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You might take a look at Hot Springs, South Dakota for a non-North Eastern town. It has a nice stone and brick downtown that is walkable for a few businesses, restaurants and coffee shops. Housing can be pretty reasonable for the Black Hills region. It's about 45 minutes from Rapid City for a bit bigger city. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4324...8192?entry=ttu
It seems the more trees the more money for property in the area, but this property actually looks pretty interesting, and has been marked down by $145K over the last year or so.
It is a good sized village about a mile north of Cortland, 30 minutes south of Syracuse and about the same from Ithaca. Binghamton is about 35-40 minutes away as well. It is in a town of the same name: https://townofhomer.org/
Given that Cortland is a mile or so away, you are close to its Downtown(not even 3 miles between the Downtowns): https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5995...l=en&entry=ttu and the shopping in the Route 281 corridor, while being within a reasonable drive to multiple bigger cities. Schools are good and the community is safe.
OP - You can see that this thread has slowed down. It needs your feedback to keep it going. Does anywhere listed so far pique your interests? Any more so than others, or should we be suggesting something completely different?
Port Townsend, WA could be an option. Summers are cooler than nearby Seattle (which already has cooler, more pleasant summers than the Midwest). Winters are foggy and overcast, but not too cold. Scenery is just absolutely anmazing and the opportunity for outdoor recreation is endless. The downtown area is super cute. It’s a couple hours from Seattle but it feels far away enough that it and the rest of the Olympic Peninsula is kind of its own world.
Only thing is I’m not sure how expensive land is in that area. I know there are parts of small town / rural WA that can be very pricey. Do you have a specific price range?
The OP doesn't care about snow. So I think Leavenworth, Washington might be a better fit. It's a German fairy book town. Not too many British style stone buildings though. For that the OP might be better off looking somewhere in New England.
I have no price range at the moment. Just looking to see what's out there.
You might want to come up with a price range. If you find the perfect place, but can't afford it, you are going to be pretty disappointed.
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