The county road system in our neck of the woods suck. Not only to do we have fairly high tax rates - we have terrible roads. State maintained roads are excellent for the most part though.

Who knows about the infrastructure and roads up there - population is so low I'm not sure if the tax base can cover it. I have a few friends from up in that general part of the country and pot holes are kinda just part of life - comes along with the weather.

Oh, I definitely don't have any illusions that it's going to be like some Hallmark movie (my wife might - which I'm trying to bring her back to the realities of it all). Going to certainly take some getting used to, but I've also spent a decent amount of time in CO during the winter - so it's not like 4-5' of snow will be some kind of culture shock - although I know CO cold is much drier than that up in the NE.

Honestly snowmobiling, ice fishing, and that type of stuff is right up my alley.

I think the NM highway dept has a division that creates potholes in the roads.

Nope, it is shoddy workmanship, that guarantees that the roads will fall apart, also insures continual employment.

But the property taxes are real low.

If you look at total tax burden NH is like 45th in nation...Vermont and Maine would be much higher. Like top 5

Before you move up there please do a comparison of cost of living for the area you live in now to the area you are planning to move to. My oldest son and dil moved to just outside of Hartford Connecticut in 2018 and the cost of everything was pretty much higher, they gave up and moved back to Texas. We visited them in winter, spring, summer and early fall, and every season was fantastic except winter. They do a great job of clearing the snow off of the roads really quickly and seem well prepared for the winter weather. Lots of beautiful places to see and lots of history in the whole region. We have been to Boston, NY City, Main, Rhode Island and Eastern Canada along with Nova Scotia. Biggest bodied deer and Canada Geese I have ever seen. We still need to get to New Hampshire and Vermont and do some exploring there. Best wishes to you and yours on wherever you land.

You're 35
Go do it.

You might want to check out the Newport, NH area. It's not too far from Concord, but west of it, so it takes you away from the Boston influence.

oh and in the fall, you get a lot of Canadian tourists coming down. FYI

Too cold for me.