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I'm looking into moving within the next 1-2 years to a warmer state. I'm in my mid 20s and have lived in Ohio my entire life (I can't take the Winters anymore).
A few details about myself: Single male, Christian, politically conservative. I'm looking for a low cost of living, and I would prefer to live in a rural or small town community that is around an hour or less drive of a medium to larger city. Anywhere that has nice natural scenery is also a plus. I won't go into too many details about my career, but I will say that that I have a stable income and I'm able to work from anywhere. Four states in particular that have drawn my interest: Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, and Arizona. However, I am certainly open to more options.
I'm looking into moving within the next 1-2 years to a warmer state. I'm in my mid 20s and have lived in Ohio my entire life (I can't take the Winters anymore).
A few details about myself: Single male, Christian, politically conservative. I'm looking for a low cost of living, and I would prefer to live in a rural or small town community that is around an hour or less drive of a medium to larger city. Anywhere that has nice natural scenery is also a plus. I won't go into too many details about my career, but I will say that that I have a stable income and I'm able to work from anywhere. Four states in particular that have drawn my interest: Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, and Arizona. However, I am certainly open to more options.
It definitely meets all of your criteria. It's a very charming small town (35,000) an hour east of Nashville. It's in a beautiful setting with 100+ waterfalls and 1200 miles of lake shoreline within 40 minutes of town. It's got four very distinct seasons with a longer summer than winter. Average snowfall is like 7 inches a year, but that's spread out over 3-4 snowfalls where the snow is gone in a day or two. It's a fast-growing town with things most towns its size don't have: professional symphony, 200+ restaurants (over half are locally owned, non chains), museums, NCAA sports, free concerts, lots of festivals. Tennessee is a very low tax state, and the cost of living in Cookeville is very reasonable.
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Cottonwood / Camp Verde AZ
Athens or Seguin or Lockhart TX. Or outside Huntsville.
Maybe Shawnee or Purcell OK. Or possibly Perry or Cushing.
As always, it helps to define small town population range. Some use it for 100k city. Some mean under 5k. Or somewhere in between. Don't know unless you say.
Other possibilities:
Radford / Christiansburg VA
Sewanee TN
Russellville / Franklin KY (southwest of Bowling Green). Or Danville. Elizabethtown. Shelbyville. Murray.
Durant is the fastest growing small town in Oklahoma not part of an Oklahoma metro area. It may be not be too far from Dallas. Since it's in the far south part of Oklahoma, its winters won't be as cold as the rest of the state.
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Cottonwood / Camp Verde AZ
Athens or Seguin or Lockhart TX. Or outside Huntsville.
Maybe Shawnee or Purcell OK. Or possibly Perry or Cushing.
I would certainly advise against Perry or Cushing, since those two towns have been on the decline population wise. In Perry, it's so bad that its Wal-Mart had to close. On the other hand, Shawnee isn't that way, is bigger, and isn't too far from Oklahoma City. Purcell isn't a bad idea, but Shawnee is better. A downside for any place mentioned, though, is lack of hilly scenery.
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