Best part no taxes, worst part poor infrastructure, underfunded education, poor social programs resulting in a lot of homelessness and panhandling

That is the cost of not having a tax system other than property and being sparsely populated. Not criticizing but taxes are what pays for COs, school bus drivers, teachers, police, fire, etc. No one likes taxes but they are a necessity if you want government funded systems. The alternative is to pay tuition, pay for private police and fire companies, etc. Most of these practices were eliminated years ago because they didn’t work, were corrupt, and cost the consumer more than government funded systems.

It sounds like it was a doe hissing at you. Did you also hear something like a stomp after? It might have stomped two or three times before hissing again and then finally running off

Keep in mind you may one day leave that job and take a job closer to Boston. Pepperell, Hudson, and Nashua are 30-40 miles away from Boston and in some cases not close to any highway so they are cheaper to live. In this area it can take 60 minutes to commute 15 miles, it isn’t uncommon for it to take 2 hours to drive into the city during rush hour and it doesn’t matter if you take public transportation as our system sucks, it’s still 2 hours. I live in Dunstable, when I moved here I had a job in Lexington thought the commute was long but okay. Now I work in Seaport and it’s brutal, I love my job and my home so I live with it but still hate it.

And for the record living in NH isn’t cheaper if you work In Massachusetts. You will pay more in property tax and since there is no reciprocity between the states you will pay MA income tax and not get your money back. If you partake in marijuana, you will also have to come to MA to buy since it’s still illegal in NH. I don’t smoke but I’m amazed to see how many people do and the come from all walks of life so no judgement here. The only claim NH really has over MA is you can buy an arsenal of weapons with just a driver’s license. You can do the same in MA but ya gotta pay the government some money every few years for a license, my CC permit is $100 every 5 years; yes you can get a CC permit in MA by taking a gun safety course.

This is Boston not Philadelphia, we don’t beat up Santa at our sporting events. You should be good at any of the venues.