I Drove Through The WORST Parts Of New Hampshire. This Is What I Saw.
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- The worst areas of New Hampshire are really bad. Wow!
For this episode of dashboard tours, I took i93 south from Concord, the capital of New Hampshire and headed to the city of Manchester. My goal would be to drive through one of the very few bad areas in the whole state of New Hampshire. The area I picked is in a rundown part of town just outside of downtown Manchester. But as you’ll see, bad for New Hampshire would be good for a lot of the rest of the country.
It was a late winter day, but the sun shone bright. The day was Sunday, March 21, 2021 at about 1 pm.
We’re going to begin downtown to lend some perspective. As you can see lots of people were out and about and downtown is very vibrant. Then, we’ll turn into a neighborhood that’s widely considered to be the most rundown and crime ridden in Manchester. There’s a reason people in New Hampshire call this place ManchVegas.
Here’s the route you’ll take. Again, once we get into the bad part of town you can make your own assumptions. To me, it wasn’t that bad at all, but I had just been to Philadelphia a couple days ago, so my perspective is skewed at this point. This also puts into perspective just how good a state New Hampshire is. I mean if this is one of the worst areas in the state, then they are quite lucky, I’d say.
Here is the rest of Manchester New Hampshire’s worst areas, and some of the worst areas in this entire state.
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This worst section of town would be the best section of town in dozens of American cities.
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I'm from Manchester its nothing. I just watched some YT videos of Kensington Ave or whatever on Philly. Man oh man. Shooting up in front of cops no repercussions. Checkout some videos. Wild
That is an understatement!! I love visiting NH , especially North Conway. The people, scenery and laid back atmosphere, sure make the life easy
@@shakazulu5819 there's plenty of black people in Latinos here. Definitely more white people but plenty of every race
You drove right past my house! This area is clearly not the best part of Manchester but it's as affordable as it gets. Our unit is a 2 story 3-bedroom townhouse and has a private driveway and private fenced back yard with a deck. We would never be able to afford this in downtown Boston. I know because I've lived in downtown Boston. Manchester is a very livable city - not too small, not too big. We don't have the immense gridlock of the bigger cities but we're big enough to have lots of options for shopping, recreation and cultural events. And we're about an hour away from the mountains, the ocean, and Boston if you crave a big city experience.
I know my hubs family had a place in Boston back in the day(50-80’s I think) if they sold it today’s market they’d get over a million dollars for it
I'm from Charlotte North Carolina and I was married to a girl from Manchester New Hampshire I liked it there I work for this company from out of suncook New Hampshire Rodger lavoie swimming pool company that was back in 1976 I worked all over Manchester New Hampshire and Concord New Hampshire allenstown hooksett Hanover Pembroke I love New Hampshire hadn't been back there since 19 77 we divorced and I just never went back
How much $$$
Looks like the only thing missing in Manchester is a few major sports teams like an NFL team, NBA team, NHL team, and a MLB team. That would really bring in new residents to the city. Manchester have been growing over the years.
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Did I miss something? I didn't see boarded-up buildings, burnt/roofless buildings, mechanic shops in the front yard, old cars blocks, or graffitis.
Haha-must be nice NH! Great vid Nick!
Hello from the original Manchester U.K.
Yes that's what Manchester was named after. We also have a Portsmouth and Dover in NH.
Looks lovely!!
Many of those homes are gorgeous!
True new englander here thank you for this video! Living in California now due to military re-location we cannot wait to go back home ❤
You went through on a cold Sunday early afternoon. All the drug addicts, drunks, and hookers were still sleeping. Go through on a Friday or Saturday night between 10 pm and 2 am in the summer
Shits not the hood 😂😂 id move there happily if the opportunity presented itself accordingly
Right where the homeless shelter is there's about 3 blocks that are rough but really not that bad .
DOVER, NH IS FULL OF JUNKIES. THEY STAY INSIDE THE TRAIN STATIONS DURING THE WINTERS! DUH!
Lol, that's the truth, brother. In any state or city. If you want to know the truth, go at night between 8:00pm and 12:00 midnight.
