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shenanighenz t1_j389qb7 wrote

Reply to comment by chain_me_up in I couldn’t resist #massholes by lubelle12

Just think of it as ribbing your sibling. We get on each others nerves. Tease eachother. But at the end of the day we’d be there if something went wrong. (Like after the last big storm it was MA linemen that restored my power) You can drive yourself crazy over the jokes but in the end that’s all it is.

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hyzerlady t1_j38995y wrote

Reply to Areas to avoid in Manchester? by gman2391

It may be an unpopular opinion, but I would avoid walking on many trail systems alone, personally. The rail trail on the south side has had tons of problems and even a murder in broad daylight. The Piscataquag rail trail has a lot of homeless camps. The Massabesic trails are popular, but people get mugged there. I’d just avoid being anywhere isolated by yourself. Use your street smarts everywhere else and you’ll be fine. It’s not that bad, it’s not that great though either.

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AdrianArmbruster t1_j3897zt wrote

Reply to Areas to avoid in Manchester? by gman2391

I moved here for a job almost a year ago.

Elm street (sort of the ‘main street’ - city hall is there) should be safe. Few homeless people on occasion, but if you were to be mugged there even later at night it’d at least be surprising.

South of the ‘main’ city core near the mall is also safe. North of the main city is safe. West of the river is fairly safe. Out in the periphery/suburbs should be extra safe.

The area immediately east of Elm street is the ‘bad part of town’ that most complaints on the subreddit about drugs/homelessness/crime stem from. There’s a homeless encampment around there, and weather permitting they’ll switch over to one of the nearby parks. Seen a grand total of one altercation leading to arrest in the past year with my own eyes, so it’s not like assaults are rampant.

This is one of the safest states in the country and the worst parts of its largest city are… right around the national average, as far as I know.

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KrissaKray t1_j386wz9 wrote

Reply to Areas to avoid in Manchester? by gman2391

The Trees. (Spruce, Cedar, Pine, Beech, Maple, Chestnut)

I lived for 12 years on the South Side wiiiicked close to the Londonderry line (got out of dodge about 6 mos ago) and that's probably the best-removed from all the BS Manchester has to offer.

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margismith1111 t1_j386h3c wrote

Reply to Areas to avoid in Manchester? by gman2391

Don't go on Manchester street, anywhere near Elm St city area ( Union, Hanover, Lake, Pine, Lowell, Maple, Wilson, Valley, Spruce, Cedar, Lincoln, Silver, Somerville; that area)

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shenanighenz t1_j384ga6 wrote

Reply to comment by lubelle12 in I couldn’t resist #massholes by lubelle12

I think if anything actually bothers me about it is when people do care so much. I’m a born Masshole, grew up in Nh and now live in Maine. No New England population Is as different from eachother as these stereotypes act. Maybe it’s because I spent a year in living in North Carolina and that gave me culture shock but anytime I see New Englanders bicker it feels like siblings poking at eachother

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BlessthisMess31 t1_j383y6y wrote

Reply to Areas to avoid in Manchester? by gman2391

I’ve lived here on and off between 2012 to present day, and Manchester really isn’t that bad. I’d say the rougher areas are mostly residential with convenience stores, laundromats, etc. you likely won’t be patronizing anyway. Basically, between 10pm - 6am, I’d just avoid walking alone in the area of pine street to maple street, between maybe orange street and somerville street (pine through maple streets run north to south, parallel to elm street, and orange through somerville streets run east to west, perpendicular to elm street), which is easy enough to do.

Enjoy your new job!

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