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As you'll notice, some of the Northeastern and Midwestern areas mentioned are high on the list. This includes Binghamton, which is the highest ranked city/area on the list mentioned in this thread.
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...,-75.913625,15 (as mentioned above, essentially the portion of the city south of Main Street and also across the Susquehanna River into the western 2/3rds of the South Side)
That puts you in between Downtown and Binghamton University in nearby Vestal.
It is a city with its own orchestra, opera, some art studios/galleries, a few museums and more. If you are into sports at all, it offers Division 1 sporting events(Patriot League), as well as minor league hockey(AHL) and baseball(Eastern League). So, for a metro of about 250,000 or so, it offers quite a bit for its size.
Also, Johnson City(adjacent to Binghamton, some gentrification/development occurring in its Central/Downtown area, look south of Grand) and Endicott(West and Little Italy portions are best bets) also offer some communities with walkability nearby. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jo...588092!5m1!1e4
Cities with a 100k population themselves will often have much higher total metro populations. Roanoke VA, for example, has 100k city, 313k metro. Duluth, 86k city, 280k metro. Do you really mean 100k city or want 100k or less metros / micropolitan areas? Fairfield Iowa is 18k metro.
Greenville, Mississippi
Lake Providence, Louisiana
Ferriday, Louisiana
Bastrop, Louisiana
Eagle Pass, Texas
Liberal, Kansas (yes this is what the town is called!!!!!)
Calexico, California
Nogales, Arizona
Rural, majority black towns in the Deep South and majority Hispanic towns in Texas near the Mexican border would definitely fit. Plus some places in the Midwest with large amounts of Hispanic migrant workers.
Rural, majority black towns in the Deep South and majority Hispanic towns in Texas near the Mexican border would definitely fit. Plus some places in the Midwest with large amounts of Hispanic migrant workers.
Will they have the amenities he is looking for? I'm asking given that his example was Burlington VT.
I'm looking for recommendations on cheap, liberal small cities/towns in America. The cheaper the better -- I'm talking about places where you can buy a house for $100/sqft or less (of course, there's some flexibility there). Any kind of arts scene or access to nature would be a huge bonus.
I'm thinking somewhere like Burlington, VT, but with a lower cost of living.
Just wanted to see what the possibilites might be. I'm open to region -- I used to be scared of living up north until my job transferred me this way and I realized that winter isn't as bad as I always thought it would be.
I have no idea if these would really fit the bill, but I've been thinking of places like:
Roanoke, VA
Marquette, MI
Duluth, MN
Brattleboro, VT
Springfield, MA
Fairfield, IA
I think some of those may be more conservative than I'd really prefer, however.
Thanks!
I'd go with Oberlin, OH. It's one of the most cheapest far left places in the US.
I'd say to look into cities in that range in the Interior Northeast or the Midwest. If you like Burlington, why not look across Lake Champlain to Plattsburgh NY? It is smaller, but there is a ferry that goes from Plattsburgh to VT and the city once had an openly gay, Republican mayor in the recent past. It is also closer to Montreal, fi you want to cross the border once it opens back up again(about an hour away, just have your enhanced driver's license or passport ready).
Just to stay with NY, Oneonta, a small "city" of 14,000 with 2 colleges and Utica, a quite culturally diverse city of about 60,000 known for its pretty big refugee population are good and affordable options. Utica-Rome is the most affordable metro area in NY State. Binghamton, a city of about 45,000 that is also pretty culturally diverse and some of the towns outside of Ithaca like Dryden, Trumansburg, Groton, Newfield, etc. may also work. All of these places are within an hour or so drive from mountains(Adirondacks, Catskills and/or Poconos) and plenty of lakes. Same in regards to a local arts scene.
In terms of Utica, I'd personally go with South Utica around Genesee Street, Downtown(inc. the Baggs Square District), which has seen some development.
For Binghamton, I'd say the West Side(south of Main Street), Downtown or the South Side(especially the the western half closer to Vestal).
There are others, but hopefully others will chime in with cities from other states.
Binghamton and Schenectady are both about an hour away on I-88. Albany and Utica aren't much further away(about hour and 15 minutes). NYC is a little over 3 hours away(Binghamton is 3 hours from NYC).
Some nearby employers besides the colleges(nearby Delhi has one as well): https://www.accobrands.com/ (in nearby Sidney about 25 minutes away(40 minutes from Binghamton), has some marketing related positions)
Springfield, MA is about as far from Burlington as you can get culturally speaking in the Northeast. It's a semi-dead downtown area surrounded by low-income black/Latino neighborhoods. The white areas on the outskirts of Springfield and in suburbia are conservative by New England standards as well. If you were open to Springfield, you might as well consider somewhere like Providence which is a bit bigger and actually has some nicer urban amenities and neighborhood's.
I honestly think you would have a hard time finding what you are looking for anywhere in the Northeast. Maybe somewhere in the Hudson Valley? Kingston? Troy?
A smaller city in the Midwest is a better bet though. Somewhere like LaCrosse, WI, Duluth, MN, Grand Rapids, MI, etc. College towns might work as well (Athens, OH, Bloomington IN, Lawrence KS, etc) though college towns do not tend to have cheap apartments.
That's not really true but the rest is. Lawrence, Paterson, Brockton, and Chester et. al exist. Remember, OP put Spfld on his list.
At least there are colleges in Spfld and liberal smaller towns very nearby. Providence feels like a much bigger city. Springfield is about 70% black and Latino (but definitely a much higher share of the sub 50 population). They are liberal-even by national black/Latino standards. If one doesn't mind being in the minority then one might like Spfld. Most of the low-income areas are very aesthetically pleasing.
Like I said, the entire CT Valley might work. Especially Northampton or New Haven imo
Located right on the west edge of the largest wine region outside of California. We have beaches at Presque Isle State Park and are two hours from Cleveland, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh.
COL is very cheap here and the city is pretty left-leaning.
I'm looking for recommendations on cheap, liberal small cities/towns in America. The cheaper the better -- I'm talking about places where you can buy a house for $100/sqft or less (of course, there's some flexibility there). Any kind of arts scene or access to nature would be a huge bonus.
I'm thinking somewhere like Burlington, VT, but with a lower cost of living.
Just wanted to see what the possibilites might be. I'm open to region -- I used to be scared of living up north until my job transferred me this way and I realized that winter isn't as bad as I always thought it would be.
I have no idea if these would really fit the bill, but I've been thinking of places like:
Roanoke, VA
Marquette, MI
Duluth, MN
Brattleboro, VT
Springfield, MA
Fairfield, IA
I think some of those may be more conservative than I'd really prefer, however.
Thanks!
South Bend Indiana. Bloomington Indiana.
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