NH rocks. Just stinks that good-paying jobs can be tough to find in many areas. A ton of folks commute long distances to Mass for work, which is reasonable until winter kicks in.
With the pandemic and all, are they able to work from home
As a NH resident I will agree with you in the normal sense but due to Covid19 there's many different jobs aplenty at this time.
I think you are right.
Gets fun on old 125 in the winter 🥶
Lived in Dover,Rochester,Somersworth,and Portsmouth and some areas they showed in Manchester are quiet during the day but after 6:00 p.m. there's areas you shouldn't be in. Lived on and off in N.H. for 38 years.
Might remind me of the part of Belleville Illinois over by Roosevelt School or the Park on south 6th street and downtown Belleville Illinois a little bit truth
Nice clip
Bad parts of New Hampshire look better than most parts of Ohio… even the “decent areas”
East Cleveland or Dayton or Akron??🤔
@@mariooliveira6780 Akron is rough. I know a guy from TH-cam that lives in a house valued at $30k when the average house is valued at $80k there.
Can confirm. I have lived in several areas of NH off and on since 2000, but lived near Dayton from2005-2008. To quote myself when we moved back to NH, "I'd rather be homeless in NH than own a home in OH.
I was just thinking, I live in Denver CO, and as nice as it is for a big city, it's not Manchester NH ghetto nice.
Well short of Cherry Creek, Country Club and Belcaro... those neighborhoods are like Long Island nice. But that's only 3 out of 78 neighborhoods. LOL
@@sarahbreisch4750 Jus gotta remember/comprehend - 'We're all a few paychecks, from being homeless' ! 💀
Spot on commentary, Nick. The very worst street in all of New Hampshire surely looks like paradise compared to the streets of Philadelphia!
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Tough parts of the city are Granite Street near South Main, Beech St near Cumberland Farms, Massabesic St near Lake, and Dubuque near Conant. You were hanging out in Hanover Hill area, kid!
I live in nashua right now right at the Hollis line. I like it! Lots of woods and wildlife, so for me as a naturalist it's great.
This doesn't even show the worst parts of Manchester. It also looks like a ghost town, hardly anyone is out and about. This doesn't show anything even remotely "bad". This makes Manchester seem a lot nicer than it actually is.
probably because he went in the winter time as well. a different story in the summer
@@sammac92 as they say: "Sun's out guns out!"
Afraid to film in the REAL bad part of Manchester that's y u don't get to see parts of drown av....drive bys ..
Yeah, manchester is worse than some of the biggest "most" dangerous cities in the country now really. It's the rude, incompetent attitude of most people and the city doing nothing except making things worse. This video is the worst depiction of manch I've ever seen
Yeah…cross the river over to the west side between McGregor St & the Piscataquog River and it’s a different story. This side has rough parts, but it’s mostly chill during the daytime (save for a few places west of Chestnut St and to Elm St).
Over on the west side across the Merrimack River? Yeah, being out in the day is sketchy and while at night the city can be rough, it’s dangerous as all hell over there.
They’re not lucky for having a nice state.. they are die hard about not allowing BS in that state.. Live free or die NH!!!
They aren't lucky, they're white. NH is one the whites states in the country and as such, it's not going to have the BS of other diverse states.
@@cadillacholmes4836 Lol, what apple dumpling cart did you fall off? There are lots of drugs in New Hampshire, especially Laconia.
Exactly! I moved to NH 4 years ago from the keys, NH is by far the best place i ever lived.. i will never move out of this state!
@@Joe_Bob_Trucking Plenty of bad white states with out of control drug problems and half the state on welfare living off the government. West Virginia comes to mind right away. Racists will always make everything about race though which you are.
Damn straight
You drove past the house I grew up in on Merrimack st 😭
There's some pretty bad apartments behind that black skyscraper Souvlaki's Pizza is at or was at the bottom of East high street
Manchester native and West Side resident for most of my life. About 40 years ago the Federal Government decided that Manchester would be a refugee relocation center. During those 40 years Manchester has had thousands of refugees dumped in our city. Most have been great citizens who have prospered and are a great part of the community. Going in the less favorable sections of the city and you will find the refugees and others who have not thrived. Overall though Manchester is thriving with high tech start ups and a young and growing population. You are near my house at the start of the video. Let me know of you come back again, I'd love to get together.
