Considering moving to Manchester, NH...

[dasi-duc]

... and am looking for feedback about anything in the area in terms of riding and in general.  Any tips?

[cyrus buelton]

Conceal Handgun permit is 10$ for 4yrs! 

[Randimus Maximus]

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. 

[lethe]

Look out for crotchety old painters.

[herm]

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.

[ducpainter]

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.

[Porsche Monkey]

Look out for crotchety old painters.

Damn you beat me to it.

[CMDRDAVE]

Ahhhh yes, Manch-Vegas!

[cyrus buelton]

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.

[Popeye the Sailor]

It's not outsiders-it's anyone. I never spoke to my neighbors in New England.

[cyrus buelton]

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.

[herm]

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

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.

[ducpainter]

It's not outsiders-it's anyone. I never spoke to my neighbors in New England.

You didn't live there long enough.

[geoffduc]

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...

[Popeye the Sailor]

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!