... and am looking for feedback about anything in the area in terms of riding and in general. Any tips?
Conceal Handgun permit is 10$ for 4yrs! [thumbsup]
You'd be about 50 miles from next year's DIMBY!
30 miles from NHMS, where they have a number of track days.
A fair number of DMFers in the area. I'm sure some will be chiming in on this thread about the area.
It's beautiful in the surrounding area, that's for sure. [thumbsup]
Look out for crotchety old painters.
excellent riding all around Manchester. I lived in Goffstown (just west of Manchester) until last spring, and the riding right out my back door was awesome.
i did not care for Manchester all that much, but thats just a personal opinion.
oh, and you will be about an hour from the best Ducati wrench in the area....well worth the drive time.
It's cold in the winter.
We're anti-social and frown on outsiders coming and wanting change.
Alcohol is your friend.
Riding is awesome but the season is short...
because it's really freaking cold in the winter. ;D
Quote from: lethe on September 10, 2010, 01:19:04 PM
Look out for crotchety old painters.
Damn you beat me to it.
Ahhhh yes, Manch-Vegas!
If Manchester is anything like Keene, NH................they don't take kindly to outsiders.
And no, it just isn't me that experienced this. About 30 people from my employer have visited Keene and we all got the same vibe.
It's not outsiders-it's anyone. I never spoke to my neighbors in New England.
Quote from: MrIncredible on September 10, 2010, 06:43:14 PM
It's not outsiders-it's anyone. I never spoke to my neighbors in New England.
My wife grew up in Connecticut until she was 18.
I agree.
It's a different world.
She then lived in florida until she moved here.
She has still had an adjustment periiod.
Quote from: cyrus buelton on September 10, 2010, 05:25:50 PM
If Manchester is anything like Keene, NH................they don't take kindly to outsiders.
And no, it just isn't me that experienced this. About 30 people from my employer have visited Keene and we all got the same vibe.
dont know about Keene, but Manchester wasn't really unfriendly, just.......nothing special
Quote from: MrIncredible on September 10, 2010, 06:43:14 PM
It's not outsiders-it's anyone. I never spoke to my neighbors in New England.
and do you speak to your neighbors in CA?
where i grew up in New England, being neighborly and helping each other out was a natural part of life. the same was true in Colorado, and even in Oregon. in fact, it was true where i lived in NH as well.
Quote from: MrIncredible on September 10, 2010, 06:43:14 PM
It's not outsiders-it's anyone. I never spoke to my neighbors in New England.
You didn't live there long enough.
Well guy's the folk over here in manchester are quite friendly but not as friendly as us folk on merseyside (liverpool area)
Sorry I just couldn't resist... [bang]
[coffee]
Quote from: herm on September 10, 2010, 08:32:27 PM
and do you speak to your neighbors in CA?
where i grew up in New England, being neighborly and helping each other out was a natural part of life. the same was true in Colorado, and even in Oregon. in fact, it was true where i lived in NH as well.
Yup-friendliest, warmest bunch ever.
Ruined mah dang solitude. I need my moat!
I have no first-hand experience of living in Manchester. Now that I've lived in a town so small it has no stoplights or gas stations for 15 years, Manchester seems way too crowded and noisy. When I first moved here from Texas, Manchester seemed like a charming small town. Everything's relative.
My experience of friendliness is apparently entirely different from that of others here. My neighbors are extremely (annoyingly) friendly. It is a bit like living in a fishbowl at times since everybody knows my business. They've all learned that my wife is a nice person, unlike me, so they just talk to her.
I'm with Cyrus Buelton in not being overly fond of Keene.
Why are you thinking of Manchvegas?
I've been given the opportunity to relocate to for my job in order to be in a larger office and closer to a larger part of my department and my direct manager.
It is close to my brother (an '00 ducati 748 owner 8) ) and it does seem like a nice area. Being close to the sea would be nice. Well, closer than I am right now...
The winters there are the almost the same as they are where I am at in CNY.
Who was the duc mechnic that was mentioned earlier? What is Dimby too?
Quote from: dasi-duc on September 11, 2010, 06:22:02 PM
Who was the duc mechnic that was mentioned earlier? What is Dimby too?
Duc mechanic was probably DucVet http://www.clubhousemotorsports.com/ (http://www.clubhousemotorsports.com/)
DIMBY is AWESOME ;D
Dimby:
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=40988.msg732133#msg732133 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=40988.msg732133#msg732133)
The long version:
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=33393.msg580962#msg580962 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=33393.msg580962#msg580962)
Quote from: XJDAVE on September 11, 2010, 09:33:08 PM
Duc mechanic was probably DucVet http://www.clubhousemotorsports.com/ (http://www.clubhousemotorsports.com/)
DIMBY is AWESOME ;D
yes, and yes.
I also live close to Manchester. I have nothing of value to add but can only recommend you check the place out first. Spend a week and see what you think.