Recent comments in /f/newhampshire

firewolf8385 t1_j2v8jg7 wrote

They wouldn’t have been there if that’s all he was doing. Even a best case scenario he was threatening someone (likely his parents) with the knife in some way.

The lack of info is likely the police department dragging things out until the blowback is minor, regardless if the shooting was justified or not. The news won’t report on anything that the police department doesn’t say in order to not get sued.

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Sincereinterest t1_j2v36tj wrote

You get the concern and rudeness because the politics have changed here because of many MA residents moving here. Forgive the rude responses. NH isn’t what it was, but we are trying to hang on. If you will be buying a home, each town or city varies a great deal in property taxes. Good suggestion with choosing a town close to 93 with the access to the mountains and commute to MA. The higher wages there potentially offsets the taxes you will pay. If you live in NH and pay MA income tax then you might be losing out. Depends. I bet there are great nanny positions in Windham, Bedford or Bow. Portsmouth is similar to MA in many ways, including politics. Take your time.

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Few-Afternoon-6276 t1_j2v247t wrote

Yeah they knew this family!! They own a huge boat yard, the give back to the community, they donated a skating arena( funds to build it), they are VERY WELL KNOWN…

Something isn’t right- how does one go from knife and stun gun to shooting -

This is another sad story … when will we learn how to deal with mental illness and deescalate?

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PropheticToenails t1_j2v0euc wrote

Not sure what qualifies as oddball, but these are some of the places I have gone when bored:

  • Abenaki Tower, Melvin Village: Old rich guy thought the view was nice so he built a tower. The view is nice.
  • The Libby Museum, Wolfeboro: Old rich guy collected a bunch of random crap and decided the world needed to see it so he bequeathed all his money to ensuring everyone could view his crap in perpetuity. There's lots of stuffed animals. No, the weird and slightly creepy kind.
  • Tilton Arch, Northfield: Old rich guy thought arches were cool so he built a big-ass triumphal arch in basically the middle of nowhere for basically no reason. He also installed a bunch of other random, pointless sculptures throughout the town that bears his name. It's a fun scavenger hunt.
  • Hannah Dustin Monument, Boscawen: Old rich guy decided to build a memorial in honor of a white lady who killed and scalped a bunch of people, so he apparently had the sculptor model it after his mom...holding a hatchet and bunch of bloody scalps. It was erected about 200 years ago and about 200 years after the heavily whitewashed and somewhat apocryphal events took place. Or possibly didn't. If you go the wrong way from the parking lot trail there is a lovely little beach on the river. It's actually quite a nice spot to mull over the unnecessarily violent and shockingly racist inscriptions on the monument itself while enjoying a picnic lunch. The graffiti art on the nearby trestle is also well above par and worth a gander.
  • Endicott Rock, Laconia: Old rich guy sends a bunch of white guys to find out just how much of the natives' territory he controls. They get lost and inscribe a marker to memorialize their failed orienteering. Two hundred years later, some other white guys dredge it up and build a little house for it. And, right up the hill...
  • The American Classic Arcade Museum, Laconia: Old rich guy is too cheap to update the games in the giant arcade he owns so he decides to call it a "museum." I kid, but only just. (For a small fee I will show up and stand behind you saying "flap, flap, flap" repeatedly while you play the Joust table game. I've been told this is helpful. I'll also do it if you want to play Joust II; because this is obviously a game that needed a sequel.)

Let me know if you need more.

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I_knowwhat_I_am t1_j2uzzws wrote

Regarding shipping your stuff, look at different shipping options than UHaul (they are the most expensive). There are a few companies that will drop off a box in your driveway that you fill, and they ship to the new location, or they can hold it in their warehouse until you need it (U Ship It, I think, and ABF does shipping, you "rent" part of a truck and then they fill it with other crap, 8-00 Pack Rat is another similar company). I used both for moves and saved money. Buy cardboard boxes at home depot / lowes. Get the insurance for sure.

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