If I want dry weather, mild winters, low crime, under 200k population... (living, low cost)

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Originally Posted by JohnBustamonte

Thanks. really great ideas here.

I'd like to go a bit under-the-radar... I like Prescott, but I'm afraid with its hype, it's going to start booming like some of the other small cities in which I lived.

One small mountainous town I lived in became so popular that they suddenly had a water shortage!

Any city with your parameters is going to be growing. That's a given.

[Botev1912]

Originally Posted by pnwguy2

Tri-Cities, WA. Dry, inexpensive, some cold days during the winter, some hot days during the summer.

some hot days is highly underestimated.

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

Originally Posted by Botev1912

some hot days is highly underestimated.

As is "some cold days in winter." Hello Snow!

My name comes from living in Western WA. There's more snow in eastern WA. Ugh.

Where I lived in the Cascades, the local joke was "we have 9 months of winter and 3 months of bad sledding." And that ain't far from the truth. Although, eastern Wa does get some heat in summer.

[BIG CATS]

Santa Fe, Prescott, and Sedona are three nice cities that spring to mind.

[Botev1912]

Pueblo, CO looked nice

[Count David]

Originally Posted by Botev1912

Pueblo, CO looked nice

Wait, what?

[JohnBustamonte]

Originally Posted by NoMoreSnowForMe

So, what's so bad about buying in an area that's growing? Isn't that a good investment?

Or are you just determined to be unhappy in any situation? If so, there's no help for that.

If you don't care about investments then it's a non-issue.

[TheseGoTo11]

Asheville NC

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

Originally Posted by JohnBustamonte

If you don't care about investments then it's a non-issue.

I feel like I need a JohnBustamonte translator. Your short cryptic comments don't give people much to go on.

Good luck, though.

[Mtn. States Resident]

Originally Posted by Dawn.Davenport

I agree the description is vague. I'm assuming you want a low cost of living, so I eliminated places like Santa Fe or Sedona. I'm also assuming you don't want extreme heat, so I eliminated places like Bullhead City and Yuma. I also assuming you don't want a small town. "Mild winters" is a vague term too. I'm assuming it means daytime highs warmer than refrigerator temperature.

That leaves me with these cities:

St. George, Utah
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Pueblo, Colorado
Prescott, Arizona
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Roswell, New Mexico

Availability of water will be a big issue for St. George. Plus the OP didn't give an upper limit for heat.
Prescott might be the best of these.


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