What Towns Rock? What Towns Suck in NH?

[Pat McCotter]

Another Fate,
You talk about newspaper jobs. Here is a freelance reporter job available:
http://forum.soulawakenings.com/index.php?topic=6829.0

As seen at http://nh.craigslist.org/wri/260971725.html
Reporter
Reply to: job-260971725@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-01-11, 11:15AM EST

Growing Southern New Hampshire newspaper is seeking
correspondent/freelance writer for town government and feature stories.
This is a part-time position with flexible hours, but you must be able
to attend meetings in towns covered. Please e-mail resume and clips as soon as possible. Photo skills a plus.

Location: southern NH
Compensation: at interview
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

Posting ID: 260971725

[Another Fate]

Another Fate,
You talk about newspaper jobs. Here is a freelance reporter job available:
http://forum.soulawakenings.com/index.php?topic=6829.0

Thanks. I def. applied to this. Hard to get jobs like this if you're not already local, though. I'll have to wait and see if I get a call back.

When you go to a meeting to raise an issue, you need to call and fax the newspapers that would cover the meeting to inform them why the meeting is important and highlight what important question you're going to mention. Then after the newspaper prints, you need to follow up with the paper to say how you think they did covering the issue. You may not like what they had to say, but you can say: "Thank you for covering XXX," or "I was very disappointed that you felt XXX wasn't an important topic to mention."

Doesn't work.

By no means is this going to work all the time. Maybe 10%. It is better than doing nothing, though. The more you say: This is what I'm going to do. And then follow through in a tangable way that reporters can notice. The more seriously they'll take your notices to them.

[Seamas]

Isn't the correct term "Manchunian"?  Home of Joy Division and all that.  Oh, never mind.

In my experience, Manchester is the only place in NH that is a city.  Yea, there's crime but that's cities.  In terms of "rocking", it's the only place to be.  If you want city fun you will be sorely let down by Portsmouth.  I second that Manch is also way cheaper than Portsmouth and there isn't that ever-present patchouli smell.

Sweet. I'll take a hard look at Manchester then. What about Portsmouth? I've heard good things, more so than Manchester.

Portsmouth is great if your idea of great nightlife is eating out at expensive restaurants with elderly people.

As a Manchesterian myself and a consumer and producer of nightlife activities, I can attest that Manchester has the best nightlife, hands-down.  More bars, clubs, music venues and sporting events than any other city in the state and a large population of single 20 and 30-year olds.  Plus its a heck of a lot cheaper to live here than Portsmouth.

[Jared]

Isn't the correct term "Manchunian"?  Home of Joy Division and all that.  Oh, never mind.

In my experience, Manchester is the only place in NH that is a city.  Yea, there's crime but that's cities.  In terms of "rocking", it's the only place to be.  If you want city fun you will be sorely let down by Portsmouth.  I second that Manch is also way cheaper than Portsmouth and there isn't that ever-present patchouli smell.

Sweet. I'll take a hard look at Manchester then. What about Portsmouth? I've heard good things, more so than Manchester.

Portsmouth is great if your idea of great nightlife is eating out at expensive restaurants with elderly people.

As a Manchesterian myself and a consumer and producer of nightlife activities, I can attest that Manchester has the best nightlife, hands-down.  More bars, clubs, music venues and sporting events than any other city in the state and a large population of single 20 and 30-year olds.  Plus its a heck of a lot cheaper to live here than Portsmouth.

i've lived just outside of portsmouth my whole life, and ive always loved it. as a musician and frequent bar attender, i love it. it's got the right blend of fun and class. the only thing that sucks about portsmouth is all the damn socialists.

[Quantrill]

I second that Manch is also way cheaper than Portsmouth and there isn't that ever-present patchouli smell.

What is patchouli?

[Dreepa]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patchouli