New Hampshire #1
 

New Hampshire was just ranked the #1 State to move to.
Get ready for an influx of new residents! :(

Shhh. We already have too many here who want to make it like the place they left. Close the border. Unfettered growth is for Florida and Texas. NH was the fastest growing state in the 70's, and in my mind that was not a good thing.

Criteria? If it is economics and/or political, it leaves out the climate. The winters here drive a lot of people to choose somewhere else to go. Snow arrives by late Nov and April storms are common also. Five months of winter/cold is too long for many to overlook..

I just saw data yesterday showing that 1 in 7 homes for sale in America is in Florida, which only has 8% of the US's homes.

The question is whether it's development catching up to demand or demand falling.

Merrimack's growth, as you know, has been out of control for a while now.

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26th in affordability
2nd in Safety
7th in Economic Strength
3rd in Health/Education
2nd in Quality of Life

Not so much high ranking in any one category, but close to the top in two out of three.

Ayotte has it on her official site with a link to the Consumer Report page.

I think you may be over estimating snow. Heck, even the cold with the ice in/ice out dates is a bit less than it was in the past.

If it is overestimated, it is only slightly... I log it all in a weather diary. also:

Variance exists.

But in general people will pay attention to winter activities not associated with snowmaking.

So a younger family/individual (what they are focused on getting to move here); would maybe see four seasons as a positive. But depending on their preferred activity, may find the need to either take up alpine skiing to get consistent snow or an ice arena to get consistent ice.

you can have the last word

Always! :laugh:

Last word John, lol.

Ask the snowmobilers how long a season they have had in the area in the last few years.

Check the history of the sled dog race and when it had to be cancelled or shortened.

Read the countless forum entries on when the lake ices over...

Winters are not that long; and the younger workforce they are looking for are not in opposition to them.

I rest my case!

Congrats NH!! Well deserved!!!:cheers:

Dan

My question is who is moving to NH? Is it the young families or the older retirees/retirees to be. If it is the latter, then climate matters. That is the group that moves to NH for what I suspect is financial reasons (unfortunately, they soon find out that “no income tax” isn’t the panacea they expected) so they can winter in FL.

NH real estate sales just had a record month in June, over one billion dollars in sales for the first time ever!:eek:
Over 1500 sales, the most since 2019.

I saw that on WMUR too. They didn't say what type of homes sold. New luxury homes, or existing homes?

Well, it was over 1500 sales so I would imagine it was a mix. They did say the mid sales price rose to 570K, not cheap anymore!