As a new Hampshire resident, I would not clasify that worst area of New Hampshire. I see well kept homes and tenement houses very well kept. I see no graffiti. I know this area , because I worked one time in this area as a freelance electrician. People paid their bills. Hence there are no worst areas of New Hampshire. In comparison to other states, i.ll take this area over any other area. The only problem I see with the state as a whole is high property taxes, high electric rates, and the severe lack of rail public transportation.
I Love New Hampshire.
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@7:06 Where i used to live. You see drug users wandering around sometimes. Doors get checked by thieves. Light crime. Lowest homicide rates in the country
Should have hit french hill area in nashua...or parts of salem...those boarder towns are getting bad.
Very good video. The on-street parking really narrows down the road. Must be a mess after a big snow storm.
We have blinking lights at the street lights for NO PARKING BANS before, during, and immediately after a major snow storm.
It's a heads up before being towed.
They also adopted an Odd/Even parking( park on the side of street on the day that is odd or even number by midnight) streets from November to April...or something like that, to make the streets easier to drive through. 🚗
No parking on the street after 11 p.m. From December 1st through April 1st
yup
Yeah we've got the blinking lights to signal parking bans but people ignore them and leave their cars on the road anyway. There isn't enough parking to get them off the road, so what are they supposed to do? I live on a tiny side street and our neighbors constantly leave their cars out cause they have no off street parking. The plow can barely get around them and it makes the streets a mess.
Manchester may have some of the worst parts in NH but it's overall not bad. The worst would be either Rochester or Berlin.
Back in the early '80s, I drove to Rochester, NH to buy a '69 Corvette from a guy for $3500. After getting there, he wouldn't sell it to me because I wasn't 18 y/o.
Nashua, aka Trashua, aka Nashghanistan.
I live right outside of Rochester in Farmington. Just alot of poor people and drugs. Not much else
There are areas in the smaller towns or out in the woods that are way worse than Manchester, but they get a pass because in NH "Manchester = bad"
I think a lot of people don't grasp that different neighborhoods of a city can vary wildly. Manchester has some crappy neighborhoods, but it also has some pretty nice neighborhoods too. It's all about what part of the city you're in.
I've never been to Berlin but based on what little I know about it, it seems terribly depressing.
Go there at night around the Lake Ave. And Union st area. Thank you for the video. I lived there for many yrs. Live in Oklahoma now
Well Claremont NH - where I reside - is the worst. So many run down tenements and crack houses on back streets. Come here you’ll see
The worst parts of New Hampshire are better than the best parts of most states!
You didn’t visit the “tree streets” in Nashua. As bad as they are it’s still 10x better than a bad part of Boston. I love living in NH
Yep. I wouldn't walk in the tree streets at night and I'm from Nashua.
French Hill in Nashua is pretty sketchy too I live in Nashua as well
It's almost comical how many people I know and have met who have been jumped and/or stabbed in Nashua. Myself included.
@@heidimargaret306 I just moved outa French Hill shits getting bad over there
ash street baby lmfao
Reminds me of Downtown Lexington KY.
I'm sorry but I heard not a single car alarm, gun shot, person yelling/screaming, not even a hobo in sight...man I need to move to NH! 😭
My son, who was raised in Florida, moved to NH 3 yrs ago. He loves it.
This explains the same exact thing with me! Born and raised in FL, moved to NH 3 years ago. And I love it!
@@silentvega2004 I will move there eventually. I love New England!
@@belle16117 yes, if you want the best then just stay out of the cities with higher population density, they're not horrible, but the people are interesting. It's basically like average America, but safer. Good luck :))
@@silentvega2004 I would live in the country, close to Keene.
@@belle16117 keene is quite nice from what I've heard. Never been there though.
Take this ride on a friday in june. Would give you a much better perspective on the bad areas. It's not the buildings and neighborhoods that make it that way. But the people that live within
I don’t see trash, broken windows, tents. Looks pretty good to me
how much of this i recongnise is crazy
One more comment: can’t wait until you do the “bad” parts of Vermont, which are even less “bad” than this!
