Moving to Lakes Region later this summer

oak grove · 03-29-2014, 01:22 PM

Oregonrain, I grew up in Barnstead, NH, just south of the LR, but moved to Oregon in 1985. The longer I'm in Oregon, the more I miss NH. When I lived in NH, we never went to the LR, but for the past 12 years I've gone back to NH to visit nearly every year and the first thing I do is go to the Lake. I spend as much time around bodies of water as possible!

Even areas away from the Lake, like Barnstead, are great, too, but -- as so many have said -- check the rules and regs for each town. Find out what you're allowed to do on your land. If you live for the water, then by all means check out the LR towns, but if rural with access to the Lake from time to time is all you need, there are so many great towns within 30 minutes of the Lake. You have the Santiam and Foster Lake, but now imagine that you have a few more rivers and a few more lakes in that same area to choose from. That's what much of what NH is like. There's so much more water to play in and, unlike the green water in OR, the water in NH is soooo much clearer!

The people are nicer in NH than they are in OR, in general. NH is laid back but energetic all at the same time. In OR, it seems that everyone is rushing about, but NH has a pace all its own. It's hard to explain.

03-29-2014, 01:22 PM	#21
oak grove Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oregon; Barnstead, NH Posts: 11 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Grew up in NH, now in OR Oregonrain, I grew up in Barnstead, NH, just south of the LR, but moved to Oregon in 1985. The longer I'm in Oregon, the more I miss NH. When I lived in NH, we never went to the LR, but for the past 12 years I've gone back to NH to visit nearly every year and the first thing I do is go to the Lake. I spend as much time around bodies of water as possible! Even areas away from the Lake, like Barnstead, are great, too, but -- as so many have said -- check the rules and regs for each town. Find out what you're allowed to do on your land. If you live for the water, then by all means check out the LR towns, but if rural with access to the Lake from time to time is all you need, there are so many great towns within 30 minutes of the Lake. You have the Santiam and Foster Lake, but now imagine that you have a few more rivers and a few more lakes in that same area to choose from. That's what much of what NH is like. There's so much more water to play in and, unlike the green water in OR, the water in NH is soooo much clearer! The people are nicer in NH than they are in OR, in general. NH is laid back but energetic all at the same time. In OR, it seems that everyone is rushing about, but NH has a pace all its own. It's hard to explain.

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