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Metropolis of western SD, close to Mt. Rushmore. I get the impression it's being "discovered" as an outdoors destination, but for now, affordable apartments can still be had (seeing plenty of 1 and even 2BRs under $1k). Housing stock looks "meh" from streetview.
Metropolis of western SD, close to Mt. Rushmore. I get the impression it's being "discovered" as an outdoors destination, but for now, affordable apartments can still be had (seeing plenty of 1 and even 2BRs under $1k). Housing stock looks "meh" from streetview.
San Rafael, CA
Funny, I was just thinking about that place. It's a nice suburb of SF where we stopped on the way to the winery in Napa.
I always get in a slightly sad, lonely state of mind when I'm there, not really sure why. It's not that it's blue-collar, I don't get that feeling in Tacoma or Aberdeen or Mt. Vernon. It does have good urbanity and a very solid downtown, which would make it a legit mid-sized regional city if Seattle didn't exist.
I always get in a slightly sad, lonely state of mind when I'm there, not really sure why. It's not that it's blue-collar, I don't get that feeling in Tacoma or Aberdeen or Mt. Vernon. It does have good urbanity and a very solid downtown, which would make it a legit mid-sized regional city if Seattle didn't exist.
Idaho Falls, ID
A large town that is growing a lot. Even though they are growing, they don’t seem to complain as much as the residents of Boise and Las Vegas.
A large town that is growing a lot. Even though they are growing, they don’t seem to complain as much as the residents of Boise and Las Vegas.
Maywood, Illinois
A place that many years ago I assume, was once more prosperous than how it is today. I've actually driven through there before, and it does have a bunch of nice looking older buildings in its declined downtown. Today though it feels underinvested, and has crime issues. I hope Maywood can make a comeback someday, but it'll take a lot of work.
Now to pick a different place in the Chicago area: Flossmoor, IL
A place that many years ago I assume, was once more prosperous than how it is today. I've actually driven through there before, and it does have a bunch of nice looking older buildings in its declined downtown. Today though it feels underinvested, and has crime issues. I hope Maywood can make a comeback someday, but it'll take a lot of work.
Now to pick a different place in the Chicago area: Flossmoor, IL
One of the more wealthy suburbs, on the Kansas side of the KC area.
Atchison, KS(bonus if you know which company made Atchison part of their full name, before merging with another company)
"...on the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!"
The funny thing is, the way the communities along that stretch of the Missouri River (including St. Joseph and Leavenworth) grew, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway soon shifted its eastern terminus from Atchison to Kansas City. From there it built eastward towards Chicago and the big time.
It's a pleasant enough little city, one of two micropolitan areas (the other being Warrensburg, Mo.) in the Kansas City CSA. It pedestrian-malled part of its main downtown shopping street in the mid-1960s; I assume it's been demalled since. (And I'm wrong in that assumption, if this 2006 photo is any guide: (okay, here we go again with tags not displaying in posts; you'll find this photo in the Wikipedia article on Atchison)
Photo by Tim Kiser (Malepheasant) via Wikimedia Commons)
There's a well-regarded Benedictine Catholic college on a bluff north of the downtown.
The funny thing is, the way the communities along that stretch of the Missouri River (including St. Joseph and Leavenworth) grew, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway soon shifted its eastern terminus from Atchison to Kansas City. From there it built eastward towards Chicago and the big time.
It's a pleasant enough little city, one of two micropolitan areas (the other being Warrensburg, Mo.) in the Kansas City CSA. It pedestrian-malled part of its main downtown shopping street in the mid-1960s; I assume it's been demalled since. (And I'm wrong in that assumption, if this 2006 photo is any guide:
(okay, here we go again with tags not displaying in posts; you'll find this photo in the Wikipedia article on Atchison)
Photo by Tim Kiser (Malepheasant) via Wikimedia Commons)
There's a well-regarded Benedictine Catholic college on a bluff north of the downtown.
Well, since I mentioned it:
Warrensburg, Mo.
Warrensburg is a decent Kansas City exurb, that is also a college town. Seems similar to Columbia.
Clarksville, Tennessee
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