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Ok, before anyone tells me that Stars Hollow is a fictional town, I know that! But it's the best way I can think of to describe what we are looking for. Friendly, walkable town with a great sense of community, lots of mom and pop stores / restaurants, tons of festivals, maybe an hour ( ish) to a larger town, all four seasons. We love to be involved in our community and are looking for somewhere like this! Farmer's markets, something always going on.
I know the town that Stars Hollow was based on, but alas, that is waaaay outta our price range. We can't be the only people looking for our Stars Hollow!
Ok, before anyone tells me that Stars Hollow is a fictional town, I know that! But it's the best way I can think of to describe what we are looking for. Friendly, walkable town with a great sense of community, lots of mom and pop stores / restaurants, tons of festivals, maybe an hour ( ish) to a larger town, all four seasons. We love to be involved in our community and are looking for somewhere like this! Farmer's markets, something always going on.
I know the town that Stars Hollow was based on, but alas, that is waaaay outta our price range. We can't be the only people looking for our Stars Hollow!
It's located in a gorgeous area of the state surrounded by waterfalls, gorges, and lakes. It has outstanding schools, low property taxes, and four very beautiful, very distinct seasons.
Smaller city surrounded by mountains. Thriving arts scene, and though it's a Southern city, is very mixed so not uber-conservative. Mom and Pop stores/shops. Festivals. Tons of outdoor activities and things to do.
It's also 2 hours from Charlotte, and 3.5 hours from Atlanta if you want large city "fixes". Around 2 hours to the arts/crafts town of Gatlinburg, TN, and the tacky-touristy Pigeon Forge/Dollywood area. Around 5 hours to the very historic town of Charleston SC and the beaches there.
If someone doesn't specifically want to live in a larger city, it's hard to beat Asheville when you factor in what it offers for the size, the things to do there and in the area, as well as stuff within a day trip or short weekend trip from there.
Out of curiosity, what is the real town Stars Hollow is modeled after?
Do you have a preference on region(s) of the country? Also wondering how large the "larger town" an hour or so away needs to be.
There are quite a few towns with the mom-and-pop stores and sense of community across New England and upstate New York. Which would be affordable depends on your situation. "Affordable" is a relative term. Many towns in those states would have a pretty reasonable cost of living, but many of the less expensive towns would also be more than an hour from the nearest real metropolis (NYC, Boston), so the nearby larger town would have to be more of a small city, like Portland, Burlington, Manchester, etc.
Thanks for the info, KidY. I've never seen Gilmore Girls. I'm wondering something else about Stars Hollow. Is this town basically a newer version of the same idea as Beford Falls and Mayberry? Just going by what I've heard, sometimes I get the idea that this is the case, but sometimes I picture something that hints of suburbia in the way those older classic fictional small towns did not.
Ok, before anyone tells me that Stars Hollow is a fictional town, I know that! But it's the best way I can think of to describe what we are looking for. Friendly, walkable town with a great sense of community, lots of mom and pop stores / restaurants, tons of festivals, maybe an hour ( ish) to a larger town, all four seasons. We love to be involved in our community and are looking for somewhere like this! Farmer's markets, something always going on.
I know the town that Stars Hollow was based on, but alas, that is waaaay outta our price range. We can't be the only people looking for our Stars Hollow!
Thanks!
I never watched the Gilmore Girls but I'd love to find a town like Cabot Cove (fictional) in Maine that was supposed to be where the show Murder She Wrote was. LOL.
Ok, before anyone tells me that Stars Hollow is a fictional town, I know that! But it's the best way I can think of to describe what we are looking for. Friendly, walkable town with a great sense of community, lots of mom and pop stores / restaurants, tons of festivals, maybe an hour ( ish) to a larger town, all four seasons. We love to be involved in our community and are looking for somewhere like this! Farmer's markets, something always going on.
I know the town that Stars Hollow was based on, but alas, that is waaaay outta our price range. We can't be the only people looking for our Stars Hollow!
Thanks!
Many of Pennsylvania's smaller cities fit your description, even to this day.
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But it's the best way I can think of to describe what we are looking for. Friendly, walkable town with a great sense of community, lots of mom and pop stores / restaurants, tons of festivals, maybe an hour ( ish) to a larger town, all four seasons. We love to be involved in our community and are looking for somewhere like this! Farmer's markets, something always going on.
