Bedford, Goffstown & Hooksett (Inner Manchester Suburbs)

I-93 / I-293 / US-3 / NH-101 / NH-28 / NH-114

The immediate suburban ring around Manchester. Anchored by **Bedford** (one of the most affluent suburbs in New Hampshire, home to the Bedford Village Inn and the Bedford School District — consistently one of NH's top-rated public districts), **Goffstown** (home of **Saint Anselm College** — a Catholic Benedictine liberal arts college founded 1889 that traditionally hosts the first-in-the-nation NH presidential primary debates), **Hooksett** (north of Manchester, home to the Southern New Hampshire University main campus and the historic Robie's Country Store), **Litchfield** (south of Manchester on the east bank of the Merrimack), **Londonderry** (Rockingham Co, but often associated with Manchester), **Auburn NH** (Rockingham Co at the MHT edge — home to Massabesic Lake), **Candia** (Rockingham Co), and **Weare** (a large rural town with Clough State Park).