Considering a Move to NH- What should I know!

Hi Y'all,

As the title says, I'm considering relocating with my fiance to New Hampshire!

We currently live in Salt Lake City (No, we're not Mormon, God no.) and well... we hate it. I'm originally from North Carolina, so I miss rain, trees, people, specifically, people being normal/friendly. We don't want to go back to NC, as I am now addicted to snow, and winter-sports. I work remote right now, so location in terms of jobs is not super important. However, We'd like to live somewhere where access to the major metros like Boston isn't too far away, and there's still space to maybe buy a piece of land in the mid-future in the hills to build a home But it doesn't need to be super close, I'm comfortable having to drive a hundred miles or so to get to the city.

Currently, the area's we're looking at are as follow:

Concord, Franklin, Laconia, Nashua, and Manchester:

I've seen a lot of hate for Manchester, and honestly, looking at rents there- I'm not sure it's where I'd want to go, personally right now, Concord is the huge winner for me. My fiance and I are young(mid 20's) and still want to be able to go out on the town locally, but would prefer to be near enough to the mountains to disappear for a weekend or two.

How's New Hampshire as a place to live? I'm not too worried about CoL (Utah is worse) I'm more looking for the "vibe" are people friendly, are schools good if we decide to start a family in NH, I know theres a ton of nature to see, what are some of your favorite places to? how does Winter feel in NH compared to UT?

And if you have any suggestions on where to look for apartments on local boards I'd love the recs!!

Thanks in advance y'all!!