like freedom and low taxes, move to NH. If you like that stuff and like guns a lot too, move to VT. I prefer NH because of the mountains, seacoast, and everything in between. Anything south of Manchester, NH is Mass-hole invasion pod-people.
Contrary to popular belief, jobs abound here, lots of tech./manufacturing openings. I was reading lately that NH is supposed to have suffered the least, and will come out sooner, and do better in the tough eco-climate we all live in.
Lots of bars/breweries too, and in NH you don't pay taxes to the extent of the commie/socialist lib-tards south of here. (That's you MA & NY)
Dan.... you and I could be good freinds I think.....!!! I love all of the micro-brews up there.... and guns........NH's motto is awesome, LIVE FREE OR DIE....... Even though you were a Jarhead...and I was an Army turd.....I think we'd get along........ I do have a daily driver Jeep that I beat on, don't care if it rusts down to nothing...using it more than I'd like latley, but in a few months, my car will be more beastly than ever and I hope it'll have been worth the trouble!...
See you sometime this year! maybe next....who knows.........
See you sometime this year! maybe next....who knows.........
I lived in CT the first 18 years I was alive. The summers were nice, and the winter was ok when it was snowing. Otherwise winter could be pretty cold. Moving to DC I find that the summers here can get pretty rough, and while it can get cold, it does not get near as cold near as often. If you're looking to get out of the heat, I would say what Arica said and look at PA. You still get the seasons but nothing as extreme as the heat you get in the summer and a little relief of the winters cold in New England.
With that said, New England is beautiful. There is still a bunch I miss about it that I could never find down here in DC. The fall will give you some of the best turbo weather you will ever find. The history all throughout is really cool too. My grandparents lived in a house in CT that was built in 1720 and still had it's original wood floors.
How old are you and your wife? Cause if you are still kind of young, I do suggest that you live in New England at some point in your life even if it is for just a few years. It is totally worth it.
With that said, New England is beautiful. There is still a bunch I miss about it that I could never find down here in DC. The fall will give you some of the best turbo weather you will ever find. The history all throughout is really cool too. My grandparents lived in a house in CT that was built in 1720 and still had it's original wood floors.
How old are you and your wife? Cause if you are still kind of young, I do suggest that you live in New England at some point in your life even if it is for just a few years. It is totally worth it.
I'm 35.... She's 31....and from vermont. ... I do want a really old house, so that part is a plus... I guess if we find decent jobs ..... We will give it a run....
C'mon up
C'mon up! Spent 1 of my 58 years outside New England and I missed it. Had a GF that wanted me to move to NC with her & her kids. No deal. Seacoast NH has the beaches and is an hr to Boston, an hr to Lake Winnipisaukee, and 2 hrs to the Presidential range. Escaped from MA 28 yrs ago- high taxes.
Yes, we have cheap gas, booze, and cigarettes and no, it does not take us 2 hrs to watch 60 minutes like Mike Barnacle said. Even have cable and indoor plumbing. Pickup trucks abound (FUBO) and verts are enjoyable here.
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C'mon up! Spent 1 of my 58 years outside New England and I missed it. Had a GF that wanted me to move to NC with her & her kids. No deal. Seacoast NH has the beaches and is an hr to Boston, an hr to Lake Winnipisaukee, and 2 hrs to the Presidential range. Escaped from MA 28 yrs ago- high taxes.
Yes, we have cheap gas, booze, and cigarettes and no, it does not take us 2 hrs to watch 60 minutes like Mike Barnacle said. Even have cable and indoor plumbing. Pickup trucks abound (FUBO) and verts are enjoyable here.
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Many of us live up here... I've lived in Claremont, NH my whole life. Yeah, the weather can suck from time to time, but you adapt. The worst part about New England's weather is it can change in an instant. For example, it was 53 degree 2 days ago, and today it was snowing and in the 30's... Very mild temps for January as it's usually in the teens and below 0 at night. This has been a really mild winter for us with very little snow.
The one major benefit of living up here? Saabs... and lots of them. Just in a 20 mile radius there are probably about 10 Saablink members here. Put it up to a 50 mile radius and the number more than quadruples.
The other things we have... Lots of covered bridges, skiing/riding, tons of boating and fishing, hunting (if you're into that), beautiful scenery, foliage, mountains, amazing breweries (harpoon, rock art, switchback, magic hat, etc...), Canada, Beautiful old homes from the 1700's, no sales tax (for NH), seat belt's and motorcycle helmets optional (NH), The ocean isn't too far away, etc... It's definitely a different place to live. It's also very expensive up here compared to almost anywhere else in the country, and you don't make nearly enough to compensate for the higher cost of living.
