Heating in NH is predominantly forced hot air by oil or propane. Less popular is hot water basedboard either oil or propane fired. Electric heat is rare, too expensive. In the cities you can find natural gas but everywhere else it's oil or propane or electric.Everything seems to be baseboard heating or forced electric. And electricity rates look super high there. Does everyone just eat a $500/month electricty bill in the winter?
How's summer? Humid as hell? Black flies bad all around?
Electricity is somewhat expensive.
I think summers are fantastic but I don't mind humidity. Bugs aren't really a problem. Nothing like Maine whose state bird is the mosquito.
I wouldn't recommend Plaistow. Bedford and Rye are much better choices. Stay away from Manchester, Nashua and, to a lesser degree, Salem.
Property taxes are the biggest negative. However it varies greatly by town. Rye is very low because it's a wealthy town. Bedford is also very wealthy but I don't know the tax rate. No income tax and no sales tax more than offset the property taxes in most cases though. There is a meals tax.
The government is pretty efficient and doesn't overspend like all the other states around us. Roads are generally excellent considering the climate. You can always tell when you pass the Mass. state line because the roads turn to sh*t. In the winter our roads are plowed by the time we wake up in the morning while Mass. roads are barely passable. There's a running joke about Mass.: what's big and orange and sleeps three? A Mass. state plow truck. If you haven't guessed I hate Mass. Toxic politics, rampant corruption and taxation out the wazoo. Moved away from there about 15 years ago and don't miss it a bit.