Vermont has some pretty bad Ghettos and is much more lenient on Drug crimes. VERMONT caters to the poor who sell the drugs and the wealthy Drug consumers and is driving the middle class who pay most of the taxes out at alarming rates. I had to leave because unless you are completely in poverty and someone else's burden or you are already wealthy you can't make it in Vermont entirely to expensive.
Vermont has some quite bad areas, but they're not in cities, they're in smaller towns... we barely have what you could consider "cities" to begin with.
Gotta check out parts of Bennington and Rutland for this
@@RiftShad3COD Don't forget Brattleboro, Saint Johnsbury, Barre, St. ALBANS. The old North End, and Morrisville all big Crack and Heroin spots.
@@owenbackus8876 Okay but here me out. If anyone sees this and is from Bennington you know what I mean. Pleasant Street and Willowbrook. That’s all I should have to say
I live in a "not very good" neighborhood in a mid-sized college town in New Hampshire. Looks similar to what you've depicted in this video. I freely go walking in the neighborhood and I've never been harassed or felt unsafe. Neighbors are friendly, although some of them may have a substance abuse problem that I hope they're able to recover from. I live in this "less than" neighborhood because the rent is more affordable. For many of us, it comes down to living where the cost of housing is affordable.
Nashua?
Keene?
I was about to say Plymouth. Prob keen
@@waynv1835 no way it’s Durham def Keene or Nashua or Plymouth
I grew up in Keene and the problem with the cost of rent there is specifically due to having the college downtown. There are a lot of less than lovely neighborhoods around the college where the landlords get a fortune for a ghetto quality apartment because they don't rent them to just one person. Three or four students will all go in together on a large apartment that goes for say $2000/month, I'm just using a round number here for an example. If there are four kids living there that comes to $500/mo each which is cheap for them and they don't really care what the total monthly rent is. But then landlords that have apartments away from the college look at what these crappy apartments are going for downtown and say to themselves if they are getting this for that then I should be able to get lots more for my place that is in a much better neighborhood and in way better condition. This ends up making it really difficult for families or single people to be able to afford to live in Keene because the rent in nice areas is through the roof.
Born and raised here. I moved out at 20. Its not terrible but getting away definitely helps your prospective on people. There is a lot of peaceful little towns in NH.
Was hoping for more of an edited video w more narration as I like to LISTEN to these while working on side projects.
If Los Angeles looked liked this, I would be a Happy Camper.. We have 4 foot high trash where I am at.
Cold winters scare a lot of people away. Paradise is attractive to a lot of people and therefore creates hell.
Every city has it's issues,I moved to Manchester 30 yrs.ago and I like it,other than skyrocketing housing costs NH is a nice place to live.
I was in Manchester the other day and I got working class vibes but nothing full on ghetto. Seems like a decent city overall.
I graduated Central High in 1975, left and never went back. What a shithole, I’m always embarrassed to tell people I’m from there.
West side is the worst. This is the east. Five blocks north you'll find million plus dollar homes. Although, even west Manchester is better than a lot of places.
OMG, just go drive through Boston,
Springfield, Worcester, Hartford, NYC, Philly, Baltimore and DC and you'd see a WHOLE DIFFERENT world than this. New Hampshire is overall a VERY NICE place, including ALL areas of Manchester & Concord.
Face it, most towns and cities worldwide would literally kill to have "slums and ghettos" like this if they had to have any to begin with.
I had to play Snoop Dogg in my head to get the right feel for it, and to cover up the sound of the birds chirping, lol!
I want to visit New Hampshire soon. Londonderry or Derry areas
You will love it
I work all over Manchester. You really didn't drive through the bad parts.
It's a great city and I like working and living in it.
{3:34-3:46} What a beautiful house {maroon}...I would be very proud to live there, and this is one of the "worst" parts of N. H. ? What's so bad about it, the cold winters? The people, the lousy economy...Isn't that always the case!
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We moved to NH after I graduated from Georgetown Law School in 1974. Raised two children in Laconia. Now the rich and famous fly into the Laconia airport and Meadow brook brings in the greatest acts in the country.
