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Low risk of hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes and forest fires
Very walkable or bike friendly from the neighborhoods to the grocery store to the downtown
No poverty or ghetto type of high crime neighborhoods within the whole Metropolitan Area
Further than 30 miles from a nuclear power plant
Has more sunny days than cloudy days
Don't need a heavy coat since it is warm most of the year
Must be large enough to have some good amenities for shopping and entertainment such as a large organic grocery store, local festivals and things to do.
Ideally over 200,000 in population in the Metropolitan Area
Is a welcoming community to newcomers and northerners
It is a beautiful place without any eyesores, most the city and neighborhoods are well maintained
I'm thinking of places like Huntsville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Midtown ATL, CO Springs/Denver (will still need a coat and deal with fire risk), Prescott, Flagstaff, NWA.
Again, none of these will meet all of your criteria.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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I don't think there is such a thing, if there were, it would be over run by people wanting to move there, with extreme high prices. Here in Sammamish, WA for example the only 2 of your needs not met being the weather, we get only 155 sunny days, and need a coat from October-June. Even so, with all the rest met, we are at a median home price of $1.6 million. I grew up in a city that does actually meet most of your needs, but again not all. With many hills, and without major shopping or entertainment, Lafayette CA would require taking the rail system (BART) to San Francisco or at least Walnut Creek for that. There, the median home price is $2.2 million, and that's after a drop of 19.6% from last year.
No but seriously, you can probably build a town like this. You can hire people to be friendly to you but you have to pay them at least $250,000 so they don't turn you off with being poor. I'm not sure if it's going to economically viable to pay city employees, garbage men, baristas, or ski resort employees enough to not be too poor in your vicinity. It will he a tall order but I'm ready to move to this town for these great wages to to rid myself from breathing the same air as the middle class.
Every metropolitan area in the country - and dare I say world - will have a poor area. The people who bring you coffee, clean your toilets and cook the food all need to live somewhere. I guess the only solution would be to kill all the poor and have robots perform those tasks.
Every metropolitan area in the country - and dare I say world - will have a poor area. The people who bring you coffee, clean your toilets and cook the food all need to live somewhere. I guess the only solution would be to kill all the poor and have robots perform those tasks.
Low risk of hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes and forest fires
Very walkable or bike friendly from the neighborhoods to the grocery store to the downtown
No poverty or ghetto type of high crime neighborhoods within the whole Metropolitan Area
Further than 30 miles from a nuclear power plant
Has more sunny days than cloudy days
Don't need a heavy coat since it is warm most of the year
Must be large enough to have some good amenities for shopping and entertainment such as a large organic grocery store, local festivals and things to do.
Ideally over 200,000 in population in the Metropolitan Area
Is a welcoming community to newcomers and northerners
It is a beautiful place without any eyesores, most the city and neighborhoods are well maintained
No poverty in the whole metro eliminates almost everywhere.
Nowhere will be perfect, but Santa Barbara and Naples may come closest.
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