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Post by downriver on Mar 26, 2024 20:08:32 GMT -8
Some neat places to visit on this list. Our own Ecocentric lives in Bloomington. I use to live in Juneau and really like Bend. Greenville is the place I’m thinking of relocating to in the future. Ithaca is a place an old friend of mine loved. www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/best-small-cities-in-americaHappy Trails, DR |
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Post by bluefish on Mar 27, 2024 1:21:39 GMT -8
Portland Right lands on my list of urban places I could survive, I love their waterfront. My wife and I gave Flag a thought or two, looked at prices and some homes, even. We had a serious Canyon Addiction going on, and being close was getting to be prioritized. Cancer happened. Pinned down. It's a little smaller than what's considered here, but the best I've seen and the growth is off the charts, Saratoga Springs, NY. Restaurants, parks, music, arts, nice downtown, easy proximity to the Adirondacks and Vermont W/ hiking, biking, boating, skiing, pastoral views and lakes and rivers. Downside- it IS discovered.
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Post by cweston on Mar 27, 2024 7:36:54 GMT -8
College/University towns are well-represented on this list (and ones like it). Having lived in college/university towns most of my adult life, I can see why: they tend to have extensive cultural opportunities usually associated with larger cities. There are some downsides, of course: the selection of bars and restaurants tends not to focus so much on adult tastes, for example. And the public schools may face a lot of pressure from highly academically ambitious parents. (For example, my kids were in the "gifted" program, which was awesome in elementary school, but in middle- and high-school became increasingly focused on parents' ambitions for their kids to get into Harvard, Stanford, et al.)
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Post by hikerjer on Mar 27, 2024 15:39:49 GMT -8
All very nice if you can afford them. I would guess most Americans can’t. I’m only familiar with Bozeman but the average price of a home there is approaching a million dollars and rent is out of sight. The billionaires are crowding out the millionaires.
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Post by downriver on Mar 30, 2024 10:09:15 GMT -8
All very nice if you can afford them. I would guess most Americans can’t. I’m only familiar with Bozeman but the average price of a home there is approaching a million dollars and rent is out of sight. The billionaires are crowding out the millionaires. Actually, one of the nice things about Greenville, Eau Claire and Hot Springs (cities on this list) is they’re not overpriced yet. You can still find places in Ithaca and Fort Myers that aren’t too bad, either. DR |
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