Laconia is filled with drugs and crime, You all who 'graduate from fffn Georgetown Law School have NO clue!
It's worse at night but one thing about this bad section of Manchester N.H. is that everybody in that area knows everybody and that keeps crime in check preventing it from being real nasty
It really is all about watching out for each other, wherever you live.
@@653j521that explains a lot. Here in Miami FL, someone can rob you in broad daylight in front of a crowd of people and no one will do anything. When cops come to investigate, no one will come forward as a witness. This happened to my aunt.
The triple deckers and chain linked fences is the give away
Hopefully the weather and expensive housing can keep people from moving here. Its already getting extremely crowded with all the trash from Massachusetts moving here to avoid all the taxes and crime
I have lived in NH my entire life and before covid worked at the homeless shelter on Manchester st in Manchester. While it's by no means Lawrence, MA or NY city as far as crime goes, the amount of shootings, police stand offs and violent crime in general in Manchester, Nashua, and even Concord, NH has risen significantly along with the homeless rates (families and working people, not just addicts like everyone assumes). People can't afford to live here. It's crazy.
Laconia is bad too, born and lived my entire life in this state and I'm afraid I'll have to leave my home one day bc I can't afford to stay and there's not enough housing anywhere.
Its 97% addicts, 2% mentally ill, and 1% that actually work but are having a hard time getting housing. And dont tell me any different, i deal with them daily. Btw, if you cant afford to live some where, you move to a place that you can afford
If people can't afford their rent, why can't they receive assistance and Section 8? I have family in Manchester on Section 8 and as long as they're working, qualifying has never been an issue.
That’s because people from Massachusetts keep going to NH.
Manchester is easily becoming almost bad as Lawrence as much of shame as it is all the fentanyl comes from Lawrence and the 2 cities and very connected
I lived in Dover, NH for a year for culinary school and before I left, there was a murder nearby where I was at...it was the first murder in many years...to me, it was amusing because I live in a city where murders happen frequently...I kinda miss those NH days...but I drove through that part of Manchester...it is not so bad compared to the downtown part of my city
I hope it wasn't actually "amusing"...
@@bluerfoot it was amusing to see how panicked they were, not the incident itself
Awesome 👌
Hope you drove by veterans Park on elm st
NH has it’s rough spots if you go out into the sticks, but a lot of people give them a pass because they’re mostly invisible, and it’s just easier to rag on the cities.
I was a New York City cop and moved to NH from 2000 to 2006 after retiring from the job. I lived in Bedford which is a suburb of Manchester, and my new job had me traveling throughout the entire state. There are some poor small towns but I never felt scared or threatened in any part of this state, and I know what I am looking at. NH is a great place to live and raise a family. It has beaches, mountains, lakes, and is close to Boston. Its just the cold winters that are a bit of a bummer. But if you like snow then you cant beat it. Its one of the best kept secrets in the US. Live free of die!!!
Live free (or) die!!!...opps
My best friend lived in Bedford until about ten years ago when he moved to San Diego. Bedford is a nice town. He is thinking about moving back to NH.
Good to see NH, great video Nick. 👍👍👍👍
Ok DrL
Lot of duplexes here.
I live in NY and I think these homes and the neighborhood are beautiful and well maintained. Most of the homes would be worth many millions in downstate NY!
Ok, but you went during the winter when it's cold! Was there yesterday and there was definately a drug deal happening right on the main road and people obviously on some serious drugs walking the streets and yelling at cars to try and get money! It does get worse than this in Manchester. Everyone hibernates in the winter in New England! It may be sunny, but it's likely still in the 30s or 40s!
30s and 40s are warm for a winter day in New England.
My thoughts exactly. It's a different drive on a June night. But I still think it's probably better then most other urban areas in the world.
I grew up in Charleroi, Belgium and it looks like the nicest parts of my hometown.
Top of the first hill climbed near where Manson family member Linda Kasabian grew up
I've been in New Hampshire for 29 years. It's an amazing place to live. As long as there is civilization there will be social problems regarding the frailty of humans. Count your blessings.
