It all depends on you. It's not exactly hermit territory, but unless you live near the gas station it kind of skews in that direction. There is not much to Bethlehem, but Littleton (which has basic shopping a couple of decent restaurants, solid craft beer) is right up the road. Even then, LIttleton is pretty small and is kind of an outpost (the Walmart there is a magnet for folks coming from many, many miles away.)

If you want a place close to awesome hiking and not far from great skiing and you want to be left alone, it's a great place for that.