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There are multiple scenic cities of various size in the southern Appalachian region that fit the Bill of being scenic and outdoorsy. Asheville, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Greenville to name a few. Also the coast of SC and Georgia has Charleston and Savannah....two of the most visually appealing historic towns in America.
All of the above southeastern towns however do have one of the OPs listed complaints, “ghastly heat”. Asheville may be an exception due to its elevation.
Any further north than Kentucky and the east has cold damp winters. Some in here mentioned places in Wisconsin and Michigan.....the upper Midwest is a special kind of cold. You had better love winter to enjoy a place like that.
Great suggestion, that place seems pretty under rated.
Wouldn’t the same climate problems be present there though?
To a lesser extent. Outside of the Black Hills, most of the rest of the western part of SD is prairie.
Have you looked at the drought map recently (https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/)? The Coastal Southeast and Upper Midwest are both experiencing drier than normal conditions right now. North and Central Texas have been dealing with major brush and rangeland fires from just southwest of DFW all the way down to Killeen.
People who think that the Eastern US will somehow be spared by climate change are kidding themselves. All it takes is a couple abnormally dry years and even places like the Blue Ridge and Smokies can become a tinderbox.
As for a place that hasn't been mentioned yet, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area puts you close to the Adirondacks and Catskills, while also close to lesser known mountains such as the Berkshires of MA, the Taconics along the border with NY/New England states(CT, MA and VT), the Green Mountains of VT and even the Helderbergs(also known as an Escarpment) to the south.
I’d have to go with the New England coastal cities. The cities on Cape Cod are very scenic as an example.
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