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Thanks for your replies! I will look into Detroit further, all I really know about it is the recent bankruptcy and the enormous amount of empty houses, which makes me leery. But then again, the ultimate buyer's market, right?
As long as you use common sense and do your research, you can find a nice house plenty far away from all the area that usually gets all the media attention.
If Salt Lake City is being recommended than I would take a look at Denver as well since the city itself is pretty liberal plus you have the added benefit of living in a much more moderate/libertarian state (Colorado legalized same sex unions in addition to legalizing marijuana) as opposed to a conservative dominated state.
East Lansing MI could work, as well as Lansing neighborhoods near East Lansing. Check out other Big 10 college towns/cities too. Columbus OH would be the biggest of the bunch.
The Great Lake States and Mid West are generally the best bet in therms of low cost of living and snow. Some examples include: Ann Arbor, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Cleveland. Less densely populated parts of New England.
Snarky comments aside, there are some affordable and livable homes in and around Detroit. We also just had the snowiest January on record. Just a little over 2 and a half feet of snow.
Also, it's kind of exaggeration that Detroit is liberal. It's liberal to a point, but there's many other cities that I would think have more obvious liberal qualities. SE Michigan as a whole is pretty moderate. You can easily find people who lean towards either side of the spectrum depending on the neighborhood/suburb(s). Suburbs like Royal Oak and Ferndale tend to attract the more liberal crowd. Ann Arbor also attracts a fair amount of progressive thinkers, however, the city itself is relatively expensive.
According to City Data Detroit voted for Dems in 5 of the last 5 presidential elections. In each of the last two elections presidential elections Democratic candidate carried over 73% of the vote. In the "Liberal" city if Seattle the Democratic candidate only received 68.8% of the votes in 2012 and 70.3% in 2008.
I don't think it's fair to equate liberal with Democrat and conservative with Republican. For example, my hometown in Vermont frequently votes Progressive ... i.e. against both the Democrat and Republican parties. As a result, we do sometimes have republican governors. However, people are mostly socially liberal. People mentioned Minnesota, and they have a famous third party there, too. Point being, a republican in New Hampshire is probably liberal, whereas a republican in Texas is probably not.
Right now I live in Seattle, which I love, except for two things . . .
1. No snow! I miss having snowy winters. I miss it a lot.
2. Crazy real estate prices. I'm saving up so I can buy a home eventually, but in all honesty I don't think I will ever be able to afford the "average" or even "below average" home prices in Seattle.
Now I'm wondering if I should move (eventually)? What are some liberal cities that have snow and cheaper housing?
Ann Arbor, MI
Madison, WI
Columbus or Cleveland, OH
Duluth, MN (maybe too much snow?) Great town though
Pittsburgh, PA
I'm not sure how big of a town you're looking for or how close to a bigger city you need to be but Missoula, MT would fit your criteria.
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