New Mexico has a bunch of nice small towns. I live in Albuquerque (not a small town but there are quite a few others) and I have some shops, restaurants and bars all in walking distance.
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#23I just saw an interactive tool for this recently: https://www.movemap.io/explore/us
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#24Wyoming! Move to Wyoming lads. Reconnect with nature and quiet.
Towns near the Tetons. Jackson of course is crazy expensive, but the towns nearby are amazing.
And the place is more progressive that you might think - for WY
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#25College towns. Pick some states, and go visit towns with colleges in them. They'll have restaurants and groceries, and those faculty kids have to go to school somewhere. Internet should be passable, too. They won't be the cheapest small town option, but houses should come in well below a million bucks. The one town you mention, Lancaster, PA, is a model of the type.
This is a great answer. The two college towns near me also happen to be home to all the best restaurants, and are both far more walkable than the nearest city's downtown area.
Not sure that the real estate is going to be all that cheap, though.
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#26Fairfield, CT -- it's not cheap, but it's got charm and few beaches. Been living here for 6 years and we love it.
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Who made you the judge of where people get to live?
I think the GP's NIMBYism is justified by the threat of gentrifying small towns. On a similar note, many states would like Californians to stay in California and stop trying to Cailifornify everywhere else.
One assumes that people are leaving California to some extent because they don’t like it enough to stay and are choosing a different place. Lots of people move from NY to Florida and Florida isn’t becoming NY, those people become Floridians.
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#28Johnson City, TN
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Who made you the judge of where people get to live?
I think the GP's NIMBYism is justified by the threat of gentrifying small towns. On a similar note, many states would like Californians to stay in California and stop trying to Cailifornify everywhere else.
So build a wall.
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#30There was a map tool that would show you every place within an hour of a major airport - but I would limit myself to airports that are a hub for an airline or otherwise "large" - Burbank would be ok, Santa Barbara not by my theory.
Then I'd look for towns that have had the population grow in the last decade, or at least stay level, towns that are dropping in population often have issues (though if everything else about it seems right, check it out).
And then I'd visit - stay at a hotel for a week and see what it's like, if it seems good consider a longer stay. I would visit in the "worst" part of the year, not the best! So if you're looking at Duluth you'd visit in the winter, not in spring or fall.