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Old 10-01-2018, 02:19 PM
 
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I'm looking for some relocation advice.
Family of 3.
  1. mild winters and summers.
  1. picturesque town within 30 min drive to big city
  2. good schools
  3. i plan to have a homestead/hobby farm so i need cheap land.maybe 30-50k per acre?

can someone recommend a few places please?

Thanks
Sam
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Old 10-01-2018, 02:35 PM
 
Location: Unhappy Valley, Oregon
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I don't think this exists. There are some options if you forget at least one of these items. Which one can you live without if you had to choose one?
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Old 10-01-2018, 02:38 PM
 
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ok ill remove summers.
mild winters are important but im ok with hot summers.
please help guys.
ive covered so many cities and none match up but im sure there are matching places.
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Old 10-01-2018, 03:44 PM
 
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Maryville, Tennessee maybe.
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Old 10-01-2018, 04:49 PM
 
Location: Vermont
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You might even have to give up two of those. Cheap land, good schools (usually means high property taxes), near a city (usually drives up property values), picturesque (usually drives up property values), mild weather (usually drives up property values).

How about outside of Detroit? You can be within 30 minutes of the edge of the city (but maybe an hour and a half to the center, or more with traffic). Summers are warm and muggy, but not extremely hot. Winters and cold and snowy, but not bad compared with much of the country. Homeschool your kids? At least land is cheap there. You won't find cheap land just outside of any big city, nice or not.
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Old 10-01-2018, 05:54 PM
 
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I'd look along the North / South Carolina border region, closer to the mountains. Spartanburg, Greenville, etc all come to mind. Bit of a tough summer, but their winters are mild. And if you get closer to the mountains, your summers get more mild.
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Old 10-01-2018, 06:58 PM
 
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Bump it to 30 miles not minutes, and I’d say the Charlotte area is a good fit.
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Old 10-01-2018, 07:34 PM
 
Location: USA
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San Antonio

Look in La Vernia or the New Braunfels areas and you will land and great schools.

Your summers will be hot as hell, but 9 months out of the out of the year you will be fine.
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Old 10-01-2018, 08:07 PM
 
Location: Cleveland, OH
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Shelbyville,KY

Good schools
30 minutes to Louisville, 1 hour to Lexington.
Picturesque bluegrass region of Kentucky with very cheap land if you look for it.
Winters are fairly mild with limited snow. Summers are hot and humid but not brutal by any means.
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Old 10-01-2018, 08:53 PM
 
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How big is a big city to you?
If it is a couple million metro, then look outside Raleigh, Atlanta, DC, maybe Louisville (not big enough?)


Check outside Leesburg VA, Hillsborough NC, between Atlanta and Athens GA and LaGrange KY.


Or outside Nashville, like near Franklin TN.


Or McMinnville OR, southwest of Portand.


Of the places you've checked, which were closest to right and why did they fail?

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