For the continuation of the I-95 corridor sprawl I would triangulate Portsmouth, Manchester and Nashua. The closer to a 4 lane road you are there the closer you are to mountains/Boston. Some may call this area North Massachusetts.

Inland, Keene is a very scenic downtown with a small college campus in town. The Lakes Region is beautiful. Northern towns like Woodstock, Littleton are nice.

I think it comes down to vocation. Working from home NH is your oyster, if you need a highway to connect to your office you are in the Portsmouth-Manchester-Nashua triangle