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I've never been to Denver, but I have been to Philadelphia and liked it a lot. While both places would probably be a bit of a culture shock if I had to live and raise my family there, I think I'd have an easier time adjusting to Philadelphia. I also like how the city has so much civic pride. I guess I'd pick Philadelphia.
Going back to the lesser known college town theme:
Greenville, North Carolina or Conway, South Carolina?
Greenville because I prefer NC. Enid OK or Salina, KS?
Wilkes-Barre... Would prefer to live in the larger city/metro that's less regionally isolated from other places of note.
Annapolis, MD or Ann Arbor, MI?
Annapolis, since it has milder winters. Nothing against Ann Arbor as I like that town, just saying one does tired of Midwest winters after so many years of enduring them! And while I have no doubt Annapolis at times gets snow, I imagine it doesn't snow or get cold (including wind chills) as badly in Annapolis.
Btw to the person who mentioned those 2 areas,, Lancaster/Palmdale and Victorville/Apple Valley are more like micropolitan areas, per the Census Bureau.
Lower COL places, not too far from boom areas that still seem a little less discovered for now: Prineville, OR, or Columbia, TN?
Columbia. It's a place I could easily see myself living. I'd be much more comfortable there than I would be in Oregon.
Pensacola, Florida or Greenville, South Carolina?
I suspect Pensacola would be nice to live in, but don't think I can deal with the risk of hurricanes. So Greenville, it is. Even if theoretically there was a reduced risk of hurricanes from historical hurricane path maps for Pensacola(a la how Jacksonville, Brunswick, GA, and other places in that inward bend Atlantic coast area north of St. Augustine have had fewer hits historically from hurricanes), I'd rather live near mountains over beaches.
I suspect Pensacola would be nice to live in, but don't think I can deal with the risk of hurricanes. So Greenville, it is. Even if theoretically there was a reduced risk of hurricanes from historical hurricane path maps for Pensacola(a la how Jacksonville, Brunswick, GA, and other places in that inward bend Atlantic coast area north of St. Augustine have had fewer hits historically from hurricanes), I'd rather live near mountains over beaches.
Saint Joseph, MO, or Fort Smith, AR?
Tossup. If proximity to a major city matters, then St. Joseph, which has a number of attractive neighborhoods connected by a lattice of green — the city's parkways, which mimic the larger system in Kansas City 50 miles to the southwest. But if it's the city itself you want to focus on, then Fort Smith, which strikes me as both livelier than St. Joseph and having a better future ahead of it.
Tossup. If proximity to a major city matters, then St. Joseph, which has a number of attractive neighborhoods connected by a lattice of green — the city's parkways, which mimic the larger system in Kansas City 50 miles to the southwest. But if it's the city itself you want to focus on, then Fort Smith, which strikes me as both livelier than St. Joseph and having a better future ahead of it.
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