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We really want to get away from crowded areas. I'm not sure how rural one can get in the state of New York but Buffalo is probably too crowded. Simalarly, while Ft Drum would most likely provide many customers for my barber shop, I'm afraid we wouldn't really get the local flavor of upstate NY while living so close to a military installation. Thoughts?
You can definitely find quite rural areas that have moderate populations to help with your barber business. A couple of other ideas I'll throw out there are Naples and Bristol:
We really want to get away from crowded areas. I'm not sure how rural one can get in the state of New York but Buffalo is probably too crowded. Simalarly, while Ft Drum would most likely provide many customers for my barber shop, I'm afraid we wouldn't really get the local flavor of upstate NY while living so close to a military installation. Thoughts?
There really are various flavors within Upstate NY and don't get caught up in the fact it is NY, as most of the land in the state is rural. You can get from Buffalo into rural areas within 20-30 minutes. So, it may be an area that could still work for you.
I will say that the proximity of the Watertown area to Canada could allow for you to go there for things to do as well. Ottawa is only about 2 hours away, if that and the 1000 Islands, which straddle the International border, are minutes away.
Another thing I thought about, is that small cities/towns with a college may also work. College students could serve as a market to tap into for the barber shop. That city/town that the college is in could fit in terms of having a small town feel with access to rural areas in very little time. Many SUNY campuses are in small cities/towns that may work for you(Geneseo, Oswego, Plattsburgh, Oneonta, Brockport, Fredonia, Cortland, Potsdam, Morrisville, Canton, etc).
Some other towns that could work or would fit the criteria that come to mind are: Hamilton, Cazenovia, Alfred and Allegany. All of them have a college/university within that community and offer a rural/small town setting.
Some other towns that could work or would fit the criteria that come to mind are: Hamilton, Cazenovia, Alfred and Allegany. All of them have a college/university within that community and offer a rural/small town setting.
Another area that may fit is Penn Yan(inc. the Keuka College area).
I'm not a Baptist but that tradition has a fairly wide spread with various combinations of "general," "regular," and "fundamental". If Baptist in much of the country is said to equal political conservatism, and rural equals political conservatism, the red/blue map of NY State ( New York Election Results 2012 - Map, County Results, Live Updates - POLITICO.com ) would be somewhat maddening. The "blue" Franklin and St. Lawrence counties (northern tip) are if anything more rural than the hard "red" Wyoming and Allegany counties in the western end. One is tempted to ascribe influence to bordering Pennsylvania and Quebec, though especially the latter is unlikely.
There really are various flavors within Upstate NY and don't get caught up in the fact it is NY, as most of the land in the state is rural. You can get from Buffalo into rural areas within 20-30 minutes. So, it may be an area that could still work for you.
The urbanized area of Erie County (including the city of Buffalo) is primarily in the northern and northeastern parts of the county, although both Grand Island and Clarence are northern suburbs with considerable exurban and rural areas. The southern and eastern towns are predominantly rural with the exception of Hamburg and parts of Orchard Park and Lancaster. A half hour south or east of the Buffalo city line will put you in exurban areas. Some of the towns in this area, like East Aurora and Springville, are quintessential American small towns sitting in among farmland and woods.
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