draw back to fulltiming in NH?

Jeez, first off who needs a cg? As for freezing, I have spent an cold snowy winter their in my lance. Never froze up an averaged 1 gal of propane per day. The question is more about the cost an taxes. Some of the previous post have been helpful so thank you.

draw back to fulltiming in NH?

Winter, cold and RV's don't go together period.

You will freeze to death during the NH winter, IF you can find a CG open and/or open with running water after Oct 1. Just saying.

vic46 wrote:

buta4 wrote:
The OP wants to know of any drawbacks to full-timing in NH, not 3,000 miles away across the continent.

Don't think so! The question is one of domicile regarding vehicle registration, tax filing, etc.

I do think so. The question relates to NH and ANY downfalls.

NH does not have an income tax or sales tax. It does have a room & meals (and rental car) tax, a business profits tax, interest and dividends taxes, and will nickel and dime you for licenses, fees and permits of every kind.

buta4 wrote:
The OP wants to know of any drawbacks to full-timing in NH, not 3,000 miles away across the continent.

When I decided to go fulltime I looked at NH and what it would cost and decided fulltiming wouldn't work for me in NH. I then took stock of my 45+ years of living in Maine and New Hampshire, and decided that I was fed up with snow. I put the house on the market. Sold it in 45 days and left New England behind.

In WA the registration on my 2005 Class C costs $116/year and the 2009 smart car costs $45/year. Insurance is about $650/year on the MH and about $830/year on the car. Those numbers include the fact that my domicile is my private mail box.

That was my solution to fulltiming in NH.

Ok, I have a physical address that I have been using for the last 2 years an as for my retirement comment. I was referring to retirement income being taxed not weather or not I'm putting in to retirement. I am looking to set up back at my buddies farm in mass for a while.

We were residents of NH when we started full timing in late 2002. NH is not a full time friendly state for several reasons.

We used a UPS Store in Concord for our mail forwarding service and NH would not allow their street address to be used as our address for auto, motor home registration or drivers licensing purposes. Same for voting . The yearly registration fee for the car and motor home was exorbitant also - almost $2000 per year for the car and motor home combined. About $180 per year in SD.

We had to use our daughters home address where we "rented" a room, until we moved to SD - a state very friendly to full timers.

buta4 wrote:
The OP wants to know of any drawbacks to full-timing in NH, not 3,000 miles away across the continent.

Don't think so! The question is one of domicile regarding vehicle registration, tax filing, etc.

Ceno wrote:
I'm wondering what the down falls would be to staying a NH resident and a fulltimer? I am 32 so not worried about retirement income at the moment.

What will you use as 'address'?
Need a recognized physical address for DL, registration, insurance etc.

Also what do you have for medical coverage........proven physical address is requirement for a lot of med insurance companies.

And at 32.........that is exactly when you should be worried about retirement income. Retirement is way too late.
Every year you are not putting away for retirement is a year completed lost..never to be recouped. GONE!
Until all of a sudden.......one comes to realize :S

In 2010 I sold my house in Manchester, NH and moved to Olympia, WA. In early 2011 I bought a Class C, traded my truck for a smart car (toad) and went fulltime. WA has no income tax. Oregon has no sales tax. It's a nice drive down I-5 to Oregon for those big ticket items.

Winter west of I-5 in WA and west of I-5 in northern OR is very doable. You just have to get used to the winter rain on your RV's roof. This is my 2nd winter in Sequim, WA. Sequim is in Washington state's Banana Belt. Winters are mild here compared to other parts of the state. Sequim has a herd of Roosevelt elk, sea food (Dungeness crab), coffee shops, bird watching, and the Lavender Festival. WA makes it easy to fulltime in this state.

I have spent a winter right by the mass nh line on a friends farm. I have a 100lb propane tank that normally lasts about 2 weeks in the cold weather. We got a good amount of snow that year with temps in the negative digits so non of that is a factor. The anual vehical inspections could be an issue but as long as you get it done when you return I would think you be good.