I am looking to move to NH from Western, NY to get away from the tryanny of the state govt, and NYC over the rest of the state, and into the most free state I know of. In order to do so, I must find suitable employment, preferably in HR or Management, housing, and sell my home in NY. If anyone can assist me in any of these issues, please let me know. I can be reached at smizzith75@hotmail.com or on aim at smizzith75.
Thanks,
Sean
Welcome.
Many people find it easier to find a job when they are here. If you are not having success from a distance, you may want to save enough to live on for a little while, move, then look around for work.
That said, you'll find some useful job links in the Jobs subforum here.
My problem is, I can not afford to save with my current situation and job here in NY. Hence one of the reasons I am looking to move. If not Keene, elsewhere in NH will be suitable as well.
A dirty little secret (not really) of NH is that while we love to look down on Massachusetts, call them Massholes and all that, a high percentage of NH residents earn their living in Mass. Including me. Companies open facilities in NH requiring educated workers last during boom times, then they cut them first during recessions. Boston is the economic engine of NH. That is why we are wealthier than our neighbors in Maine and NH, not because of our LFOD values.
I would suggest you factor in commuting to the Route 128 or Route 495 belts in your decisions. Where I live, Danville, about 10 miles north of the Mass border, is an easy commute to most of northern Mass, Nashua, Manchester, Concord, and Portsmouth.
I would also recommend that you not move to Keene, or any of our other 12 NH cities, or any town with more than 5,000 people. Most of NH has toothless local governments. Why people want to live in a busybody place like Keene is beyond me. I am not part of the FSP movement or voluntaryists or whatever. I mostly knuckle under to authority. But I live in a place where there isn't much authority, so I can do as I please for the most part.
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A dirty little secret (not really) of NH is that while we love to look down on Massachusetts, call them Massholes and all that, a high percentage of NH residents earn their living in Mass. Including me. Companies open facilities in NH requiring educated workers last during boom times, then they cut them first during recessions. Boston is the economic engine of NH. That is why we are wealthier than our neighbors in Maine and NH, not because of our LFOD values.
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People tend to be weather in NH than MA, VT, ME and the vast majority of the nation. Much of this is because of the way the government is structured and funded in NH. People have been moving to NH since it started for more freedom.
OT: Welcome to the forum and hopefully you will move to NH soon. NY is just about the most restricted place in the US, especially NYC. NH is one of the least restrictive places in the US, especially many of the small towns.
If you make your income in MA, doesn't MA steal from you as if you lived there? Government has a way of trampling you like that.
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If you make your income in MA, doesn't MA steal from you as if you lived there? Government has a way of trampling you like that.
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If you are talking about paying MA state income taxes, then yes.
You still come out ahead paying the Mass tax, compared to jobs and salaries in NH.
if you give people reasons to help you … maybe they will
right now none of us know you … and you have many obstacles to a move