Manchester NH

[gmcunni]

top 5 ski city in US

http://unofficialnetworks.com/top-5-small-cities-skiers-snowboarders-121704/

 

[St. Bear]

top 5 ski city in US

One ski shop. It's a good one, but still.

 

[Puck it]

Burlington, VT is not on list!!!

 

[St. Bear]

Burlington, VT is not on list!!!

Burlington doesn't fit in the population parameters (100k-500k).

 

[Puck it]

Burlington doesn't fit in the population parameters (100k-500k).

I did not see that and I thought the population was more than 42K.

 

[Cannonball]

Those population brackets make it pretty limiting. Manchester is the ONLY city in NH that fits that bracket. No cities in VT fit that bracket. And Portland is the only one in ME. They clearly were looking for geographic spread (West-central-East) and were hard pressed to find a New England town that fit the bill.

 

[bobbutts]

Manchester is a skiing mecca

 

[ScottySkis]

SLc? Should be here.
No actually it shouldn't no good mountains here.

 

[deadheadskier]

Those population brackets make it pretty limiting. Manchester is the ONLY city in NH that fits that bracket. No cities in VT fit that bracket. And Portland is the only one in ME. They clearly were looking for geographic spread (West-central-East) and were hard pressed to find a New England town that fit the bill.

Actually, Portland wouldn't fit the criteria either. It has a population of only about 65K. It feels as big if not bigger than Manchester, but it's not. Maybe it's because Manchester is a total crap hole and everyone hides in their homes. No offense to any of our forum members from Manchester, but it's the Worcester of New Hampshire.

 

[thetrailboss]

SLC is number one! Big reason why we're here!!!!

 

[St. Bear]

Actually, Portland wouldn't fit the criteria either. It has a population of only about 65K. It feels as big if not bigger than Manchester, but it's not. Maybe it's because Manchester is a total crap hole and everyone hides in their homes. No offense to any of our forum members from Manchester, but it's the Worcester of New Hampshire.

Manchester has come a long way in the last 10 years. The civic center had been a God send.

 

[ScottySkis]

SLC is number one! Big reason why we're here!!!!

Ski and snowboarding in SLC I know and you know that for sure.

 

[Cannonball]

Actually, Portland wouldn't fit the criteria either. It has a population of only about 65K. It feels as big if not bigger than Manchester, but it's not.

Ahhh, you're right. So assuming that MA, RI, and CT don't qualify as ski country, Manchester is the ONLY New England city that fits the category. And assuming the article was trying to get geographic coverage (they picked AK, CA, NV, UT, and New England) they pretty much had no choice. Although I don't know NY well...aren't there any NY cities between 100k-500k that make for better ski towns than Manchester?

 

[ScottySkis]

Ahhh, you're right. So assuming that MA, RI, and CT don't qualify as ski country, Manchester is the ONLY New England city that fits the category. And assuming the article was trying to get geographic coverage (they picked AK, CA, NV, UT, and New England) they pretty much had no choice. Although I don't know NY well...aren't there any NY cities between 100k-500k that make for better ski towns than Manchester?

Ny only cities I know of with that many people are NYC and NYc, Buffalo might have 190,000 maybe, that the thing people forget that other then out huge city rest of the state is very very rural. Also Buffalo has crazy snow but from what I hear it only goes in very skinny length fans hills their are less then 1000 vertical maybe 1 that big. I have to ski their more this winter to see I suppose.

 

[marcski]

Albany is about the best in NY at fitting the bill. About an hour hour and a half to southern vt. and the same to Gore...a bit more to the Face.

 

[xwhaler]

Maybe it's because Manchester is a total crap hole and everyone hides in their homes. No offense to any of our forum members from Manchester, but it's the Worcester of New Hampshire.

I think you're selling Manchester a bit short---I think its kind of nice. The downtown arena is great and the Fisher Cats ballpark on the river, downtown is a nice spot for minor league baseball. They have some nice hotels integrated into Elm St with the bars and good dining.
I could do w/o the South Willow St/Mall of NH zone for sure but Manchester is not terrible.

Worcester of NH?----I'm thinking that has to be Rochester though maybe that's not fair to Worcester.

 

[St. Bear]

Worcester of NH?----I'm thinking that has to be Rochester though maybe that's not fair to Worcester.

Ha!

DHS's view of Manchester was accurate 10-15 years ago, but it's changed a lot since then. A combo of the VZ Wireless Arena and the Fisher Cats stadium, and revitilization of the mills has transformed the downtown area.

 

[polski]

Anything that lists Sacramento CA as a "ski city" is on its face patently absurd. I'd like to know how many people have actually used Sacramento - or Manchester, for that matter - as a base for a multi-day ski trip. The parameters for population and drive time (areas within 4 hours??? a lot of people consider that beyond day trip range) guaranteed ridiculous results.

I liked this comment below the article:

Manchvegas!
Home to McIntyre ski area boasting 147 feet of vertical…the least in North America.

 

[deadheadskier]

Ha!

DHS's view of Manchester was accurate 10-15 years ago, but it's changed a lot since then. A combo of the VZ Wireless Arena and the Fisher Cats stadium, and revitilization of the mills has transformed the downtown area.

Perhaps my view is a little harsh but in comparison to Portland, Manchester still blows from a dining and culture point of view. The appearance maybe slightly improved from 10 years ago. I used to do business there foe five years selling to restaurants and they did squat for business. These were the highest end most well respected restaurants in the city. No one goes out to eat downtown, no one goes there who doesn't live nearby. Other small cities like Portland or Providence; tourists actually go there to hang out. IMO that's the mark of a good city whether small or large; whether people travel there. The stadium draws some people in but other than that it doesn't have much going for it. Still has the worst crime in the state as well.......

 

[Puck it]

Perhaps my view is a little harsh but in comparison to Portland, Manchester still blows from a dining and culture point of view. The appearance maybe slightly improved from 10 years ago. I used to do business there foe five years selling to restaurants and they did squat for business. These were the highest end most well respected restaurants in the city. No one goes out to eat downtown, no one goes there who doesn't live nearby. Other small cities like Portland or Providence; tourists actually go there to hang out. IMO that's the mark of a good city whether small or large; whether people travel there. The stadium draws some people in but other than that it doesn't have much going for it. Still has the worst crime in the state as well.......

No Foie gros in Manchester!!!!