Thursday, June 23, 2011

Manchester NH

By Chris Chamberlain


Manchester stands out as the largest metropolis in the state of New Hampshire and north of Boston in an area composed of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. With a population more than 109,000 individuals The city scored thirteenth within a list of the 1 hundred best metropolitan areas to live in CNN.MONEY.com, and additionally has been voted the 2nd most tax friendly urban centre in the country by Kiplinger's. Manchester possesses one of the fastest developing economic climates in New England. The city has got a four-season weather with cold winter months as well as warm summer months, spring and fall usually are crisp and short transitions.

The city presents a lot of ethnic activities at the historic Palace Theatre, the Currier Museum of Art and also the New Hampshire Institute of Art. The Verizon Wireless Arena is a civic center which hosts a number of occasions, from sports activities to concerts together with significant recording artists, comics, theatrical stage productions along with family driven programs and fairs.

The school system has 4 public high schools, four public middle schools in addition to fourteen public elementary schools. Furthermore there are various private and faith based schools. You can find 7 post secondary school in the region. The city is served by four newspapers, a New Hampshire public television station and one commercial television station, WMUR-TV Channel 9, an ABC affiliate, along with varied AM and FM radio stations.

Manchester hosts the Fischer Cats, a minor baseball team, and the Monarchs, AHL professional ice hockey. Pertaining to transportation it has the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, which is serviced by almost all main air carriers, with the major share held by Southwest Airlines. The airport has international service by way of Air Canada to Ontario as well as Toronto. Public transportation is supplied by Manchester Transit Authority which works buses through the city. Concord Trailways and Boston Express operate commuter services to Boston and other parts of the state.

Major highways consist of Interstates 93 and 293, and the Everett Turnpike that are multi-lane freeways and link the metropolitan area to Concord and the White Mountains to the north, and Nashua and Boston to the south. NH 101 is a 4 lane highway eastbound from Manchester to Hampton and beaches on the seacoast as well as Maine and Interstate 95 to the north shore of Massachusetts. Westbound NH 101 is a two lane highway serving as the key artery to Keene, the Monadnock region and points west. Manchester features a couple of main retail parts: downtown Manchester and South Willow Street. The Mall of New Hampshire is situated on South Willow Street, with more than 125 stores.




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