Franconia, NH is an amazing place to grow up in. Lots of attractions and things to do. It is very scenic and has lots of beautiful high mountains. Congrats to those who live there.. you live in the best town in the White Moutains Region! Now go on and pat yourself on the back!
Franconia Notch State Park is a great place for a hangout with friends. The old man of the mountain use to live here in Franconia, NH, until he became weathered and crumbled away :(
by Kayla Chassagnoux October 21, 2009
Just like how Methuen is a run-off of Lawrence, the southern part of Salem NH is a run-off of Methuen. The northern part is a run-off of Windham and to a lesser extent the seacost. About 95% of Salem residents were born in Lawrence-Methuen, Malden, Revere, or the shitty parts of Boston like Dorchester, so one can see why the town has so many problems. People moving from Mass to Salem to get away from all the shit Mass is in have no idea that all of the shit from Mass spills over into Salem. Salem NH is just NH in name only. All along the town's state border are shops for clothes and liquor. There's also a mall where Lawrence-Methuen people crowd in on sundays. Drugs from L-M frequently make their way into Salem, making Salem the undisputed drug capital of NH.
When I first moved to Salem NH I thought I would be leaving all the bureaucracy, political correctness and street rats behind. Now I realize Salem NH is exactly like Mass.
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Person 1: So this is New Hampshire. Where's all the granite, trees, colonial homes and freedom lovers? Why are there so many nanny-staters? And why are the only gun owners Hispanic? This is just like Massachusetts!
Person 2: You're in Salem NH buddy. If you want the real NH drive two hours north up 93 until you're past Concord.
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Person 1: So this is New Hampshire. Where's all the granite, trees, colonial homes and freedom lovers? Why are there so many nanny-staters? And why are the only gun owners Hispanic? This is just like Massachusetts!
Person 2: You're in Salem NH buddy. If you want the real NH drive two hours north up 93 until you're past Concord.
by Former Methuen Resident February 13, 2010
A town located in Southern New Hampshire. Salem is close by to many of the largest New England cities, including Lowell, Methuen, Manchester and Nashua. Salem is known for its shopping mall, as well as Canobie Lake Park. Salem High School is widely recognized as the worst high school in NH, widely due to the amount of drug trafficking and fights. Salem is also known for it's "Salem tough guys". Many kids who attend Salem High are afflicted with the "Salem Kid Complex", meaning that they think there the shit and think that they are the toughest kids around and try to fight everyone, but in turn make themselves look like retarded assholes. Salem residents are also notorious for hating inhabitants of nearby communities that aren't complete shit holes like Salem, such as Londonderry, Windham, and Derry.
"Hey, I think that kid is from Salem NH!"
"How can you tell?"
"Because he's trying to act like a tough guy."
"Salem Sucks."
"How can you tell?"
"Because he's trying to act like a tough guy."
"Salem Sucks."
by jonnyboi545 August 15, 2011
Rockingham Mall in Salem, NH
by ya.... April 14, 2009
Working class town (excluding North Salem, which is ultra-rich) in southern New Hampshire which borders Windham, Pelham, Atkinson, and Methuen, Massachusetts. The town's main attractions are Canobie Lake Park and the Rockingham Mall, both of which are visited far more often by people from Lawrence MA. As well as a mall, there's three main plazas: one with Shaw's, Bob's Discount Furniture, and TJ Maxx; one with Market Basket, Kmart, and Staples; and one with Target, BJ's Wholesale, Marshall's, Home Depot, as well as the last remaining Demoulas supermarket (which basically is Market Basket except it sells imitation brand foods at prices so cheap that anyone from Lawrence can buy them). The town also has a liquor store on the border. Drugs from Lawrence-Methuen-Lowell are rampant and the high school is known to have one of the highest frequencies of drug and alcohol usage amongst high schools in the state.
by 603explorer July 11, 2009
by caittt February 19, 2009
A pathetic small-ass "town." the almost non-existant population is 3,280, sadly it is the second largest in the county after Berlin. Activities there include: walking, smoking pot, drinking, jogging, running, skinny dipping, and walking. The town doesn't even have a high school. Instead, all the teens go to a regional high school along with teens from Dalton, Carroll, Jefferson, and Whitefield. Even with 5 towns going there, only 500 kids attend the school, the back "vo-ag" hallway is really only used for ski practice and doing drugs. The only movie theatre in the town has one screen and gets movies about 3 months after they originally come out. Most of....actually 99.9% of the population are total hicks, and wear steel-toe boots and carharts to school.
by jonesgirl July 9, 2009