10 Most Dangerous Cities In New Hampshire

I went to Plymouth State University for 4 years, and I can say this list is confusing it with Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH is in the southeastern corner of the state, and I can believe that city is seeing an increase in crime- my parents live there currently and they say the opioid crisis is pretty thriving there. Not to say that it doesn`t also exist in Plymouth, but Plymouth is a small college town up in central NH near the mountains, and when I went to school there, I didn`t notice any severe preponderance of crime. Plymouth is a beautiful little town with a great view of the mountains from the university library, and is just down the road from the stunning Lakes Region and some great ski resorts. I thought PSU was a good school too, lots of focus on environmental science.

As for crime in Plymouth, I bet a lot of it comes from the college students, who like to bar hop down on the main drag and do occasionally get too drunk and get into fights. Break-ins did happen, but normally off-campus and, as is the case in most places, you had to be associated with bad eggs to really get any trouble. Just stay away from the frat/sorority houses and be safe out at bars.

Roadsnacks should clear up this confusion, though. I`m not sure if you meant Plymouth or Portsmouth.

The Lucky Dog restaurant and bar is a great place to go out- at least, it was 8 years ago, I`ve barely been back since. The Pemigewasset River also runs through the town, and that`s a great river to go rafting on.

The only bad I can say about New Hampshire is the winters can be brutal and the drug issues in the southern part of the state I will say that everyone I know who can work, does. No taxes unless you own a home or buy hot food, great restaurants, people are friendly but not so much so that it’s annoying, and if you love hot winters but still love skiing, this is the state for you. It’s a well balanced state and I can’t imagine living in any other state.

Any place but Manchester is a beautiful and quaint place to live. Unfortunately there us a drug crisis going on in Manchester that has yet to be solved.

I have been a resident of Somersworth, NH for nearly three years now. I *chose* to live here, for 1,000 reasons that do not fit these narrow-minded metrics. However, I will not take issue with that. What I will dissect is the text written here about my chosen home.

According to the chatter weve read on forums, this ranking is valid. People complain about drug dealing, s*x clubs and other nefarious behavior. Fact is, Somersworth is the second most dangerous city you can live in New Hampshire.”||||-“Chatter we’ve read on forums.” Is this the scientific research that you speak of- Nice.

“Theres a lot of Section 8 housing here, and apparently, you have to stay away from certain areas of downtown.There was a murder in town in 2013, and you have a 1 in 25 chance of being the victim of a robbery, most likely a car or home break in. Yikes.”

I love the scientific correlation between Section 8 and rampant crime. Gosh, those Section 8 tenants should just be dropped off into the ocean and the world would be a better place. Oh shoot – that’s in Portsmouth. G*d forbid someone who was down on their luck wander a toe over into the precious mecca of everything awesome and beautiful. ||||”The fact remains there are far better options if you want to commute into Portsmouth.”

Speak of the devil! Well, you know life would have many far better options if the entire populous of Somersworth received a 500% pay grade increase. Perhaps instead of fleeing the treacherous wastelands described here, those shiny new tax dollars could go into making Somersworth shiny and beautiful.”

Very little crime, good schools. Traffic at it worst is mild.

Excellent hospitals. good restaurants. Fair theaters and nice parks

Plenty of schools for education, parks, bike paths. Events live music in summer

Panhandlers, no public restroom. Broken sidewalks and curbs. Potholes galore.

Theres nothing to do in the down really /nothing to bring people to our town. THE SCHOOL STiNk specially the Franklin middle school they dont give a f about any of there students really that say they try to help but make things worse most of the time, a lot of them are rude and they hire bad teachers and cut a lot of programs kids like if its not convenient for them to keep because of budget kits, a lot of the teachers swear and also theres a lot of drama in the town

favorite places are the library because its like a safe place and also at the parks and at the rec watch out

If a person is looking to move to a state for a growing family, NH is probably not for them. Only those of us with professional occupations can even get a decent job here, and then nowhere near the pay youd get elsewhere. Hubby and I moved to Colebrook when we each got out of the Air Force we only stayed there a year, as that place didnt even have a national store chain of any kind. We then moved to Claremont, where we raised our kids for the next 10 years. I am a nurse, hubby was a lab tech at the time, so finding jobs was very easy. We love that our children grew up with great schools, clean neighborhoods, and nice people. I feel I should mention that were a multiracial family, but never got nasty looks, etc. for it.