That said, the summers are great up here!
The one major benefit of living up here? Saabs... and lots of them. Just in a 20 mile radius there are probably about 10 Saablink members here. Put it up to a 50 mile radius and the number more than quadruples.
The other things we have... Lots of covered bridges, skiing/riding, tons of boating and fishing, hunting (if you're into that), beautiful scenery, foliage, mountains, amazing breweries (harpoon, rock art, switchback, magic hat, etc...), Canada, Beautiful old homes from the 1700's, no sales tax (for NH), seat belt's and motorcycle helmets optional (NH), The ocean isn't too far away, etc... It's definitely a different place to live. It's also very expensive up here compared to almost anywhere else in the country, and you don't make nearly enough to compensate for the higher cost of living.
That said, the summers are great up here!
ME is cold but thats why we have heated seats and blast furnances for cars....as for rust just wash your car often and very well....and if all else fails find an empty parking lot and do snow donuts.....
I visited NH briefly this summer for the possibilty of my wife going to grad school. When we drove into Keene NH we both said this feels like home. Keene NH is my wifes (and mine) number one choice for schools. We will find out where we are moving around April. Fingers Crossed on NH.
I grew up in Green Bay WI, spent for years in Upper Michigan, technically north of Montreal and lived on a peninsula that sticks out into lake superior. While salt sucks, winter rocks. I look forward to snow every year.
Head north.
I grew up in Green Bay WI, spent for years in Upper Michigan, technically north of Montreal and lived on a peninsula that sticks out into lake superior. While salt sucks, winter rocks. I look forward to snow every year.
Head north.
It's funny that you want to move to NH, because I'm looking for a nice warm place like SC to get away from the cold and go to college haha.
It's cold. And snowy. And rusty. (But hey, it's January...)
All three months of summer are great (as long as it doesn't rain through all of it like last year). Spring/fall are awesome. Winter/mud season... well... depends on what you're into
All three months of summer are great (as long as it doesn't rain through all of it like last year). Spring/fall are awesome. Winter/mud season... well... depends on what you're into
I grew up in Massachusetts and moved to New Hampshire three months after my 18th birthday. I love it here. Sure it's cold, sure it snows and rains and gets shitty hot in the summer, but we get four seasons a year and living is cheap if you know how to do it.
And there are lots and lots of 'verts up here. They're four-season cars, three of which you can drive with the top down (I've gone topless in a LeBaron during a light snow squall and don't recommend it.)
And there are lots and lots of 'verts up here. They're four-season cars, three of which you can drive with the top down (I've gone topless in a LeBaron during a light snow squall and don't recommend it.)
NH is pretty awesome. I lived in VT for 12 years then moved to NH about 20 min from where i lived in VT when we got married.
NH is nice because: no sales tax, weather is great (yea, it can change in an instant but the weather doesn't usually kill anyone here ex. no hurricanes or tornadoes(usually)), lots of nice areas all in a short distance, and about a hundred others.
VT is cool to, but definitely an expensive place to live, more taxes, and some pretty eclectic people (who incidentally don't like outsiders moving in to their territory) but for the most part it is pretty friendly and again the weather is great and the different places to visit are all relatively close by.
Plus there are a shit load of micro brews and beer and liquor are easily available.
NH is nice because: no sales tax, weather is great (yea, it can change in an instant but the weather doesn't usually kill anyone here ex. no hurricanes or tornadoes(usually)), lots of nice areas all in a short distance, and about a hundred others.
VT is cool to, but definitely an expensive place to live, more taxes, and some pretty eclectic people (who incidentally don't like outsiders moving in to their territory) but for the most part it is pretty friendly and again the weather is great and the different places to visit are all relatively close by.
Plus there are a shit load of micro brews and beer and liquor are easily available.
You all have convinced me that everything will be okay when we move..... I'll especially enjoy the Saabradery....old homes and the plentiful breweries, maybe I'll start one myself!.. Hardly anyone down here has a Saab...... It'll be nice to hang out with some other Saaber's from time to time.... The one Saab buddy I have here is 1.5 hours away.....
Hopefully I'll get to know some of you soon.....
The one Saab buddy I have here is 1.5 hours away..... Hopefully I'll get to know some of you soon.....
You know what us New Englanders do during these long, cold, brutal, bitter, epic winters? We put our coats on. Sometimes, we also wear hats and gloves. It's so amazing!
Sorry for the sarcasm, but I'm an obnoxious Masshole, and I can't help myself.
Sorry for the sarcasm, but I'm an obnoxious Masshole, and I can't help myself.
lol Abigail... and in the winter when we happen to get a thaw day of around 45 degrees, you'll see many people in shorts washing their cars :lol:.
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