The roads were very narrow and curvy and looped around thru housing areas (in places) going every direction. I was constantly turned around and lost. (Now, Boston was really, really confusing!) I am more accustomed to roads laid out on a grid. And I am a confirmed small town gal, so too many people and too many cars could do it to me as well. My property taxes on my house and acre of land are less than $600 a year.
Leslie & The Furbabies in cheap to live in small town MO.
So, Denise...you wouldn't happen to know a Paul Levesque would you? He's from Nashua.
Hugs, Tigg
Reply to Leslie:
I guess it's just what we're used to. No grids up here. A few years ago, my cousin from Florida was up for her first visit. She is used to flat roads, and there are very few of those in NH. Many of our roads are hilly and it was making her sick to her stomach. She said that all of the houses looked crooked and had a hard time figuring out how the house could possibly be straight inside, if the ground was so hilly. I tried to explain that the foundations for the cellars are sometimes blasted into the granite (we are the Granite State, after all), and the houses are as straight as in Florida. She couldn't relate to cellars, either.
I can't imagine paying $600 a year for taxes. Ours are just a hair under $6,000 for a normal sized Cape with 3 acres of land. I think the pay scale is a little higher in NH than some other states, it would have to be to afford living here. I know there are much higher priced areas to live, though. My sister-in-law lives in Blue Earth, MN and she brags about her low taxes all the time, she's from NH originally.
I totally agree about Boston, though. I love Boston, so many fun things to do there, but I only go if someone else is driving. Just when you think you've figured out the roads to get there, they change them.
Denise
------------------------------------------------ The roads were very narrow and curvy and looped around thru housing areas (in places) going every direction. =A0 I was constantly turned around and lost. (Now, Boston was really, really confusing!) I am more accustomed to roads laid out on a grid. And I am a confirmed small town gal, so too many people and too many cars could do it to me as well. My property taxes on my house and acre of land are less than $600 a year. Leslie & The Furbabies in cheap to live in small town MO.
Reply to Tigg:
No I don't think I know Paul Levesque, however, I went to school with some Levesques. It's a very common French Canadian name up here. I grew up on "French Hill".
Denise
-------------------------------------------------- So, Denise...you wouldn't happen to know a Paul Levesque would you? He's from Nashua. Hugs,Tigg
I'm never sure how old any of my online friends are. He has a sister named Lynn. I guess it would be a fairly common name in places. Just curious. :)
Hugs, Tigg
Then I'll mess with your head some more! VBG About 7 years ago I bought 5 acres on a state highway (for $8K!!!), but a in a nice residential area, and the annual taxes on the land without a house on it were $1.82- per year! Then two years ago I bought 7.68 acres in a very nice rural residential subdivision (lovely *large* houses were being built on the various parcels in the subdivision) just outside the city limits and the taxes were $8.89 per year! And I only paid $25K for that parcel.... much cheaper than you'd find in most of the US....
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
I guess it's just what we're used to. No grids up here. A few years ago, my cousin from Florida was up for her first visit. She is used to flat roads, and there are very few of those in NH. Many of our roads are hilly and it was making her sick to her stomach. She said that all of the houses looked crooked and had a hard time figuring out how the house could possibly be straight inside, if the ground was so hilly. I tried to explain that the foundations for the cellars are sometimes blasted into the granite (we are the Granite State, after all), and the houses are as straight as in Florida. She couldn't relate to cellars, either.
I can't imagine paying $600 a year for taxes. Ours are just a hair under $6,000 for a normal sized Cape with 3 acres of land. I think the pay scale is a little higher in NH than some other states, it would have to be to afford living here. I know there are much higher priced areas to live, though. My sister-in-law lives in Blue Earth, MN and she brags about her low taxes all the time, she's from NH originally.
I totally agree about Boston, though. I love Boston, so many fun things to do there, but I only go if someone else is driving. Just when you think you've figured out the roads to get there, they change them.
Denise
------------------------------------------------ The roads were very narrow and curvy and looped around thru housing areas (in places) going every direction. I was constantly turned around and lost. (Now, Boston was really, really confusing!) I am more accustomed to roads laid out on a grid. And I am a confirmed small town gal, so too many people and too many cars could do it to me as well. My property taxes on my house and acre of land are less than $600 a year. Leslie & The Furbabies in cheap to live in small town MO.
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