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New Hampshire is a wonderful place to live and work, No State Income Tax, No Sales Tax, and no obvious general or flat tax. The short strip of NH oceanfront we call the SEACOAST. Only one hour to Boston to the south, and Portland to the north, this is the single most vibrant area in the state. Our office serves the Seacoast, from Massachusetts to Maine and 20 miles ofrso inland.
Pop. (2000) 1,235,786, an 11.4% increase since the 1990 census.
Capital, Concord.
Largest cities, Manchester, Portsmouth, Concord, Nashua, Keene
Nickname, Granite State.
Motto, Live Free or Die.
Many visitors come to enjoy the state's beaches, mountains, and lakes. The largest lake, Winnipesaukee, is dotted with 274 inhabitable islands, while along the Atlantic shore 18 mi (29 km) of curving beaches (many state-owned) attract vacationers. Of the rugged Isles of Shoals off the coast, three belong to New Hampshire.
In the winter skiers flock northward, and the state has responded to the increasing popularity of winter sports by greatly expanding its facilities. When the snows melt, skiers are replaced by hikers, rafters, and climbers. Folk crafts such as wood carving, weaving, and pottery making have been revived to meet the tourist market.
 New Hampshire has 142 state parks and forests, and the White Mountains National Forest, which extends into Maine, has c.724,000 acres (293,000 hectares) in New Hampshire. The state's scenic beauty and serenity have long inspired writers and artists. Hawthorne, Whittier, and Longfellow summered in New Hampshire. Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpted many of his finest works at the artist's colony at Cornish, and the MacDowell Colony at Peterborough is a summer haven for musicians, artists, and writers. The state is most intimately connected with the works of Robert Frost; Frost himself once said that there was not one of his poems “but has something in it of New Hampshire.”
* Information from Columbia Excyclopedia, Sixth Edition |