Live free or die
Cheers!
To keep NH clean, keep Massholes out
Massachusetts residents wouldn’t be the problem. It’s everyone else
Try side streets in downtown Nashua and you'll see MUCH worse. But I miss living there overall.
I am assuming that most of these houses don’t have garages since there is so much parking on the street.
I used to Travel Through Manchester on I 93 A LOT. ON FRIDAY NIGHTS MANCHESTER USED TO BE REALLY HAPPENING. This was over 20 years ago. Do they still party hard in the city?
the biggest small town you'll experience. seriously, it's like I run into everyone. I've been "reckless" before and walked an hour home from work-- the night shift, getting home at 1 am. and I've never been harassed or harmed. can't get away with that anywhere else.
I also lived at the house at 3:32!
That couch has been there since before I moved to Florida in 2019
im a Manchester local you drove by my apartment its not bad at all its just filled with homeless drug addicts i walk down the streets at night without a worry in the world
I live on Auburn street. I wish the police would kick out the druggies and homeless like they used too
I grew up in NY and lived in Arizona for 6 years. During the pandemic, I moved to Manchester, NH. This isn't the bad spots, there are homeless and heroine addicts about a block from downtown. Thats pretty much it though. NH is a wonderful place minus the cost of housing and having to commute for jobs. Also, there is a massive housing shortage. Don't move there unless you have an apartment lined up... You'll be homeless. I really loved it there and was pleasantly surprised. Great people, great place, and surprisingly, great food!
I agree Kevin
civil structure has crashed. vast mid class lost
You forgot, "Great skiing".
The housing crisis is real here! Cost of living is very high as well. But a beautiful place to live. Have been here all my life.
I have lived here all my life and believe me there are some pretty bad areas. Homelessness is bad and not confined to a block. They have extended to other areas. They hit the downtown area on elm st shooting up drugs right in plane sight. Urinated and fecal matter on a daily basses around most businesses. One homeless person did it right in front of children caught on security camera! Mayor does nothing!
Nice video, it's interesting to see another channels perspective!
If you went North on Lincoln St. You would come to Amherst St. There is a 3 aided bldg and you
want to go left down to.Maple St. I grew up on that corner.
Enjoyed this interesting episode dash board tours of this beautiful small city. Thanks for sharing Nick n Sage ! 👍🇺🇲
ok Jeff!
I've been to Manchester to play a gig with my band. There was a notorious motorcycle club member at the door with a baseball bat as security. Funny, in New England, you can identify"bad neighborhoods" by fences in the front yards.
54 years old from New Hampshire never heard of fences being a sign of bad neighborhood
@@youtubehatesfreedom1870 Maybe it's a Mass thing.... but, when you see fences in the front yards. What kind of neighborhood are you in?
@@BrianMDIY one that likes its privacy sure don't think of crooks
@@youtubehatesfreedom1870 my point made.
@@BrianMDIY if privacy made your point OK
You visited at perhaps the ugliest time of the year, once everything blooms and the grass turns green most of nh is quite nice. But thank you we dont want anyone else moving here.
I wish Berlin was as nice as this...then we could actually have more things to do and more opportunities for work
I lived in Manchester my whole life and what I've learned is that is has crime just like any other city but on a small scale. The people who live here and complain about it being bad are people that don't and aren't going anywhere else. Catch my drift?
We would love to have "bad" areas like this in Illinois.
yah you can keep them
New Hampshire used to be cheap rent but because of the housing problem in Massachusetts everybody moved up there and the prices skyrocketed. What we need to do is start putting pressure on politicians to build housing.
Manchester and Rochester are definitely the bottom tier towns. It’s not completely looks, like there are parts that looks nice, but it’s more under the table shit that goes on. Like drugs n shit
I live in Manchester and judging from the comments everyone is like oh that's not bad. Spend some time here, talk to the cops. The city is filled with homeless junkies. It's more Manch-Franciso than Manch-vegas. Do a run in the same area at night in July.
Manchester isn’t visually bad at all. But it’s what goes on through the back blocks that this guy doesn’t tell you. Plus he drove threw the areas that don’t have much action anyways. Lol. Not a good description at all.
