Forbes Magazine Ranks America's Best Cheap Cities - Manchester, NH Wins #1 spot

[thinkliberty]

Forbes magazine rated America's Best Cheap Cities - Manchester NH is ranked #1

http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/13/cheap-cities-property-lifestyle-real-estate-cheap-places.html

"Centuries ago, Native Americans discovered a pleasant spot on the banks of the Merrimack River. They called it "Namoskeag," which translates loosely to "the good fishing place." The anglers have long since passed on, and the locality is now better known as Manchester, N.H. Time to add another title: best cheap city in the U.S.

The Manchester-Nashua metro area ranks first on our list of America's 100 Cheapest Places To Live. Among the U.S. cities with the most affordable housing and lowest cost of living, the Queen City offers the best combination of safety, employment opportunity and general quality of life. Once an industrial mill town, Manchester (pop. 402,000) has reinvented itself as a haven for those repelled by the high price of living and doing business in other New England states.

"You have a lot of Massachusetts companies going there because of the low cost," says Eduardo Martinez, senior economist at Moody's Economy.com. "It makes sense for companies to scout that out as a location. The tax situation is a lot better."

A lot better--there are no sales or income taxes in New Hampshire, fitting for a state whose motto is "Live Free or Die..."

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[Fluff and Stuff]

Thanks for posting.  I submitted it to WhyNewHampshire.org.

[Puke]

Neat. I hope we can keep that way and make all of NH a better place to live by eliminating property taxes/government.

[John Edward Mercier]

Hate to break it to them, but NH has sales and income taxes.

[thinkliberty]

Hate to break it to them, but NH has sales and income taxes.

Who pays state income tax? I don't.

it does have sales tax on prepared meals, but not on regular everyday items like other states.

[KBCraig]

Population 402,000? That's the population of all of Hillsborough County; Manch is about 108,000.

[K. Darien Freeheart]

Population 402,000? That's the population of all of Hillsborough County; Manch is about 108,000.

The article did say it was the Manchester-Nashua metro area, not just Manchester. I think that's where the number is coming from.

Thanks for posting.  I submitted it to WhyNewHampshire.org.

Thank you very much! It's posted.

[Fluff and Stuff]

Thank you very much! It's posted.

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