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Originally Posted by supfromthesite
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Nice find, thank you!
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Originally Posted by march2
The Appalachians (Roanoke, Knoxville, Chattanooga) and Ozarks (Fayetteville/Springdale) would all be great. I familiar with all of these regions and love each of these metros. Very beautiful, family oriented, nice 4-season climates, and great buying power. Mixed race families will not be a problem, trust me. It's sad that we have been so conditioned that race is more than a factor that it really is. As long as your family is nice, cordial, and not make a big deal about racial differences (which I have no doubt you guys are awesome), you will do fine pretty much anywhere. One of our sons fiances is Black (we're white) and another sons fiance is Guatemalan and live in a southern city of 77,000 people. Not by design. Race was never an issue one way or another. They've never had any problems whatsoever. When folks obsess about race, that's usually the only time issues occur. When we all just relax, stop listening to politicians and the like, reject identity groups, and not focus on race, only as fellow human beings, we all get along MUCH better. I just don't want you to pass over an area that could be a perfect fit for you based of unfair, untrue, and biased stereotypes. No matter where you guys end up, good luck!
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Thanks for all the kind words and reassurance there won't be any race related problems. It's never once been a problem in Tampa or any other major city we've visited, but in a rural community I was less sure. I doubt there would be a problem in 2020, but its a very bad problem to have if I was wrong so I wanted to be sure.
You have some really good location suggestions too. I don't know much about Roanoke, but it fits the bill pretty well. I've never really considered Arkansas, but I'll have to investigate that area more.
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Originally Posted by NW Crow
Madras, becoming a bit more of a satellite community of Bend. Near mountains / lakes and more. Average home price was $171k a year ago. Growing modestly. Averages just 12-15 inches of snow per year in town. An advantage of being of eastern side of mountains and near drylands.
50% are white, 1% are black, 1% are asian, 6% are native american, 40% Hispanic.
Cloudcroft historically averages 70-80 inches of snow per year and sometimes has gotten in excess or well in excess of 100 inches. Year round population of 700.
If you like the Black Hills, check out Spearfish SD (under-rated small "mountain" adjacent town with small university). Or Belle Forche for cheaper.
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Thanks, Madras looks good, but I wish more was for sale there. Same with western South Dakota. I like SD a lot actually, its just there's not much for sale outside of Rapid City.
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ya Cloudcroft is real nice but the drive down the mountain in the winter to Alamo can be real treacherous.Also New Mexico has bad schools.
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Thanks, knowing schools in NM are bad I think it's out of contention.
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What is considered to be too cold? I’m asking because there may be towns in, but not too far north in NY that fit in terms of other factors.
With that said, perhaps towns in western VA/eastern WV like Lexington VA and Lewisburg WV would be good fits due to institutions/businesses in those towns.
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I'm not 100% sure what's too cold to be honest. I've been to the White Mountains in NH and thought that was over the threshold, and I think upstate NY is pretty similar.
I'll check out Lexington, VA and Lewisburg, WV. I'm not familiar with either, but they fit the bill well.
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Can confirm (am a mixed raced couple and lived throughout the South in rural communities) Knoxville and Chatt are fine. I prefer Chatt, personally. You'll be fine in 99% of US towns/cities.
I'd also consider Flagstaff (although, much worse economy). Asheville, NC, and Fayetteville, AR are both nice.
I haven't lived up north but have heard great things about the mountains in upstate NY as well (and when I visited many years ago found the area to be beautiful).
Best of luck!
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Thank you! I'll look into Knoxville and Catt more. They're sorta of outside the mountains so I haven't given them strong consideration thus far, but wouldn't necessarily rule them out either. Asheville is great, but it's not that cheap. Perhaps a nearby community like Franklin, NC or Brevard, NC.
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Wow, I'm not familiar with the Tri-Cities at all but it looks ideal. Your money sure goes far there compared to Florida, I can't believe it's so cheap!
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Flagstaff, averages 90 inches of snow per year. Almost 120 inches 2 years ago. Yeah it will often melt off fairly quickly but not always. Nearby towns get a lot less snow. Williams is one. Still have to deal with lots of snow if you go to Flagstaff for work, shopping, other.
Flagstaff is also getting quite expensive. Williams and Camp Verde are cheaper and are worth considering.
https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?az3010
Lots of good climate info at this site. The main table and some of the side selections. Similar sites for other regions. https://wrcc.dri.edu/About/rcc.php |
Yeah, unfortunately Flagstaff is out. It's not super expensive, but it's much more costly than somewhere like eastern Tennessee.
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