{"id":493831,"date":"2026-10-12T19:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/493831\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T19:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:34:09","slug":"classic-chronicle-why-they-traded-california-for-new-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/493831\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Chronicle: Why they traded California for New Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally airing in 2002, &#8220;Classic Chronicle&#8221; visits Bath, New Hampshire, where former Californians embrace small-town life, restore historic landmarks and pursue unexpected passions<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Bath, New Hampshire, becomes the setting for a series of unexpected stories in this &#8220;Classic Chronicle&#8221; segment that originally aired in 2002, as reporter Ted Reinstein meets people who left California behind for life in the Granite State. According to &#8220;Classic Chronicle,&#8221; the town is known for its covered bridge and historic Brick Store, where owners Mike and Nancy Lusby relocated after spotting the property for sale. Mike Lusby recalls, &#8220;We flew out, checked it out, fell in love with it&#8230; We came out and did it anyways.&#8221; He says the business grew from one employee to 24 during peak season. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">&#8220;Classic Chronicle&#8221; also introduces Julie and Craig Persley, who first discovered Bath during a foliage tour before eventually moving there while continuing to work for California employers through telecommuting. Julie says neighbors quickly made them feel welcome, recalling, &#8220;Within days I had invitations to dinner&#8230; People have been wonderful.&#8221; The segment also visits Tom Salmon&#8217;s caboose home and a local couple who turned the idea for custom cremation urns into a business after the loss of their cat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Originally airing in 2002, &#8220;Classic Chronicle&#8221; visits Bath, New Hampshire, where former Californians embrace small-town life, restore historic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[177972,121567,192105,192104,192106,387,192114,7,9,8,192107,192108,192111,7766,192109,192113,50637,158166,566,192112,592,5589,192110,192115,192116],"class_list":["post-493831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-177972","tag-bath","tag-bath-new-hampshire","tag-bath-nh","tag-brick-store","tag-business","tag-caboose-home","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-california-transplants","tag-classic-chronicle","tag-covered-bridge","tag-dinner","tag-granite-state","tag-historic-brick-store","tag-invitation","tag-julie","tag-new-hampshire","tag-owner-mike","tag-people","tag-sale","tag-ted-reinstein","tag-tom-salmon","tag-unexpected-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}