Cold Miser Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I actually do like Worcester. Not too far from many places in New England, and good snow most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 22 minutes ago, Cold Miser said: I actually do like Worcester. Not too far from many places in New England, and good snow most of the time. I like visiting Worcester... tons of awesome restaraunts. A good art museum Polar Park opening as soon as the pandemic is over... etc But I would not want to live there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Grann Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 13 hours ago, MJO812 said: Caribou Oswego Worcester Lake George with all its surroundings, water sports, skiing, hiking, snowmobile trails for hundreds of miles into the Adirondacks along with lots of restaurants, indoor Waterpark and amusement park is boring? Then you put down Caribou and Oswego as your places? You are an EDP. I lived in Queensbury (Lake George) for 6 years and grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island... The city was a much more boring place to grow up on a day to day basis then what my kids had to do up in Lake George 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jeff Grann said: Lake George with all its surroundings, water sports, skiing, hiking, snowmobile trails for hundreds of miles into the Adirondacks along with lots of restaurants, indoor Waterpark and amusement park is boring? Then you put down Caribou and Oswego as your places? You are an EDP. I lived in Queensbury (Lake George) for 6 years and grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island... The city was a much more boring place to grow up on a day to day basis then what my kids had to do up in Lake George I have been to Lake George and its beautiful. I want to move to a place with alot of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I like the lakes region of NH. Maybe even BTV since it's so sunny and they avoid mank. Good snow in the lakes region, but still as warm as anywhere in SNE during the summer. For me it's the most "seasons in seasons" place. Places like Pittsburg or Caribou the spring drags on too long. From the winni area you can shoot up to the mountains real quick and then during the summer....well you have the lake. I'd love the Cape in the summer if there was about a quarter the people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Grann Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Just now, MJO812 said: I have been to Lake George and its beautiful. I want to move to a place with alot of snow. You said it was boring there. The Northern end of Lake George gets around 100" a year. My beef is it being boring there. There is a ton of stuff in a short drive from there including civilization with lots of shopping and good restaurants 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 46 minutes ago, Jeff Grann said: Lake George with all its surroundings, water sports, skiing, hiking, snowmobile trails for hundreds of miles into the Adirondacks along with lots of restaurants, indoor Waterpark and amusement park is boring? Then you put down Caribou and Oswego as your places? You are an EDP. I lived in Queensbury (Lake George) for 6 years and grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island... The city was a much more boring place to grow up on a day to day basis then what my kids had to do up in Lake George Unfortunately, Aroostook is bleeding population in a serious way. Great snowmobiling (N. Maine may be as good as anywhere in the lower 48) but fewer other winter rec opps - decent X-C (or biathlon, if that's your thing), a small alpine ski area. Good fishing during the warm seasons but nearly all the lakes are closed to ice fishing. Sort of "Midwestern" type scenery with all the fields - St. John Valley is more scenic but even farther from amenities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, tamarack said: Unfortunately, Aroostook is bleeding population in a serious way. Great snowmobiling (N. Maine may be as good as anywhere in the lower 48) but fewer other winter rec opps - decent X-C (or biathlon, if that's your thing), a small alpine ski area. Good fishing during the warm seasons but nearly all the lakes are closed to ice fishing. Sort of "Midwestern" type scenery with all the fields - St. John Valley is more scenic but even farther from amenities. Why are lakes closed to ice fishing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 27 minutes ago, mreaves said: Why are lakes closed to ice fishing? Mainly to protect native brook trout, and "many" would've been more accurate than "nearly all". Lakes in which landlocked salmon and/or togue are the more important species are often open, like the Fish River chain of lakes. Most smaller waterbodies in N. Maine are closed in winter and a lot of the larger lakes open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 3 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said: I like visiting Worcester... tons of awesome restaraunts. A good art museum Polar Park opening as soon as the pandemic is over... etc But I would not want to live there I walked around and checked out Polar Park back in October. Quite an operation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 New England has a million great places to live. Just ask MPM. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Probably Hamden, CT. Which is on my list of potential locations to move spring or early summer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 9 hours ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: The western hills of ORH. Yep. Just west and north of the city. I really like the idea of 1k+ but close to civilization in SNE. That area seems far enough east to cash in on some later developing Miller B's. Paxton, Leciester, Holden area seem nice and also close to ORH and the Pike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 6 hours ago, CT Valley Snowman said: Yep. Just west and north of the city. I really like the idea of 1k+ but close to civilization in SNE. That area seems far enough east to cash in on some later developing Miller B's. Paxton, Leciester, Holden area seem nice and also close to ORH and the Pike. Yea. It’s interior and coastal at the same time. There isn’t a snowstorm it misses too often. Unfortunately (kind of) I got a new job so I won’t have the option to relocate to my current employer’s sister company in Framingham next year. That was on the table before so I was previously chomping at the idea of living somewhere in interior EMA. I think I’m ‘stuck’ in SWCT fo life now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/11/2021 at 7:59 AM, DotRat_Wx said: My biggest fight right now is figuring out where to live with my fiance. She loves the south shore and the cape. She's from CT so she likes that too. I would prefer to live somewhere north and/or