Came here to say this, also Otis

True that

They keep houses for summer students. They are usually the worst you’ve ever seen, not updated from the 50s and they charge $200/person per week.

Hi, you take the bus from Boston to Newburyport, and then a Lyft or Uber to Hampton Beach.

Seacoat has rain. Kids are in schools.

If you don’t know how good your pipes are insulated just leave the faucet in the kitchen trickling all night and day. Better safe than sorry.

Yes all the streets that have free parking are for residents only.

I live in Hampton and also lived on Hampton beach. Tourists don’t mingle in town they go directly to the beach, the town is always quiet even on the busiest days on the beach. We locals know back roads that are never busy with almost no traffic. If you stay out of downtown Hampton beach you are going to be alright. We usually stay close to north beach (the wall) away from the crowds of the restaurants and bars. I live in town right now, but really close to the beach, 2min drive, and you never can tell that the ocean is so close, my backyard is wooded and I have 18 turkeys living there. Even the weather is different.

I don’t know if you are interested, but the schools are amazing.

Compared to the towns around us there are very few houses for sale, even before Covid. I’ve never seen more than 10 houses for sale at once ( I don’t think I’ve seen 10 actually). We also pay less property taxes thanks to the beach.

Exeter, Stratham, Hampton are very good. Hampton has the lowest property taxes between all of them. The schools are high rated, and the towns are safe.

If you like rain a lot and it’s still cold.