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Boise,ID.
Recently ranked as the best city for yuppie outdoor activities, and the best city for mountain biking. A friend of mine has said Boise is like the best aspects of Eugene and Portland and Seattle all rolled into one city. The downtown area is quaint and full of synergy.
Boise is a great location for someone who loves biking. There are bike paths all over town. It's a great place with a lot of very friendly people.
Dahlonega, Georgia is a quaint, small town that is most definitely bikeable and one of the less expensive places you can find to live. It's one of those little towns that seems to have a festival every month. There are a number of bike races held there, as well. It might be a little too small for you, but you will be close to your family in the NE. Well, closer than if you moved to Oregon, anyway.
Thank you so much to those of you who recommended boise! This is such an old thread, but because of it I started researching Boise. It seems to be the perfect middle ground my husband and I have been looking for and more! I'm extremely appreciative and we can't wait to go. Hope all of you are doing greaf!
Corning NY comes to mind with Corning Incorporated having its HQ's in town and there is the Corning Museum of Glass, along with the Rockwell Museum(affiliated with the Smithsonian) also in town. It is also home to the Orchestra of the Finger Lakes too.
Only because this still gets views, a city that gets picked on, but may work is Utica NY. It does have this art institute affiliated with the Pratt Institute: https://www.mwpai.org
I’d say that the area of Genesee in South Utica(south of Burrstone Road/Memorial Parkway) is the nicest area of the city and is a straight shot down the street to these establishments. You could also go further south into the walkable village of New Hartford, which is still a straight shot to these places and has places there that you could walk to. There is also a hospital(St Elizabeth’s) in that corridor of the city and mountains(the Adirondacks)are less than an hour away north of the city. Utica College to the west and Mohawk Valley Community College to the east are not too far away down Burrstone Road/Memorial Parkway and could be other options for employment. Faxton-St Luke’s Hospital is also near Utica College. There is also the Utica National Insurance corporate office further south on Genesee in New Hartford. ConMed, a medical device company, is also in that general area on French Road.
I grew up in Boise and hope to make it back one day. It's a gem and I would rather live there than anywhere else in the world.
That said, it is going to be different from NYC. You'll prob be disappointed with the pizza and bagels. I remember we knew some folks from NYC growing up and they complained about that constantly. LOL It's also not diverse at all compared to queens (most places arn't) and while downtown is as walkable as any place and the city and metro is super bikeable and has some of the best urban and mountain trails, the bus system is a joke.
Again, there are many, many positives, there is a reason it always shows up on high quality of life rankings, but it will be different for you so keep that in mind. It could be a great adventure though so I highly recommend visiting. Worst case, you decide it isn't for you but got to experience something different (and hopefully get to leave town a bit and see some of the best untouched wilderness in the country.)
PS, I just saw the age of this thread, holy cow lol
Charlottesville VA is more or less by design something that fits the mold. Within the city proper it's often not more than a mile from downtown, commercial/employment areas and other points of interest. The city is both walk-friendly and bike-friendly along with a respectable bus transit system thanks to the presence of the centrally located campus/medical center of the University of Virginia.
People on this site have really crazily differing opinions of "small town" . You get everything between a crossroads in the middle of nowhere, to 2 million + metro areas.
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