Gotta love the drugged out zombies we have in the 603. Somersworth and Rochester are wonderful too👎.
He needs to come out at night
@@fredflintstone7125 Thats exactly the comment I was gonna leave!!
I was going to say, that is the outside, during daylight hours. He didn't mention the almost daily stabbings and shootings. It's not the houses and yards, sir. It's the people!!
Your summary at the beginning is spot on. I’ve lived in 11 states and NH was the nicest overall. Sure, it suffers from the same social issues as everywhere else - only less so. It’s a state where the worst parts are basically any of the low end apartments that have a Section 8 component. Not one area is dangerous to walk through, unlike what you see in most other states. It’s a really nice state, though the climate may be too cold for some.
Your description is a Manchester in the 90s. Not like that now. Homeless and crime goes up every year.
Try going to the white mtn. area, Rye beach, the seacoast, Winnipausauke or any of the lakes.This state is God's country!!😃
Manchester is def getting worse. With all the democrats coming it will be Chicago before you know it.
@@ericgilman6170 crime has been going down for years
@@tze1204I didn't look up actual stats. We don't live in a bad neighborhood but in the the last 3 years Its changed. Within the last 3 months I've had ask 2 different homeless people not to sleep in our apartment buildings stairwell. The tenant below us threatened a neighbor with a gun Had a standoff with the swat team for 8 hours,Had my bike stolen out of our garage, and had our car broken into last week . Most of these things don't show up on crime reports.
I was just there Nick about 2 weeks ago. I'm looking to retire in that area. I found some pretty rough sections that were off of your route a bit but still close to it. There's a section where it's mostly apartments and multi family houses. There's also alot of BAD graffiti in some places. We stayed downtown at that Tru Hotel. The neighborhood at night is pretty quiet and they have a great taco spot. Sketchy people are out creeping as well! Thanks for this because it helps me alot. It's inspiring! Take care!
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As long as your not Liberal lol.. you are MORE then welcome :) We have many different places to retire, we are true Patriots :)
The worst part of Manchester is on the other side of the river off of I-293.
I've lived in Manchester my whole life. You drove past some of me and my families old homes. The places you showed are by no means the worst part of the city.
People got hooked on painkillers b/c of injuries, mental issues, the weather, and b/c life is hard and not fair, and then that turned to heroin b/c it's cheaper. You can only pick yourself up and dust yourself off so many times. We need to go back to state funded Poor Farms and Poor Houses where people can dry out.
Poor Farms and Poor Houses? WTF are those? This is 2021, can you put it in today's terms I'm
You actually missed the pockets that would be considered "bad"... but, there isn't a single part of Manchester that I am afriad to walk at night. You can't judge a book by it's cover, there are some really bad things that happen in Manchester... like ALOT of people go missing here, and there is a shooting or stabbing somewhere in the city everyday. But as someone that grew up near Boston, and has been to actual bad parts of major cities... Manchester is small and not that scary at all. To someone from a small town in Northern NH, yea I can see why they would see Manch as scary.... but like you said, it's all about perception. I moved to Manchester 18 years ago, and I love it here.
You drive by my old house. I had to move. But right before I moved a drive by shooting happened and one of the bullets went into my neighbors window and killed a little boy I think I remember he was like ten years old. You Should have drove by all the ‘projects’ or the west side.
Why do I keep hearing the closing theme to "All in the family" as you drive through there???
In New Hampshire, overgrown grass is a bad neighborhood, either that or the libertarian community there says I’m growing my grass long and no guberment going to tell me what to do.
NH is a beautiful state I vacation there alot. The people are extremely friendly and courteous. The odd thing is there is alot of crime in Nashua, Manchester and Concord, which is why I never would move there. Like most of the country where there use to be manufacturing and jobs they have been replaced with crime
I’m an leo in the Manchester area. It really isn’t that bad at all. Unfortunately where urban areas exist, no matter how large or smaller, there will be crime but overall you’d be pretty safe in the areas you mentioned. Hampton Beach rocks for a vacation spot. Thank you and be safe.
Spend some time in Claremont.