west of the city. Between 495 and 128. Or perhaps in the 101 belt of Southern New Hampshire, like Exeter or Stratham. If you do the south shore, do that area from Weymouth to Norwell....really underrated area, as its quite the OES snowbelt. If you are coming out my way, get near I 495.....No closer to the ocean than W Billerica, N Tewksbury.....if you had to do the N shore, do Peabody, Salem or Danvers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 18 hours ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: The western hills of ORH. East slopes are the best for deep layer easterly events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 18 hours ago, Cold Miser said: I actually do like Worcester. Not too far from many places in New England, and good snow most of the time. Agree. I would give anything to somehow erect like 1000' hill in my area.....the terrain enhancement on that moist NE flow during storms would be awesome. I would know its more with an entire range, but it would be nice with the CF included and what not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I would love to live in an area where I experience lake effect , clippers , SWFE, coastals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bch2014 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 18 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: If you do the south shore, do that area from Weymouth to Norwell....really underrated area, as its quite the OES snowbelt. If you are coming out my way, get near I 495.....No closer to the ocean than W Billerica, N Tewksbury.....if you had to do the N shore, do Peabody, Salem or Danvers. I grew up in Concord.. Would not recommend living there if you have a jackpot fetish. The whole Concord, Carlisle, Acton, Bedford, Sudbury, Lincoln area is good in the sense that it's rarely on the "wrong" side of a mix line during a coastal storm... But I can't remember many/any storms from growing up where we got the most snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I enjoyed working at UMass Medical and being around Worcester, not sure about living around there. Maybe outside the city in the hills of Rutland or Barre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, bch2014 said: I grew up in Concord.. Would not recommend living there if you have a jackpot fetish. The whole Concord, Carlisle, Acton, Bedford, Sudbury, Lincoln area is good in the sense that it's rarely on the "wrong" side of a mix line during a coastal storm... But I can't remember many/any storms from growing up where we got the most snow. I agree with you on that....same for Wilmington and Methuen. Its a decent spot to live if you want to do generally decently and avoid getting skunked often, but prime forcing can be pretty elusive. Very low elevation, and the CF is usually significantly east, which can lead to subsidence between low level forcing to the east, and mid levels to the west (see 12/17). It is often nearby in Wilmington, but the residence time is not what it is along the n shore. You need to really luck out with the mid levels to jackpot, or have a hugger that pins the cf a bit inland for a while. The area is also just far enough north to miss the best lift with the juggernauts, like Feb 78. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 45 minutes ago, MJO812 said: I would love to live in an area where I experience lake effect , clippers , SWFE, coastals. Closest to that is VT. LES scraps and a little CAD. Not great at either, but the upslope makes up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I still like the area I picked 20 years ago. Bridgewater NH. Population 1000. Low taxes, no crime, on the shores of NH 5th largest lake but elevation on hills and mountains to over 2500 feet, just 30 minutes north the Whites. 10 miles to Rt 93 to get to Boston. 85" of snow but just on the downside of the Whites so I get more sun. Great snow retention with CAD. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 1 hour ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: If you do the south shore, do that area from Weymouth to Norwell....really underrated area, as its quite the OES snowbelt. If you are coming out my way, get near I 495.....No closer to the ocean than W Billerica, N Tewksbury.....if you had to do the N shore, do Peabody, Salem or Danvers. It can be hit or miss here. Honestly if he could, up in far NE Essex country is sneaky good for snow and severe. I personally think Newburyport is an awesome town. It is pricey, but it has a cool vibe and for being near the water...their latitude does help keep any CF very close to the beaches or even just offshore. I think my wife and I would have lived there if it wasn't for our roots closer to the S Shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I'd prob pick somewhere near Kezar Lake in Maine (between Bridgton and Bethel)...pretty close to skiing (less than 30 min to Sunday River/Shawnee and maybe 45 to wildcat) but also close to civilization and really nice in the summer too. I also love Rangeley area but damn it's far up there and I think you lose a couple weeks of summer compared to further south. Rangeley is more of a place I think I'd have a vacation home vs trying to live there year-round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 14 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: It can be hit or miss here. Honestly if he could, up in far NE Essex country is sneaky good for snow and severe. I personally think Newburyport is an awesome town. It is pricey, but it has a cool vibe and for being near the water...their latitude does help keep any CF very close to the beaches or even just offshore. I think my wife and I would have lived there if it wasn't for our roots closer to the S Shore. Yea, just up the road from me. We have spoken about that area before. I dated a girl from Amesbury 10 years ago....nice town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I’d probably flatten the northern 1/2 of Vermont and turn it into a big, deep lake that struggles to freeze. Then find some elevation around here at 1-1.5k and be content. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 We like where we are now, but for snow being about 5 miles SE (thus 400'+ higher) would probably add 10-15% to our snow. Example: We got 6" of 4:1 stuff on Dec 5 while Mile Hill had at least 10, based on what was there 4-5 days later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRVexpat Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Deep in Nebraska Notch in the Stowe area. ~200" per year, thousands of acres of BC skiing right out the door, 15 minutes or less to downtown Stowe/Waterbury and less than 45 to Burlington. Great MTB and golf in the area as well with awesome summers/relatively low humidity compared to down south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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