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1. at least occasional snow...
2. with summers not too hot (no triple digits!)...
3. had great soil and enough rain for great gardening...
4. along with a low cost of living...
5. a good # of medical providers (probably not a small city or town)....
where would that be? Does some place come to mind, that you know of?
Except for #4 Hunterdon Co. NJ You do know that NJ is called the "Garden State".
It's totally unaffordable for somebody to move and set up a farm but you didn't ask that.
Your relatives who lived in Houghton(assuming the UP town not the LP lake) probably got slammed every winter. 15-20 ft a year is/was normal up there. There is a snow thermometer outside of Houghton, one year they got about 30 feet. The Keweenaw Snow Thermometer
We were the ones who lived in Houghton while attending Michigan Tech University. Yes, there was a lot more snow in the UP than the LP. However, we enjoyed winter a lot more in the UP. It's colder so the snow was fluffier and easier to remove than the wet heavy snow in the LP & there are more sunny days in the winter as well
Yes, the remaining 3 seasons in Michigan are wonderful. If we are more into winter sports, we probably would not have minded living in the UP. The same can not be said about the winter gray skies and wet snow in the LP.
We were the ones who lived in Houghton while attending Michigan Tech University. Yes, there was a lot more snow in the UP than the LP. However, we enjoyed winter a lot more in the UP. It's colder so the snow was fluffier and easier to remove than the wet heavy snow in the LP & there are more sunny days in the winter as well
Yes, the remaining 3 seasons in Michigan are wonderful. If we are more into winter sports, we probably would not have minded living in the UP. The same can not be said about the winter gray skies and wet snow in the LP.
OMG--everything you just said are the reasons we hope to move back to the UP in a couple of years. Jims mom is still with us in a physical sense, unfortunately not in a reality sense. When she meets her maker, we plan on selling out and moving north.
OOPS guess we really should get back to the OPs topic.
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To some degree you are describing the southern Appalachians, which the suggestions of Asheville (small city) or Knoxville (bigger) fit. If you get a lot with creek frontage you will usually have reasonably good soil in the "N-year" flood plain (typically have a bit of rise in lots; houses are built above that).
Knoxville would be great. Asheville is awesome, but not cheap.
If you are wanting to stay nearish Texas, what about Tulsa, OK?
Greenville sc , Columbia sc , Charleston sc and yes Ashville nc as well . I did not see where you wanted to stay close to tx ? is that the case ? you want to stay close to tx ?
Johnson City TN (similar to Asheville without the hype and the cost) and Knoxville and points between.
Had a guy here just show me some pics of his garden, the tomato plants were eight feet tall. The tomatoes he had with him were the size of grapefruit, lol.
Except for #4 Hunterdon Co. NJ You do know that NJ is called the "Garden State".
It's totally unaffordable for somebody to move and set up a farm but you didn't ask that.
Cape Cod, the Massachusetts Southcoast, coastal Rhode Island, eastern coastal Connecticut, and the eastern end of Long Island have similar climate. Right on the coast, you don't see 90F very often. You don't see 0F. It snows but it usually melts in a couple of days, last winter as the notable exception. They're all growing zone 7 just like the Jersey shore down to the north part of Georgia and inland North and South Carolina. The corn and tomatoes in my town on the coast in Massachusetts are indistinguishable from New Jersey corn & tomatoes.
You can pick and choose in that area and find "moderate" cost of living. You're never going to find housing costs anything close to south of the Mason-Dixon line that qualify as low cost of living.
Personally, I think 90F and 90% humidity is unbearable so I find the coast from Jersey to Cape Cod is better for me even though it is more expensive.
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Greenville sc , Columbia sc , Charleston sc and yes Ashville nc as well . I did not see where you wanted to stay close to tx ? is that the case ? you want to stay close to tx ?
I would have said maybe san diego but the cost of living will not be friendly, nor the lack of rain.
Unfortunately all the great places to live (climate wise) happen to be the place where everyone wants to live and that demand drives up the prices.
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