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Hendersonville is your place. Live at 3K feet and never see 90F. No bugs either. Hendersonville has many festivals from late Spring thru Fall and has a lot of restaurants and grocery stores. Hendersonville High (the one in town) was listed as a top 1000 high school in 2015. Most of the shopping in Asheville is on the South side so you are closer than you think. Greenville, SC is 35 miles away and the 4 lane from Hville to Gville is never as busy as 26 between Hville and Asheville. Unfortunately there are a lot of retired people in Hville, Flat Rock and Asheville.
If you want to live somewhere that it never snows and the temperature range is 30 degrees (42-72), no humidity, no bugs and no state sales taxes, consider the coast of Oregon. If you are in the Cannon Beach/Manzanita area you are 90 miles from Portland. Portland can get to 100 but Cannon beach will be 68-70. If you are around Florence you will be 55 miles from Eugene. Eugene and Ashland are really nice. Very short Winter, no humidity, no bugs, and great towns.
If you want to stay on the east coast and have the majority of what you are looking for, you are in the right vicinity. I do think Hendersonville or Arden would be a good choice for you. I was also going to mention Charlottesville, Va but it definitely gets colder there and more snow. I think your biggest issue is humidity and mosquitoes. Unfortunately, you're not going to dodge those on the east coast. That being said, neither are near as bad as ATL. You will notice a considerable difference in the weather. Even when we go to Asheville from Greenville, SC, you can notice a difference. It's kind of confusing what you wrote because you say you don't think WNC is for you. You can find just about all that you are asking for in WNC. Good luck!
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Hendersonville is your place. Live at 3K feet and never see 90F. No bugs either. Hendersonville has many festivals from late Spring thru Fall and has a lot of restaurants and grocery stores. Hendersonville High (the one in town) was listed as a top 1000 high school in 2015.....
I'll take 4 days in the 90s as opposed to what we have just down the mountain. I'm not sure we had 4 days in the last month that WEREN'T 90+ degree days.
Hendersonville is your place. Live at 3K feet and never see 90F. No bugs either. Hendersonville has many festivals from late Spring thru Fall and has a lot of restaurants and grocery stores. Hendersonville High (the one in town) was listed as a top 1000 high school in 2015. Most of the shopping in Asheville is on the South side so you are closer than you think. Greenville, SC is 35 miles away and the 4 lane from Hville to Gville is never as busy as 26 between Hville and Asheville. Unfortunately there are a lot of retired people in Hville, Flat Rock and Asheville.
If you want to live somewhere that it never snows and the temperature range is 30 degrees (42-72), no humidity, no bugs and no state sales taxes, consider the coast of Oregon. If you are in the Cannon Beach/Manzanita area you are 90 miles from Portland. Portland can get to 100 but Cannon beach will be 68-70. If you are around Florence you will be 55 miles from Eugene. Eugene and Ashland are really nice. Very short Winter, no humidity, no bugs, and great towns.
I visited Hendersonville during my trip to AVL last year, and my impression was that it is quite conservative, and rather small. It felt like a small town, compared to AVL, at least to me. I wouldn't consider it politically moderate, if that's what you are looking for. Anyway, my 2 cents.
Re: Oregon, keep in mind that the state taxes are high, since they have no sales tax. A better bet might be to live in Washington State, maybe just over the state line in Vancouver, WA, across from Portland, where there is no state income tax, and have access to Portland for its no sales tax and its amenities, restaurants, etc. Just a thought based on your list of what you are looking for. Oregon is a beautiful state, as is the entire Pacific NW. Western NC is also beautiful. I do think that humidity is a huge problem in the Portland area and likely anywhere in western Oregon, given the persistent rainfall. Check out the Portland forum on city data.
I visited Hendersonville during my trip to AVL last year, and my impression was that it is quite conservative, and rather small. It felt like a small town, compared to AVL, at least to me. I wouldn't consider it politically moderate, if that's what you are looking for. Anyway, my 2 cents.
Re: Oregon, keep in mind that the state taxes are high, since they have no sales tax. A better bet might be to live in Washington State, maybe just over the state line in Vancouver, WA, across from Portland, where there is no state income tax, and have access to Portland for its no sales tax and its amenities, restaurants, etc. Just a thought based on your list of what you are looking for. Oregon is a beautiful state, as is the entire Pacific NW. Western NC is also beautiful. I do think that humidity is a huge problem in the Portland area and likely anywhere in western Oregon, given the persistent rainfall. Check out the Portland forum on city data.
It does not rain in the Summer in Oregon. Low humidity, no bugs and cool nights (50s). Portland and the cities along 5 can have hot days, but the dew point never gets out of the 50s. If you are on the coast, it really never gets above 75F or below 45 except on rare occasions. As far as the dew point, in Portland, it rarely gets to 60 even in the Summer. Stays in the 30s in the Winter. Not like the East Coast at all.
Agree with you regarding Vancouver, WA. Lots of Portland people are moving there because of the reasons you stated.
I myself prefer Ashland or Eugene. Ashland is 5 hrs from SFO and has it's own ski mountain, great town and lots of interesting people. Small but nice.
I can't address everyone's responses individually, but did want to pop in a note to say I have read and genuinely appreciate everyone's input! Like most things, on paper (or stats on a PC screen as it may be) things may look one way, but from the people who live and do it everyday, you get a whole 'nother story. I appreciate everyone taking time to post.
Ooops, never mind. The house I sold there in 1984 for $60K just sold for $270K !! And I didn't think it was worth the $33K I paid when I first bought it.
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