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If the OP think's that DFW is too conservative for her tastes than the OP will absolutely hate Springfield, MO and Southwestern Missouri which is even more conservative and family orientated. Honestly I would just look at Colorado or New Mexico given what you mentioned earlier.
If the OP think's that DFW is too conservative for her tastes than the OP will absolutely hate Springfield, MO and Southwestern Missouri which is even more conservative and family orientated. Honestly I would just look at Colorado or New Mexico given what you mentioned earlier.
I dont know if the problem is that its too conservative per se. Her problems with DFW seem two fold:
1) Very limited outdoor activities
2) Not as many social opprotunities for someone in her age braket
The Ozarks are not not bad for those things, though I agree Colorado and New Mexico seem to the best fits.
I dont know if the problem is that its too conservative per se. Her problems with DFW seem two fold:
1) Very limited outdoor activities
2) Not as many social opprotunities for someone in her age braket
The Ozarks are not not bad for those things, though I agree Colorado and New Mexico seem to the best fits.
While the Ozarks will definitely be an improvement over DFW regarding outdoor activities, it will have even less social opportunities for someone in their 30's than Dallas since their whole cultural scene is centered around church, families, and retirees. Also given that the OP mentioned that one of the reasons why she disliked Dallas was because of how life seemed to revolve around church, well just magnify that by 10x and you have Southwestern Missouri in a nutshell.
No one has mentioned New Orleans?! Not the best for outdoor activities but the social life is far from humdrum.
If you picked the right neighborhood in Memephis or Nashville you could have an active social life. Nashville is better for outdoor activites though it is farther away.
Smaller options in the Ozarks are Fayetteville and Eureka Springs in Arkansas.
No one has mentioned New Orleans?! Not the best for outdoor activities but the social life is far from humdrum.
If you picked the right neighborhood in Memephis or Nashville you could have an active social life. Nashville is better for outdoor activites though it is farther away.
Smaller options in the Ozarks are Fayetteville and Eureka Springs in Arkansas.
I've only been to New Orleans once, and that was pre-Katrina. Isn't it really violent?
No one has mentioned New Orleans?! Not the best for outdoor activities but the social life is far from humdrum.
If you picked the right neighborhood in Memephis or Nashville you could have an active social life. Nashville is better for outdoor activites though it is farther away.
Smaller options in the Ozarks are Fayetteville and Eureka Springs in Arkansas.
I don't know much about New Orleans except it isn't boring.
But really I don't like to deal with people who resort to sterotypes. Or who write off a entire city or region because they are too lazy to look into details. It makes me mad.
Quit poking me. Theres a N.O. forum if you want more info.
Also...why Colorado? Why not Albuquerque or Santa Fe in New Mexico?
A lot of people throw Colorado out there because I'm a single woman and the stereotype is there aren't many single women in CO.
Fort Collins. It has all the outdoor activities nearby, milder Summer temperatures than DFW with less humidity, not too far from Denver, a decent technology base for employment, a university, and has decent creative class percentage of the populace. Fort Collins is also has a great deal of locally owned restaurants, shops, microbrews, etc.
What would you consider a day's drive? 500 miles? More? Denver is about 800 miles - more than I would want to do in a day. New Orleans is 500 miles by comparison.
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